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V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited – Appellant
Versus
Vedula Chiranjeevi (died) – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
V.Gopala Krishna Rao, J.
This Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure [for short ‘the C.P.C.’], is filed by the Appellant/defendant challenging the Decree and Judgment, dated 07.01.2002, in O.S. No.25 of 1995 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Anakapalli [for short ‘the trial Court’]. The first Respondent herein is the plaintiff in the said Suit.
The first respondent/plaintiff died during the pendency of the appeal, the second respondent was brought on record as L.R. of first respondent/ plaintiff.
2. The respondent/plaintiff filed the Suit for recovery of possession of the plaint schedule property and for recovery of damages to a tune of Rs.5,00,000/-.
3. Both the parties in the Appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed before the trial Court.
4. The brief averments of the plaint, in O.S. No.25 of 1995, are as under:
In the year 1959, the suit schedule land was given for lease for 10 years to M/s.Caltex India Limited, Visakhapatnam by Sri P.V.G.Raju. In the year 1960 Sri P.V.G.Raju sold the said plaint schedule land to the plaintiff under the cover of registered sale deed. The lease that was given by Sri P.V.G.Raju to M/s.Caltex India Limited, Visak
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