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2011 Supreme(AP) 304

High Court of Andhra Pradesh
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR
Shaik Zareena Kasam
Versus
Patan Sadab Khan & Others
Civil Revision Petition No.3266 of 2007
Decided on : 01-04-2011

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner:V.R. Reddy Kovvuri, Advocate.
For the Respondents: None appeared.

Headnote:A) CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908, Order 26 Rule 9:- Where there is any dispute regarding the boundaries or physical features of the property or any allegations of encroachment by one party and disputed by the other, it is always expedient to allow the application for appointment of Advocate Commissioner. In case of any delay in the filing of an application, if necessary cost may be imposed. (Para 11)

Judgment :

1. This revision is directed against the order dated 11.06.2007 passed in I.A.No.293 of 2007 in O.S.No.209 of 2004 by the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Rayachoty, Kadapa District.

2. The petitioner herein is defendant No.3 and the first respondent herein is the plaintiff in the Original Suit. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be referred to as they were arrayed in the Original Suit.

3. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

The plaintiff – Patan Sadab Khan filed a suit being O.S.No.209 of 2004 before the Court below seeking permanent injunction against the defendants therein, not to interfere with his peaceful possession and enjoyment of the suit schedule property, which has been described as rice mill which is running in the name and style of ‘Gora Industrial Complex’ at G.K.Rachapalli of Madithadu Revenue Village of T.Sundupalli Mandal in Survey No.984/A in an extent of Acs.0.20 cents bounded on the east by vacant site and juice factories, west by Rastha, North by Rastha and South by Rayachoty – Pincha Road.

4. The plaintiff claimed to be the owner of the suit schedule property and that he had constructed the rice mill and obtained permission to run the same. The first defendant is the father and the second defendant is the brother of the plaintiff and the third defendant was subsequently impleaded as party to the suit. The third defendant filed a written statement mainly contending that there is no such rice mill in an extent of Acs.0.20 cents of land Survey No.984/A, as shown in the suit schedule within its boundaries. The contention of the plaintiff that the suit property is his self acquired property was also denied. We are not concerned with the other pleas raised by the parties in this revision. The only dispute that is to be adjudicated in this revision is whether the rice mill is situated in an extent of Acs.0.20 cents of land within the boundaries of the plaint schedule in Survey No.984/A.

5. The third defendant filed an application in I.A.No.293 of 2007 before the Court below to appoint an Advocate Commissioner to inspect the suit property and to note down the physical features and to take photographs of the same with the assistance of the sketch prepared by the Municipal Surveyor, T.Sundupally. In her application, she had specifically mentioned that there is no such rice mill as alleged by the plaintiff in Survey No.984/A in Acs.0.20 cents of land. The plaintiff filed counter and he had taken two grounds, i.e., (1) The petition filed by the third defendant is belated one; and (2) The third defendant had admitted that the suit property is covered under Survey No.984/A in an extent of Acs.0.20 cents of land.

6. The Court below, observing that the main suit is filed for declaration and permanent injunction and that the suit is coming up for cross-examination of P.W.1 and at that stage, this petition for appointment of Advocate Commissioner was filed and that the petition is belated one and that there are no grounds to appoint an Advocate commissioner, dismissed the petition filed by the petitioner herein, which is impugned in this revision.

7. Learned counsel for the petitioner, in support of his contention that an Advocate Commissioner should be appointed to inspect the suit property, has relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case between Varala Ramachandra Reddy Vs. Mekala Yadi Reddy and others 2010 (4) ALD 198, wherein, it was held that an Advocate Commissioner can be appointed in an injunction suit for local inspection of the suit site and to demarcate the suit schedule property with the help of the Surveyor. Learned counsel has also relied on the judgment of this Court in the case between Mallikarjuna Srinivasa Gupta Vs. K.Sheshirekha 2006 (3) ALD 362, in which case, a suit was filed for declaration of title and an application was filed contending that the defendant therein encroached a portion of the site. The stand of the defendant therein was that he has not encroached a







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