IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
T. Sunil Chowdary, J.
Chekuri Lavanya – Appellant
Vs.
Kalidindi Ravi Kumar Varma and Ors. – Respondent
CRP No. 4718 of 2014
Decided On: 07.04.2015
Civil Law – Suit – Appointment of Advocate Commissioner – Revision petition is filed by respondent/defendant assailing the order and decree – Respondent filed suit before the trial Court for declaration and consequential injunction against the petitioners and others in respect of Land – The first petitioner suit for perpetual injunction against the respondent in respect of wet land admeasuring Acs. 8.70 cents in Survey Village, and the said suit was transferred to the trial Court. The trial Court clubbed both suits and recorded the evidence in OS No. 15 of 2008. During the pendency of the suits, the petitioners filed for appointment of Advocate Commissioner to inspect the suit schedule property, constructed house and the existing crops therein, and submit the report. After hearing both parties, the trial Court allowed the petition on 10.11.2014 appointing the Advocate Commissioner – Held, Pending from the year 2008 onwards. If really the house was constructed by the petitioner prior to filing of the suit, what prevented him to file a similar petition for appointment of Advocate Commissioner at the earliest point of time. A perusal of the record reveals that the trial Court posted the matter for judgment - Thereafter trial Court reopened the matter as per the orders - For one reason or other, the first petitioner did not take any steps to file the petition for appointment of Advocate Commissioner at an earliest point of time, i.e., before commencement of the trial. This petition was allowed after hearing of arguments on both sides in the main suit. It is needless to say that an Advocate Commissioner cannot be appointed for collection of evidence. The Court has to ascertain the intention of the party from the recitals of the affidavit. A careful perusal of the affidavit filed in IA Nclearly reveals the intention of the petitioners to file the present petition for appointment of Advocate Commissioner. As rightly pointed out by the learned Counsel for the petitioners, mere delay in filing of the petition itself, is not a valid ground to dismiss the petition without considering its merits. But, in the instant case, the conduct of the first petitioner in filing the petition nearly five years after filing of the suit, that too when the matter is coming up for judgment, indicates his intention to drag on the matter on one pretext or the other. In a suit for declaration, the plaintiff may succeed or fail basing on the strength and weakness of his case. Even if the Advocate Commissioner was not appointed – Application is disposed.
T. Sunil Chowdary, J.
1. This revision petition is filed by the respondent/defendant assailing the order and decree dated 10.11.2014 passed in IA No. 828 of 2013 in OS No. 47 of 2008 on the file of Family Court-cum-III Additional District Judge, Vizianagaram (hereinafter referred to as, the trial Court). The parties will be referred to as they are arrayed before the trial Court to avoid confusion.
2. The facts leading to filing of the present revision petition, in brief, are as follows: The respondent filed OS No. 15 of 2008 before the trial Court for declaration and consequential injunction against the petitioners and others in respect of an extent of Acs. 40.89 cents in Survey Nos. 5, 7 and 31/1 of Kella Village, Gurla Mandal, Vizianagaram District. The first petitioner filed OS No. 47 of 2008 on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge, Vizianagaram for perpetual injunction against the respondent in respect of wet land admeasuring Acs. 8.70 cents in Survey No. 5 of Kella Village, and the said suit was transferred to the trial Court. The trial Court clubbed OS No. 15 of 2008 and OS No. 47 of 2008 and recorded the evidence in OS No. 15 of 2008. During the pendency of the suits, the petitioners filed IA No. 828 of 2013 in OS No. 47 of 2008 for appointment of Advocate Commissioner to inspect the suit schedule property, constructed pucca house and the existing crops therein, and submit the report. After hearing both parties, the trial Court allowed the petition on 10.11.2014 appointing the Advocate Commissioner. Feeling aggrieved by the order and decree of the trial Court, the respondent filed the present revision petition.
3. Heard Sri Sivalenka Rama Chandra Prasad, learned Counsel for the revision petitioner-respondent and Sri V. Ch. Naidu, learned Counsel for the respondents-petitioners.
4. The contention of the learned Counsel for the revision petitioner-respondent is three fold: (1) the trial Court failed to consider that petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 in IA No. 828 of 2013 are not parties in OS No. 47 of 2008; (2) the trial Court, without considering the recitals of plaint in OS No. 47 of 2008, allowed the petition on assumptions and presumptions; and (3) the order of the trial Court is not sustainable either on facts or on law.
5. Per contra, learned Counsel for the respondents herein-petitioners submitted that the trial Court rightly considered the scope of both suits and allowed the petition. He further submitted that the appointment of Advocate Commissioner no way affects the legal rights of the respondent.
6. Now, the points that arise for consideration, in this revision petition, are:
1. Whether the trial Court is justified in allowing IA No. 828 of 2013 or not?
2. Whether there is any illegality or irregularity in the order passed by the trial Court?
Point Nos. 1 and 2:
7. Both the points are inter-linked and hence, I am inclined to address both the points simultaneously, in order to avoid confusion or repetition.
8. It is an admitted fact that the respondent filed OS No. 15 of 2008 for declaration and consequential injunction in respect of an extent of Acs. 40.89 cents (Acs. 13.56 cents in Sy. No. 7, Acs. 11.23 cents in Sy. No. 5, Acs. 16.10 cents in Sy. No. 31/1) of Kella Village of Gurla Mandal, Vizianagaram District. The petitioners 1 to 3 are defendants 1, 4 and 8 respectively in OS No. 15 of 2008. The first petitioner filed OS No. 47 of 2008 seeking perpetual injunction against the respondent in respect of an extent of Acs. 8.70 cents in Sy. No. 5 of Kella Village. Survey No. 5' of Kella Village is the subject-matter in both the suits.
9. The first petitioner, who is sole plaintiff in OS No. 47 of 2008, along with defendant Nos. 4 and 8 in OS No. 15 of 2008 filed the petition seeking appointment of Advocate Commissioner in order to localise the house constructed by him in Sy. No. 5. If really the first petitioner constructed the house prior to filing of OS No. 47 of 2008, he might have mentioned the same in the plaint. I ha
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