Andhra Pradesh High Court
Judges : R.BAYAPU REDDY
Guthula Satyamma - Appellant
Versus
Rudraraju Venkataraju - Respondent
Decided On : 08-18-98
( 1 ) THIS revision is filed by the defendants 2, 3, 6 and 7 in O. S. No. 76 of 1989 on the file of the District Munisif, Alamuru, East Godavari District questioning the impugned order dated 21-3-1996 passed in I. A. No. 883 of 1995, entrusting the warrant of commission to another advocate for inspecting the suit locality and for filing his report.
( 2 ) THE first respondent herein is the plaintiff in the suit and he filed the suit originally in the vacation Court (District Court) at Rajahmundry. He also filed a petition for appointment of Commissioner to inspect the suit locality and file his report. The vacation Court appointed an advocate of Rajahmundry as Commissioner. The Commissioner visited the suit locality and prepared his report and plait and filed it in the Court on 1-6-89, As some more features have to be observed and in view of the objections filed by the present petitioners the warrant was re-entrusted to hint for execution and the Commissioner accordingly visited the suit locality second time and filed his report on 13-12-1995 in the Court. Subsequently the plaintiff filed I. A. No 883 of 1995 requesting the Court to entrust the warrant of commission to another advocate at Alamuru contending that the Commissioner who had previously filed his report on two occasions did not carry out the work as per the work memo furnished to him and report submitted by him is not satisfactory and does not consider the points raised by him, that the advocate who was first appointed as Commissioner is resident of Rajahmundry and he is not interested in carrying out the work entrusted to him and that, therefore, another advocate at Alamuru may be appointed to inspect the suit locality. The present petitioners who arc the defendants 2, 3, 6 and 7 in the suit opposed the said petition. The lower Court passed interim orders dated 21-3-1996 allowing the said petition and re-enlaistcd the warrant to an advocate at Alamuru for inspecting the suit locality and for filing his report. Questioning the said order the present revision is filed by the petitioners who arc defendants 2, 3, 6 and 7 in the suit.
( 3 ) HEARD both the Counsel.
( 4 ) ON perusal of the impugned order it is seen that the lower Court is justified in re-entrusting the warrant to another advocate at Alamuru having come to the opinion that the two reports filed by the earlier advocate Commissioner on 1-6-1989 and 13-12-1995 are not satisfactory as there is no similarity in those reports regarding various points and that one report and plan filed by the said Commissioner is different from the other report and the Commissioner also did not discuss the cause for such variation in his two reports. It is further observed in the impugned order that the report of the Commissioner must aid the Court with possible clarity regarding matters in dispute and on the other hand the earlier reports of the Commissioner are confusing the points in dispute and as such there are valid reasons for re-entrusting the warrant of commission to another Advocate at Alamuru for executing the warrant, evidently to clarify the disputed aspects.
( 5 ) ORDER 26 Rule 10 (3) CPC specifically enables the Court "to make further enquiry through the Commissioner in case the Court is dissatisfied with the proceedings in the earlier report of the Commissioner. In the present case the lower Court has given reasons for being dissatisfied with the report of the earlier Commissioner and it is justified in re-entrusting the warrant to another advocate. As such, the orders passed by the Court below cannot be said to be illegal in view of the provisions of Order 26 Rule 10 (3) CPC.
( 6 ) THE learned Counsel for the petitioners has relied upon the decisions in P. Dhana Koteswara Rao v. Gimtha Ramesh Babu, 1990 (2) ALT 499 and Kushal Rao v. Shyam Rao, 1997 (1) ALD 3, in support of his contention that the orders of the lower Court re-entrusting the warrant to another Commissioner are not valid and legal.
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