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2013 Supreme(AP) 414

High Court of Andhra Pradesh
SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J.
Tirumalasetty Santhamma & Others
Versus
Yenuganti Venkaiah
Second Appeal No. 687 of 1999
Decided on : 12-06-2013

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners:M.S.N. Prasad, Advocate.
For the Respondent:Nimmagadda Satyanarayana, Advocate.

Headnote:Specific Relief Act 1963, Sections 9 and 16(c) - Limitation Act 1963 - Article 54---Specific performance of contract—When no date is fixed for performance in the suit agreement, and when there is no written notice got issued by the plaintiff to the defendant for performance, suit is not barred by limitation---No part of obligation left with plaintiff to be performed after sale agreement - Defendant is obliged to execute sale deed in favour of plaintiff.

Judgment :

1) Unsuccessful legal representatives of the defendant in both the Courts below are the appellants herein. The plaintiff/respondent herein filed the suit for specific performance of Ex.A-1 contract for sale dated 12.07.1983 said to have been executed by the defendant in his favour for the plaint schedule site of Ac.0-10 cents in S.No.14 of Muppavaram village, Prakasam District, after allegedly receiving total consideration of Rs.5,000/- thereunder from him at the rate of Rs.500/- per cent. The defendant resisted the plaintiff’s claim on the ground that Ex.A-1 is a rank forgery and that the suit site fell to the share of the defendant’s son Raghavaiah in family partition which took place in the year 1977 and that the plaintiff is not entitled for relief of specific performance of Ex.A-1 agreement as prayed for. After trial, the trial Court decreed the suit; and on appeal by the defendant, the lower appellate Court dismissed the appeal. Therefore, this appeal is filed by legal representatives of the deceased-defendant.

2) At the time of admission of this second appeal, the then learned Judge of this Court did not identify substantial questions of law for determination in this second appeal. The then learned Judge simply admitted the second appeal without framing substantial questions of law. In any event, after hearing the appellants’ counsel, the following ground Nos.7(a), (b) and (d) of Memorandum of grounds of second appeal are identified herein :

“(a) Is it not a bar under section 17 of the Specific Relief Act to enforce the contract to sell the immovable property against a person who does not have any title to the said property.

(b) Whether an agreement to sell the immovable property be enforced under law which did not see the light of the day for a period of 6 years after its alleged execution in the light of settled propositions of law that the courts can refuse to order Specific Performance on account of delay and latches which defence has been taken by the Defendant as available under Section 9 of the Specific Relief Act.

(d) Is it a rule of law to grant specific performance of contract of sale for any party? when under section 20 of Specific relief act say that the Jurisdiction to decree specific performance is discretionary and the court is not bound to grant such other reliefs because it is lawful to do so;”

3) Ground No.7(c) does not arise since one of the attestors to Ex.A-1 suit agreement was examined as P.W-2 to prove Ex.A-1 agreement. The other attestor is no other than the defendant’s son Raghavaiah himself. On considering oral and documentary evidence of both the parties, the Courts below came to the conclusion that Ex.A-1 suit agreement is true and supported by consideration coupled with delivery of possession. In my opinion, the said findings of fact are not liable to be reagitated in this second appeal under Section 100 C.P.C.

4) Placing reliance on Abdul Raheem V. Karnataka Electricity Board ((2007)14 Supreme Court Cases 138) of the Supreme Court it is sought to be contended by the respondent’s counsel that the question as to whether the plaintiff was ready and willing to perform his part of contract by itself may not give raise to a substantial question of law and that substantial question of law should be formulated relying on or on the basis of findings of fact arrived at by the Courts below. Ground No.7(b) is not wholly on readiness and willingness to perform his part of the contract by the plaintiff. The said aspect is one of the essential pre-requirements of a plaintiff for obtaining relief of specific performance. In the case on hand, as per findings of both the Courts below, Ex.A-1 suit agreement is true, and under Ex.A-1 agreement the plaintiff paid total consideration of Rs.5,000/- to the defendant, and the plaintiff obtained possession of the suit site under the possessory agreement Ex.A-1. Nothing more is left with the plaintiff to perform under the suit contract except obtaining reg

















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