Possession and title claims must be substantiated by registered documents; unregistered agreements do not confer legal ownership.

JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. (Oral)--Appellant impugns order dated 17.03.2021 whereby the application under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 CPC filed by the appellant seeking a restraint on respondents from carrying out any construction activity or changing the structure of the suit premises i.e. property No.38 admeasuring 84 sq.yards L Type situated at Noor Nagar, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi and further from transferring, alienating or parting with possession or creating third party interest in the said property during the pendency of the suit has been dismissed.

2. The appellant/plaintiff had filed the subject suit for declaration, recovery of possession and mandatory injunction on 24.02.2021 seeking a declaration, declaring the General Power of Attorney, Agreement Affidavit all dated 17.05.1967 to be null and void having no relationship with the suit property No.38, Khasra No.176 admeasuring 84 sq.yards L Type, Noor Nagar, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi and further seeking a decree of possession in favour of the appellant and a mandatory injunction to remove the illegal and unauthorised construction raised over the subject property.

3. The case set up by the appellant is that one Najamuddin Khan was the lawful and exclusive owner of the built up property and had purchased and occupied the same before 1970.

4. It is contended in the plaint that Najamuddin Khan was a Government employee in Uttar Pradesh and due to his transfer had to stay in different parts of Uttar Pradesh along with his family members. However, on holidays used to come to Delhi and stay in the suit property.

5. It is averred in the plaint that approximately 25-30 years back said Najamuddin Khan shifted to Agra with his family and started residing over there, however, he kept on visiting the property as and when he availed suitable opportunities.

6. It is alleged that for some time Qamaruddin (father of respondent No.1) was staying as a licensee in the suit property with his family members and subsequently shifted to Zakir Nagar, Okhla along with his family.

7. It is alleged that Qamaruddin, with the permission of Najamuddin his elder brother, had let out the suit property and used to pay rent the rent received to the erstwhile owner (Najamuddin). It is alleged that after the demise of Qamaruddin his son i.e. respondent No.1 started taking care of the suit property and used to collect rent from the tenants and pay to Najamuddin.

8. It is alleged in the plaint that for the last 3-4 years respondent No.1 stopped paying the rent to Najamuddin though he was regularly collecting it from the tenants.

9. It is alleged that in March-April, 2020 due to Corona pandemic the tenants vacated the property and appellant purchased the suit property on 15.06.2020 by way of execution of General Power of Attorney, Agreement to Sell, Affidavit, Will, Possession Letter and receipt and appellant was put in lawful possession of the said property.

10. It is alleged that having become the lawful and exclusive owner of the property, appellant put his materials and belongings in the suit property.

11. It is further alleged in the plaint that in the first week of September, 2020 appellant had gone to his native place in Meerut and when he returned on 06.09.2020 he was shocked to notice that labourers were demolishing the property and on enquiry he learnt that respondent was raising construction of the property.

12. Appellant thereafter filed a suit for injunction (hereinafter referred to as the 1st Suit). It is alleged