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1973 Supreme(Guj) 30

Gujarat High Court
Judgename :B.K.MEHTA
SHAIKH KASAMBHAI NURBHAI - Appellant
Versus
JENATBIBI HUSAINALI NIYAJALI SAIYAD - Respondent
Civil Revision 1196 of 1972
Decided On : 03/26/1973

Advocates Appeared: M.H.CHHATRAPATI, N.R.OZA, Y.S.KRISHNAN

Headnote:

Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 - Tenancy - Land case - Two revisions arise out of the two interlocutory orders respectively made by the Civil Judge filed by one against one for possession of five pieces of agricultural land situated within the revenue limits of town together with the superstructures and fixtures thereon - Held, One thereafter made a last attempt to impress upon me that since the trial court is still seized of the disputed raised in issue No. 9 as to whether the defendant proved that he was a tenant of the plaintiff since the reference by the civil Court of the status of the plaintiff as statutory owner to the determination by the Agricultural Lands Tribunal would clearly result in conflict of the two Courts which situation can be hardly said to be a happy one and therefore also the Court should not refer this question of the status of the plaintiff to the Agricultural Lands Tribunal - Court is not impressed by this contention for the simple reason that the Agricultural Lands Tribunal is seized of the matter as to who out of the plaintiff and the defendant has become statutory owner of the suit land and if that question is answered by determining incidentally as to who was the tenant on the land in the decision would be final and binding and issue No. 9 therefore would be required to be answered accordingly - It that view of the matter therefore the result is that the revision filed by the plaintiff fails while the revision filed by the defendant succeeds - Ordered accordingly.

B. K. MEHTA, J.

( 1 ) THESE two revisions arise out of the two interlocutory orders dated 22nd September 1972 and 7th August 1972 respectively made by the Civil Judge (J. D.) Dholka in Civil Suit No. 87 of 1964 filed by one Jenatbibi Husainali against Shaikh Kasambhal Nurbhai for possession of five pieces of agricultural land situated within the revenue limits of Dholka town bearing S. Nos. 1482 to 1486 together with the superstructures and fixtures thereon. By the order of 22ad September 1972 the learned Civil Judge refused to refer the question raised in issue No. 4 namely whether the plaintiff proves that she became deemed purchaser on 1-4-1957 on the ground that the civil court has jurisdiction in the matter on the ratio of the decision of Supreme Court in Musamia Imam Haider Bax Razvi v. Rabari Govindbhai Ratnabhai and others A. I. R. 1969 SC 439 as it involves determination of a question about the past tenancy. By the order of 7th August 1972 the learned Civil Judge rejected the application filed by the plaintiff Bai Janatbibi to delete and recast various issues including the aforesaid issue No. 4 regarding the status of the plaintiff. In order to appreciate the rival contentions of the parties. It is necessary to advert to a few facts leading to these two revision applications.

( 2 ) THE plaintiff Bai Jenatbibi had filed Regular Civil Suit No. 87 of 1964 in May 1964 in the Court of Civil Judge (J. D.) Dholka against the defendant Kasambhai for declaration that the fields are of the sole ownership and possession of the plaintiff and for permanent injunction in respect of the aforesaid five pieces of agricultural land and for restraining the defendant from interfering with her possession. In that suit ad-interim injunction was granted but ultimately it was vacated after hearing the parties. The case of the plaintiff was that she was the owner of the suit land and the defendant was a trespasser. She claimed the ownership on the ground that originally the land belonged to one Abdul Karim Rasulbhai and she was his tenant and became the statutory owner of the land on April 1 1957 under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1948 The defendant contended that he was a tenant in possession of the suit land from 1956-57 and was not a trespasser. The trial court has therefore raised issues on these pleadings. There was one issue about the status of the plaintiff which numbered as 8a and raised the following question:"whether the plaintiff proves that she became the deemed purchaser on 1-4-1957" ?the defendant therefore made an application to the trial Court for referring the issue to the competent authority under the Tenancy Act. The said application was rejected on the ground that the question involved was of past tenancy and therefore the civil Court has jurisdiction to decide the same. From that order a revision was preferred by the defendant by his civil Revision Application No. 590 of 1971. When the Revision came up for hearing before the learned Single Judge of this Court (Coram-A. D. Desai J.) the plaintiff filed an affidavit requesting the court to delete issue No. 8a as it was not necessary to raise the issue for purposes of the relief of the declaration or injunction. That prayer of the plaintiff was opposed by the defendant who was the petitioner in that revision. However in the opinion of the learned Single Judge as the suit was filed on the basis that the plaintiff was the owner of the suit land and the petitioner was a trespasser the request of the plaintiff to delete the said issue was justified. In that view of the matter therefore the revision filed by the defendant to refer the question to the competent authority under the Tenancy Act was not necessary and the revision was dismissed with the result that the matter came back before the trial Court. It appears that the plaintiff thereafter amended her plaint praying for possession in case if it was found by the trial court that the defendant was in possession














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