2006 (4) AL T 660
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD
L. ARASIMHA REDDY, J.
Neetha Chintawar and another - Petitioner
v.
Bodugam Gopi - Respondent
Civil Revision Petition No. 5859 of 2005
Decided on 26-6-2006.
Advocates appeared
Mr. Pratap Narayan Sanghi, Counsel for the Petitioner.
Mr. H.Venugopal, Counsel for the Respondent.
Once order of temporary injunction granted by Court after hearing both parties, defendant cannot be heard to say that suit property is not in possession of plaintiffs - If aggrieved, only course open to defendant would be to prefer appeal - Having suffered order of injunction defendant cannot be permitted to plead that plaintiff not in possession of suit property
It is incumbent upon Courts to ensure that order of injunction passed by them are respected and implemented by concerned - Order of trial Court, set aside - Since order of injunction is in force application for police help, allowed
Plaintiff in O.S.No.189 of 2005 on the file of the learned Junior Civil Judge, Adilabad, filed this revision. They filed the suit for the relief of perpetual injunction, against the respondent herein, in respect of the suit schedule property. I.A.No.368 of 2005 was filed under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 C.P.C., for grant of temporary injunction. After issuing notice to the respondent, the trial Court granted temporary injunction in favour of the petitioners on 08-08-2005.
2. The petitioners filed I.A.No.413 of 2005 under Section 151 C.P.C. with a prayer to grant police protection, for implementation of the order of temporary injunction. The respondent opposed the application, alleging that there is some dispute as to the boundaries, It was also alleged that the petitioners are trying to grab the land of the respondent, under the guise of the order of temporary injunction. Through its order, dated 31-08-2005, the trial Court dismissed the LA. Hence, this Civil Revision Petition.
3. Sri Pratap Narayan Sanghi, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the view taken by the trial Court while dismissing the LA., cannot be sustained in law. He contends that the trial Court expressed its helplessness, even after taking note of the violation of the order of temporary injunction on the part of the respondent. Sri H, Venugopal, the learned counsel for the respondent, on the other hand, submits that the petitioners were not in possession of the suit schedule property and they filed LA.No.413 of 2005, only with a view to grab the property which is in possession and enjoyment of the respondent.
4. The trial Court passed an order of temporary injunction in favour of the petitioners, after hearing the respondent. Since no C.M.A. was filed against the same, the said order became final. The petitioners approached the trial Court with an application under Section 151 C.P.C. with a prayer to grant police protection. They alleged that despite the orders of temporary injunction granted by the trial C6urt, the respondent entered the suit schedule land with a herd of buffaloes and that he threatened the petitioners with dire consequences, when they resisted. The respondent, on the other hand pleaded that the land with the boundaries mentioned in the suit schedule belongs to him and that the petitioners were trying to enter into the land, under the guise of the order of temporary injunction.
5. The trial Court made some interesting and peculiar observations, while dealing with the I.A. Firstly, it was observed that the questions as to whether the petitioners are in possession of the suit schedule property must be considered only at the full-fledged trial of the suit. Secondly, it was pointed out that it was for the petitioners to protect their possession, on the strength of the temporary injunction and that if they are unable to do so, the police protection cannot be granted. The relevant portion of the order reads as under.
"No doubt the petitioners were given interim injunction in order to protect their possession and in spite of the said interim injunction they are coming forward with this application for implementation of orders of this Court. Photographs have also been filed by the respondent in order to show that the respondents are in possession of the suit land. All these aspects cannot be looked into at this stage and this being an Interlocutory Application unless and until there is a full-fledged trial it cannot be decided the rights of the parties, Prima facie as the petitioners have put forth a case and accordingly an ad-interim injunction has been granted to protect their possession and restraining the respondents and there men not to interfere. Having obtaining injunction by the petitioners they could not able to implement said order and coming with this application for police protection seems to be some what giving way for another litigation which cannot be entertained."
6. Keeping aside the grammatical disorders, it is difficult
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