High Court Of Calcutta
P.S. Datta, J.
Sk. Mansur Ali - Appellants
Vs
Md. Ejahar Hussain - Respondents
CO. No. 4261 of 2007
Decided on: June 23, 2008
EXECUTION OF DECREE - POLICE HELP - OBSTRUCTION - WRONG LR PLOT NUMBER MENTIONED IN DECREE - CORRECTION - BOUNDARY OF DECRETAL PROPERTY - VAGUENESS - AMENDMENT OF DECREE - SECTIONS 151 AND 152 OF CPC - APPLICABILITY - DECREE HOLDER'S PETITION FOR POLICE HELP - MAINTAINABILITY.
Fact of the Case:
The decree holder filed a petition before the Executing Court complaining that the decree could not be executed in spite of the issuance of a writ of delivery of possession on account of obstruction by the judgment debtor. The judgment debtor objected to the petition, alleging that the decree was inexecutable because of the wrong LR plot number mentioned in the decree and that the boundary of the decretal land was vague. The Executing Court allowed the decree holder's petition for police help, holding that the objections raised by the judgment debtor had already been resolved and disposed of in earlier orders.
Finding of the Court:
The High Court held that the decree holder's petition for police help was maintainable and that the Executing Court was justified in allowing the same. The Court found that the wrong LR plot number mentioned in the decree was a clerical error and that the correct LR plot number could be ascertained from the RS plot number and the boundary of the decretal property. The Court also held that the boundary of the decretal property was not vague and that the decree holder was entitled to seek police help to execute the decree.
Issues: 1. Whether the decree was inexecutable due to the wrong LR plot number mentioned in the decree? 2. Whether the boundary of the decretal property was vague? 3. Whether the decree holder's petition for police help was maintainable?
Ratio Decidendi: 1. The Court held that the wrong LR plot number mentioned in the decree was a clerical error and that the correct LR plot number could be ascertained from the RS plot number and the boundary of the decretal property. The Court relied on the decision in Niyamat Ali Molla (supra) to hold that the decree could be corrected by the Court both in exercise of the power under section 151 as well as 152 of the CPC. 2. The Court held that the boundary of the decretal property was not vague and that the decree holder was entitled to seek police help to execute the decree. 3. The Court held that the decree holder's petition for police help was maintainable as the objections raised by the judgment debtor had already been resolved and disposed of in earlier orders.
Final Decision: The revisional application was dismissed, and the order of the Executing Court allowing the decree holder's petition for police help was confirmed.
P. S. Datta, J.
1. THE order dated 1.10.07 passed by learned Civil Judge, Islampur in the district of Uttar Dinajpur in Title Execution Case No. 11/95 allowing the petition of the opposite party decree holder praying for police help for execution of the decree is- under challenge.
2. ON 2.1.2007 the decree holder filed a petition before the learned Executing Court complaining that the decree could not be executed in spite of issuance of writ of delivery of possession on account of obstruction having been put by the judgment debtor for execution of the writ. As such police assistance was proved for execution of the writ. In the petition it was inter alia stated that the obstruction to the execution of the decree was being made on the basis of the wrong LR plot number in the decree. It has been averred further that the point of objection of the judgment-debtor as to mention of the wrong LR plot number was resolved by the learned Court under Order No. 76 dated 22.1.03 wherein the Court held that mention of the wrong LR plot number was of no consequence since the decree mentioned the correct RS plot number 729 with the boundary of the land. The judgment-debtor had put in a written objection against the petition of the decree holder for order of police help alleging non-maintainability of the petition which shall be adverted to in the order. The learned Executing Court in the impugned order referred to his earlier Order No. 76 dated 22.1.03 and some other previous order being No. 44 dated 15.4.2000, Order No. 78 dated 28.3.03, and the Order No. 81 dated 29.5.03 and held that whatever the disputes that were raised by the judgment-debtor against the petition of the decree holder praying for police help the same have been resolved and disposed of by the Order No. 76 dated 22.8.03 and that the said order was a binding and subsisting one. Learned Executing Court further held that the first appeal preferred by the judgment-debtor being TA No. 43/94 had stood dismissed and no second appeal was pending. Holding that written objection against the decree holder's petition for police help filed by the judgment-debtor on 11.1.07 was misconceived and since it appeared from the petition of the decree holder supported by affidavit that the judgment-debtor was creating obstruction to execute the decree holder's prayer for police help was allowed.
3. MR. Jiban Ratan Chatterjee, learned Advocate appearing for the judgment-debtor/petitioner raised primarily a point that the decree was inexecutable because in the printed application for the execution of the decree the schedule of the property to be executed was referred to as RS Khatian No. 177, LR Khatian No. 359, RS plot No. 729, LR plot No. 759 having an area or 0.03 out of 0.08 decimals of land. The LR plot No. 759 was typed after the typed digits 757 was struck off and unless the identity of the suit property with reference to the LR plot number could be resolved the decree cannot be allowed to be executed. Secondly, it has been submitted that the boundary of the decretal land as has been given in the application for execution is vague and by such boundary the decretal property cannot be identified. Thirdly, it has been submitted that the judgment-debtor has got no structure over the lands in LR plot No. 759 and the decree holder is at liberty to go to that plot 759 instead of LR plot No. 757 and the decree cannot be amended by incorporation of the corrected plot number in the application for execution of the decree. It has been submitted next that in the application for police help there is no averment as to when the bailiff had gone to the decretal land for execution of the decree and unless report of the bailiff to the effect that obstruction was raised by the judgment-debtor it was incompetent for the decree holder to seek police help. Unless the bailiff was examined in Court to ascertain the real position in the light of the dispute relating to the LR plot number the grant of police h
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