IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.R. SHAH
ANANDIBEN JAMABHAI PATEL - Appellant(s)
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT THROUGH & 4 - Defendant(s)
SECOND APPEAL No. 82 of 2008
With
CIVIL APPLICATION No. 4720 of 2008
In SECOND APPEAL No. 82 of 2008
Decided On : 21/04/2010
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Section 100 - Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 - Section 47 - Present Second Appeal under section 100 of the Civil Procedure Code has been preferred by appellant herein original plaintiff to quash and set aside the impugned judgement and order passed by Additional District Judge, by which appellate court has dismissed the said appeal confirming judgement and decree passed by the 4th Joint Civil Judge by which trial court has dismissed said suit - Held, Appellate court while dismissing appeal has observed that in view of statement made by appellant before revenue authorities relinquishing her right in the land in question favour of her brother, it can also be said that the appellant has waived her right -It cannot be said that appellate court has committed any error in holding same - There is no substance in the present Second Appeal, which deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed - Appeal dismissed
Present Second Appeal under sec.100 of the Code of Civil Procedure has been preferred by the appellant herein original plaintiff to quash and set aside the impugned judgement and order dtd.20/9/2007 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Banaskantha-Deesa in Regular Civil Appeal No.77 of 1999, by which the learned appellate court has dismissed the said appeal confirming the judgement and decree dtd.30/9/1999 passed by the learned 4th Joint Civil Judge (SD), Palanpur in Regular Civil Suit No.59 of 1986, by which the learned trial court has dismissed the said suit.
At the outset, it is required to be noted that the present Second Appeal is nothing but abuse of process of Court and Court proceedings by the appellant and last attempt on the part of the appellant to avoid the order passed by the authority under the provisions of Gujarat Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act and to avoid handing over the possession of the lands which had been declared excess/surplus under the provisions of the Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act as far as back in the year 1985.
The disputed lands in question were of the ownership of the father of the appellant herein original plaintiff and thereafter on the death of her father, it was in the name of her brother Ravjibhai. It is to be noted that the father of the appellant died in the year 1967 and on his death, the lands were mutated in the name of her brother Ravjibhai in the year 1969 vide mutation entry No.68. It is to be noted and it is an admitted position that at the relevant time the statement of the very appellant original plaintiff was recorded by the revenue authorities relinquishing her right in the lands in question by the appellants in favour of her brother and thereafter the aforesaid lands in question came to be continued in the name of her brother Ravjibhai and her brother was in exclusive ownership and possession of the disputed lands in question till he died in the year 1974 and thereafter by his heirs i.e. widows and minor. That the lands in question were subjected to the provisions of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act and widow of Ravjibhai filled in necessary Forms as required under sec.10 of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act declaring herself to be the absolute owner of the lands in question. That the Mamlatdar and ALT processed the declaration/form submitted by the widow of Ravjibhai and declared 38 Acres and 33 Gunthas of land from the land bearing Survey No.90 as excess surplus land under the provisions of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act. That against the order passed by the Mamlatdar declaring the aforesaid land as excess land under the provisions of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act, the declarant - widow of Ravjibhai preferred Appeal No.13 of 1982 before the Dy.Collector, Tharad and the Dy. Collector, Tharad dismissed the said appeal, against which the widow of Ravjibhai i.e. Punjiben original defendant No.3 preferred Revision Application before the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal and the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal by the judgement and order dtd.8/4/1985 remanded the matter to the Mamlatdar only for the purpose of giving choice to the declarant i.e. Punjiben with respect to which portion of land she wants to retain and which portion of the land she wants to handover and the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal confirmed the order passed by the Mamlatdar and ALT declaring the aforesaid land as excess vacant land under the provisions of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands (Ceiling) Act. Only thereafter when the declarant original owner lost upto the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal, at that stage the appellant herein original plaintiff instituted Regular Civil Suit 59 of 1986 in the court of learned Civil Judge (SD), Palanpur for declaration and permanent injunction declaring that the plaintiff is the owner of the land admeasuring 46 Acres and 16.1/2 Gunthas of land and to declare that the order passed by the Mamlatdar and ALT declaring 38 Acres and 3
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