1997 Supreme(AP) 413
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Judges : G.BIKSHAPATHY
Padmini Co-operative Housing Society, hyderabad rep.by its Secretary, M.Prakash Rao - Appellant
Versus
Sirajunnisa Begum - Respondent
CCCA.No.98/96 & CRPSR.No.25640/96
Decided On : 04-23-97
Advocates Appeared :
Mr. M.R.K. Choudary,Mr. C. Poornaiah,Mr. A.K. Narasimha Rao
Headnote:TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, Sec. 52 - When a piece meal final decrees are passed, though not impermissible under law, one party or the other aggrieved by every piece meal decree would tend to carry the matter to higher courts thereby the entire litigation is kept in the fluid stage - The agricultural properties both in and around twin cities and also outside the Municipal limits have acquired phenominal commercial value and if such vast extents of lands are kept undecided for decades together the e is every scope for outsiders to encroach upon the land thereby the fruits of parties will not be available to the litigants or to their legal representatives - Thus, the property continues to be under perennial litigation - Though there is no prohibition in passing any number of final decrees, but In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case this court is of the opinion that final decree proceedings should be passed once for all.
Alienee of an alienee can not seek equities and his rights are subordinate to the decree or orders passed in the suit - Equity is available only to the alienation by one of the co-sharers.
( 1 ) BOTH the cases can be disposed of by a common order.
( 2 ) THE C. C. C. A. is filed challenging the order passed in LA. No. 1351/1995 in LA. No. 854/1984 in O. S. No. 42 of 1962 on the file of the learned I Additional judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. For the sake of convenience, parties herein have been referred to as they are arrayed in the suit.
( 3 ) THIS is a case of litigation percolating to generations. The suit for partition was filed by the plaintiff in the year 1935 claiming partition in respect of matruka properties. However, for various reasons, the suit was not numbered and finally it was numbered in the year 1962 as O. S. No. 42 of 1962. A preliminary Decree was passed on 24-11-1970 by the trial Court in which the share of Defendant No. l was determined at 14/104th. The matter was subjected to appeal, but however the said decree became final as far as the daim of Defendant No. 1 in various properties including Itemno. 2 of Schedule b was concerned. During the pendency of the litigation, number of defendants died including Defendant No. l. Therefore, their Legal representatives were brought on record. In respect of Defendant No. l, defendants No. 23 to 27 were brought on record as his Legal Representatives. It was only in the year 1984, an application was filed in LA. No. 854/84 by defendant No. 25 (L. R. of Defendant No. 1) for passing a final decree. Similarly, defendants No. 3 and 6 also filed LA. No. 498/84 for similar relief. In 1950 defendantno. l sold an extent of Ac. 42-35gts. of agricultural lands in S. Nos. 93, 94,104,107,108 and 109 of Hakimpet village, Golconda Mandal, Hyderabad district in favour of one Mr. Upender Reddy, who in turn sold the same to sri Venkateshwara Goraksha Trust in the year 1953. Subsequently, these lands were purchased by Defendant No. 28 in 1981 under agreement of sale and sale deeds were registered in the year 1992. It got impleaded as Respondent No. 28 in LA. No. 854/84. The lower Court after hearing both the I. As. namely LA. No. 874/34 and 493/84 they were dismissed by the trial Court by orders dated 14-2-1994 on the ground that the petitioner supressed the fact that the Court in C. C. C. A. No. 27/72 and 188/72 modified the preliminary decree and the said modified decree was not filed and that all the alienees werenot impleaded. Against the said order, Defendant No. 5 filed C. R. P. No. 700/94 and the same was allowed on 30-8-1994 holding that the lower Court ought to have given an opportunity to file the modified decree. The lower Court was directed to dispose of the LA. within six months. While allowing the C. R. P. this Court made the following observation:"there was much debate during the course of hearing whether the partition is to be effected by taking the entire property and dividing it into shares or whether each item is to be divided into shares. It is needless to say that the value of the entire property should be assessed. Thereafter, on the basis of the value thus ascertained the property should be divided into 104 shares. Out of 104 shares, 14 shares should be allotted to the petitioner. "thereafter the matter was taken up by the lower Court for enquiry. During this process, the Plaintiffs, Defendants No. 3, 4, 6 and Defendants No. 14 to 17 and L. Rs. of Defendant No. 2 executed a Deed of Assignment dated 28-8-1995 in favour of Defendant No. 30, a Co-operative Housing Society assigning their rights and interest in respect of 45 acres of dry agricultural land covered by S. Nos. 93, 94, 104, 107, 108 and 109 of Hakimpet village, golconda Mandal, Hyderabad district. The said Co-operative Society filed la. No. 1103 of 1995 to implead as Respondent No. 30 in LA. No. 854/84 and to recognise the Deed of Assignment. The said petition was allowed on 25-9-1995. The Appellant herein filed C. R. P. SR. No. 25640/96 contending that the said order was passed without notice to it and without hearing. But, however, subsequently another order was pa