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1982 Supreme(AP) 46

Andhra Pradesh High Court
Judges : K.MADHAVA REDDY, RAMANUJULU NAIDU
Chekuri Venkararaju - Appellant
Versus
Kaza Nazeeruddin - Respondent
Decided On : 03-02-82

Headnote:

AUCTION SALE - BINDING NATURE - REPRESENTATION OF ESTATE - MUSLIM LAW - DOWER DEBT - COURT SALE - VALIDITY - BONA FIDE PURCHASER - CAVEAT EMPTOR - LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES - SUFFICIENCY OF REPRESENTATION - DOCTRINE OF REPRESENTATION - APPLICATION.

Fact of the Case:

The plaintiffs, who claimed to be the children of the judgment debtor Ghouse Mohiddin through his second wife, recently came to know that the second defendant purporting to have obtained the dower decree against Ghouse Mohidin in C. S. 175 of 1946 with full knowledge deliberately, fraudulently and colusively" impleaded defendants 3 to 7 as if they were the only legal representatives of Ghouse Mohinddin as per order dated 6-1-1955 in Application No. 4178 of 1953 on the file of the Madras High Court and sought for the first time to execute the decree by attachment of the plaint schedule property in the year 1961 after transmission of the said decree to the file of th sub-court, Machilipatnam.

Finding of the Court:

The Court held that the defendants 2 to 5 who were admittedly made parties to the execution proceedings represented the entire estate of Ghouse mohiddin or not. When these properties were brought to sale and 8th defendant purchased the same at a Court auction; and whether such a sale is binding on plintiffs 1 to 6 even if they are entitled to a share therein when no fruad or collusion between the auction purchaser and the decree holder is established.

Issues: 1. Whether the execution sale in question is vitiated by fraud or collusion as alleged by the plaintiffs? 2. Whether the plaintiffs and the first defendant are the legitimate children of the deceased judgment debtor? 3. Whether the estate of the deceased judgment debtor was properly represented in the execution proceedings? 4. Whether the sale in execution was binding on the plaintiffs to the extent of their shares? 5. Whether the plaintiffs are entitled to the relief of declaration prayed for and also for a partition of their share in the plaint schedule property?

Ratio Decidendi: The Court held that the decree-holder and defendants 2 to 5 failed to bring (on record) the plaintiffs and the first defendant as legal representatives of the Judgment- debtor more in assertion of their own right and the denial of the right of the plaintiffs and the first defendant rather than with a view to play fraud on the Court. It is also clear that so far as the 8th defendant, auction-purchaser. Is concerned it is not established that he was aware of the right of the plaintiffs and the first defendant to a share in the Matruka of the Judgment-debtor. In these circumstances, what has to be seen is whether the Court auction sale, which has been held after impleading some of the legal representatives of the judgment-debtor is void or not binding in so far as the share of the other legal representatives of the judgment-debtor are concerned and whether it has to be set aside at their instance to the extent of their share and if so on what conditions.

Final Decision: The Court allowed the appeal, set aside the judgment and decree of the lower court, and dismissed the plaintiffs' suit. Each party was ordered to bear its own costs throughout. The oral request for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected.

MADHAVA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE 8th defendant in O. s. 25 of 1970 on the file of the Court of the subordinate Judge at Machilipatnam has preferred this appeal against the judgment and decree declaring the Court auction sale of the plaint schedule property held on 26-8-1968 in EP No. 94 of 1961 on the file of the subordinate Judge, Machilipatnam, in pursuance of the decree of the Madras High Court C. S. No. 175 of 1946 as void and not binding on the shares of the plaintiffs- respondents in the pliant scheduled property and that they are entitled to a partition and for allotment of their separate shares by metes and bounds. Plaintiffs 1 to 4 were declared entitled to Ac. 1. 21 cents each. And plaintiffs 5 and 6 and the first defendant are entitled to Ac 0. 59 cents each out of the plaint schedule property towards their shares plaintiffs were also declared entitled to profits towards their shares of the property from the date of the suit till delivery of possession of the properties and the profits were directed to be ascertained on a separate application.

( 2 ) PLAINTIFFS 1 to 6 are the children of one Ghouse Mohiddin through his second wife Nurunnisa Begum plaintiffs 1 to 4 being his sons and plaintiffs 5 and 6 and the first defendant being his daughters. The second defendant Fatimunnisa begum. Is his first wife and defendants 3 and 4 are the daughters of Ghouse Mohiddin through her Defendants 5and 6 are his brothers and defendant No. 7 is the sister of ghouse mohiddin. The second defendant i. e, the first wife of Ghose Mohiddin filed the suit on the original side of the Madras High Court in C. s. No 175 of 1946 claiming her dower. The suit was decreed on 19-3-1948 against Ghouse Mohiddin ghouse mohiddin died on 30-10-1950 she filed an execution petition against her husband-judgment debtor and it was during the pendency of the execution proceedings that he died. She filed an application No. 4178 of 1953 to bring his legal representatives on record in the said execution proceedings Defendants 3 to 7 i. e. defendants 3 and 4 who are the daughters of the Judgment debtor as well as his brothers and sisters. I. e. defendants 5 to 7 were also brought on record as his legal representatives by an order D/- 6-1-1955. This decree was transferred for execution tot he sub-court at machilipatnam and the execution petition was renumbered as E. P. 94 of 1961. In execution of that dower decree, the plaint schedule property was attached on 23-8-1961 and was brought to sale on 28-8-1961. The 8th defendant became the auction purchaser of Ac 8. 00 of land in Gudar village Machilipatnam Taluk Krishna district for Rs. 40,000. 00 the sale was confirmed and possession was delivered to the auction purchaser on 5-2-1969. The plaintiffs, who claimed to be the children of the Judgment debtor Ghouse Mohiddin through his second wife recently came to know that the second defendant purporting to have obtained the dower decree against ghouse Mohidin in C. S. 175 of 1946 with full knowledge deliberately. Fraudulently and colusively" impleaded defendants 3 to 7 as if they were the only legal representatives of ghouse Mohinddin as per order dated 6-1-1955 in Application No. 4178 of 1953 on the file of the Madras High Court and sought for the first time to execute the decree by attachment of the plaint schedule property in the year 1961 after transmission of the said decree to the file of th sub-court, Machilipatnam. It is averred that the defendants 2 to 7 herein had opposed the application to implead the plaintiffs, 1st defendant and their mother as legal representatives in O. S. No. 95 of 1949 on the file of the sub-court. Machilipatnam and contested the same and were thus fully aware of the plaintiffs claim but yet they failed to brinbg them on record in these execution proceedings the case of the plaintiffs is that the entire execution proceedings in E. P. No. 94 of 1961 on the file of the subcourt. Machilipatnam in C. s. No. 175 of 1946 on the file of the madras





























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