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1996 Supreme(Pat) 111

PATNA HIGH COURT
P.K.Deb, J.
Usha Munjal
Versus
Indian Overseas Bank
Civil Revision No. 246 of 1992 ;
Decided On : FEBRUARY 15, 1996

The central legal point established is that parties not having acquired any right over the suit property and not being considered necessary or proper parties in the suit may not be allowed to intervene in the proceedings.

Headnote:

Mortgage Suit - Intervention Petition Rejection - The court rejected the intervention petition under Order I rule 10 C. P. C. on the grounds that the petitioners had no say in the contractual agreement between the parties to the suit and were not considered necessary or proper parties in the Mortgage suit.

Fact of the Case:

The petitioners filed an intervention petition in a Mortgage suit, claiming an agreement of sale with the defendants and expressing apprehension about their interest in the suit property if an ex parte decree was obtained by the plaintiff.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the petitioners had not acquired any right over the suit property and were not considered necessary or proper parties in the Mortgage suit.

Issues: The main issue was whether the petitioners should be allowed to intervene in the Mortgage suit.

Ratio Decidendi: The court held that the petitioners had no say in the contractual agreement between the parties to the suit and were not considered necessary or proper parties in the Mortgage suit.

Final Decision: The Revision petition was dismissed, and the petitioners were given the liberty to move the appropriate court at the appropriate stage. The stay order was withdrawn, and the lower court records were to be immediately despatched for the suit to proceed expeditiously.

Judgment

P. K. Deb, J.

1. This Revision has been preferred by the abovenamed petitioners whose intervention petition under Order I rule 10 C. P. C. was rejected by the impugned order in the court of Subordinate judge, I, Hazaribagh.

2. The admitted position remains that the plaintiff-O. P. No.1 filed the abovemention suit against the Opposite parties no.2 to 4 for realisation of the outstanding dues on the basis of mortgage by deposit of title deed in taking loan by the Opposite party nos.2 and 3. While the suit was pending then this intervenor petition was filed on the ground that the Opposite party nos.2 and 3 had entered into an agreement of sale of a part of the property involved in the present suit in favour of the petitioner and took the whole amount of consideration money and put them in possession and the surreptitiously the Opposite party nos.2 and 3 are not contesting the suit and going to give an ex parte decree in favour of the plaintiff-Opposite party no.1 and as such they wanted to implead as defendants in the suit and contest the suit.

3. The suit was a Mortgage suit on the basis of the Mortgage contract being arrived at between the o. P No.1 on one side and O. P. Nos.2 and 4 on the other side, and on such mortgage suit the learned court below has rightly held that the petitioners can have no say in the contractual agreement between the parties to the suit.

4. During the course of submission of mr. N. K. Prasad, appearing for and on behalf of the petitioners, it could be felt that there is apprehension in the mind of tha petitioners that their interest over the part of the suit property may be in jeopardy if the ex parte decree is obtained by the plaintiff-Opposite party and then property is put on sale for satisfying the debt from the mortgage amount.

5. It must also be mentioned here that the petitioners had already filed a suit for specific performance of their contract on the basis of the agreement with 0. P. Nos.2 and 3. Definitely, the petitioners have not yet acquired any right over any part of the suit property as no title has yet been conveyed to them moreover, if there is an agreement between the petitioners and Opposite parties no.2 and 3 as stated then also the said agreement must be subject to mortgage when admittedly the agreement was arrived at after the mortgage was made with the bank authorities. I do not find that in the facts and circumstances, the petitioners are either necessary or proper party in the Mortgage suit between the Opposite party no.1 on one side and O. R nos.2 to 4 on the other side, and hence the learned court below had rightly rejected the prayer of the petitioners under Order I rule 10 C. P. C.

6. As there is no force in this Revision petition, the same is dismissed. However the petitioners shall have the liberty to move the. appropriate court at appropriate stage. Stay order passed earlier is hereby withdrawn. The lower court records may be immediately despatched to the lower court so that the suit can be proceeded as expeditiously as possible.

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