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1969 Supreme(SC) 390

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
C.A.Vaidialingam : I.D.Dua
Hardayal Gir
Versus
Sohna Ram
Case No. : 1130 of 1966
Date of Decision : 9/25/69

Headnote:

Civil Laws – Permanent Injunction – Possession of Land – Respondent plaintiff instituted Civil Original Case out of which this appeal arises, for a declaration that he is the sole owner and is in possession of three and a half Murabbas of land and also for a permanent injunction restraining defendant from interfering with proprietary possession of land of plaintiff and from transferring land by way of sale, mortgage or in any other manner – Appellant-defendant, raised two contentions: (1) That High court has committed a very serious error in law in entertaining at second appeal stage, a plea raised by plaintiff that there has been a misrepresentation by defendant which entitles plaintiff on this basis alone – According to terms of the agreement, Exhibit I, both plaintiff and defendant are entitled to a half-share each in property purchased and, if so, plaintiff is not entitled to any relief – Held, It is not possible to accept contention of plaintiff that defendant will be entitled only to half-a-square of land in 4 squares purchased – On other hand it must be held that plaintiff will be entitled to 3/4ths share, viz., 3 squares and defendant will be entitled to l/4th share viz., 1 square, in total extent of 4 squares purchased – Plaintiff will be entitled to have a declaration and an injunction only limited to his 3/4ths share in property purchased, viz., 3 squares – It therefore follows that plaintiff will not be entitled to have relief of declaration and injunction to the extent prayed for by him, but he can get two reliefs only to extent indicated above – Direction given by High court for ascertainment of amount of defendant that has been utilised for purchase of property to enable plaintiff to refund same, is clearly erroneous – Parties are fighting this litigation to establish their respective rights in the property purchased – Merely because plairftiff s counsel, during course of arguments, expressed that his client is willing to refund to defendant amount of compensation that may have been utilised for purchase of property, that cannot be made basis for a direction to defendant to accept same and that direction, in consequence, is also set aside – Appeal Allowed

C.A. VAIDIAUNGAM, J.

(1) THIS appeal, by special leave, by the defendant, is directed against the judgment and decree of the High court of Rajasthan) dated 24/09/1965, in Second Appeal No. 73 of 1964.

(2) THE respondent plaintiff instituted Civil Original Case No. 284 of 1961 out of which this appeal arises, for a declaration that he is the sole owner and is in possession of three and a half Murabbas of land measuring 84 Bighas out of cultivable land of Murabbas 10/23-15, 9/24-10, 6/25 and 5/23-5 of the total extent of 96 Bighas 10 Biswas at Chak 9 B. B. Tchshil Padampur and also for a permanent injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with the proprietary possession of the land of the plaintiff and from transferring the land by way of sale, mortgage or in any other manner. The plaintiffs case, in brief, was as follows. The defendant, Hardayal Gir, is a displaced person and he has filed claims to the tune of more than rupees ten lakhs. The government had decided to dispose of by auction sale certain evacuee properties and the displaced persons were given the benefit of getting the amounts due on their claims adjusted towards the sale price of properties that may be purchased by them. But the purchasers were required to make an advance payment in cash of l/10th of the sale price the moment the bid is knocked down in their favour. The suit properties were so put up for sale by auction on 13/11/1956 and the defendant was anxious to bid in the auction and purchase those properties, but he did not have sufficient money even to make the advance payment of l/IOth the price, if his bid was accepted. Therefore he entered into an agreement with the plaintiff on 13/11/1956. According to the terms of the agreement, the plaintiff was to make the advance deposit and also to incur the necessary expenses for the defendant pursuing his verified claims. The plaintiff was to bid in the auction in the joint names of both himself and the defendant, and the price payable for the purpose was to be adjusted from and out of the verified claims of the defendant. In the properties so purchased, from and out of the compensation paid in respect of the verified claims, both the plaintiff and the defendant were to have equal shares. Accordingly the plaintiff bid in the auction in the joint names of himself and the defendant on 13/11/1956 and purchased 4 squares of land bearing numbers 5, 6, 9 and 10, more fully described in the plaint. The highest bid so given by the plaintiff was Rs. 67,000/. The bid having been accepted, the plaintiff made the advance deposit of 1/10th of Rs. 6,750.80 immediately. But, on or about 1959, it was found that the defendants claim had been substantially disallowed, excepting for a sum of Rs. 17,000.00 and odd. This amount of Rs. 17,000.00 was adjusted towards the sale price and the plaintiff had to make a further deposit of Rs. 43,000/ excluding the .advance deposit already referred to. According to the plaintiff, this additional amount was deposited by him on the basis of fresh oral arrangement entered into with the defendant to the effect that the defendant will get only a half share in the extent of properties that may be purchased from and out of the compensation amount that is utilised for the purchase and that the defendant will not make any claim in respect of the purchases that may be made by the deposits of the plaintiffs own moneys. According to the plaintiff, as only a sum of Rs. 17,000.00 of the defendants compensation amount have been utilised, the latter will be entitled only to an extent of half-a-square of land from and out of the total 4 squares purchased in the auction on 13/11/1956. But the defendant) contrary to the agreement and claiming that he was entitled to two squares representing his half share in the properties purchased, got mutation of names in the Revenue Register and was also attempting to transfer his half share of 2 squares to a third party. Hence the plaintiff instit



















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