IN THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI
Brojendra Prasad Katakey, J.
Braja Kalita and other – Appellants
Vs.
Bipin Chandra Kalita – Respondent
C.R.P. Nos. 279 and 290 of 2009
Decided On: 30.10.2009
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Section 47 read with Section 151 - Title Execution Case - Suit decree - Land case - Plaintiff is found to be not in possession of the suit land - Since both the petitions arise out of a common order passed in the aforesaid two Misc. Cases by learned executing Court, they are taken up together for hearing and disposal, as agreed to by learned Counsel for the parties - Held, As noticed above, though the Plaintiff-decree holder in the plaint made an alternative prayer for recovery of khas possession besides the main prayer, i.e. for confirmation of possession by declaring their right, title and interest, the judgment passed by the second appellate Court is not clear as to whether the Plaintiffs suit has been decreed for confirmation of possession or for recovery of khas possession - Decree drawn pursuant to such judgment, therefore, naturally does not have the details of the relief granted except saying that the suit of the Plaintiff is decreed in full - Petition allowed.
Brojendra Prasad Katakey, J.
1. The judgment-debtors in Title Suit No. 68 of 1986 filed the present petitions invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 22.6.2009 passed by learned executing Court rejecting the applications, which were registered as Misc. (J) Case Nos. 37 of 2008 and 38 of 2008, filed under Section 47 read with Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure in Title Execution Case No. 13 of 2007.
2. Since both the petitions arise out of a common order passed in the aforesaid two Misc. Cases by learned executing Court, they are taken up together for hearing and disposal, as agreed to by learned Counsel for the parties.
3. The facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of the present petitions are that the opposite party Sri Bipin Ch. Kalita instituted T.S. No. 68 of 1986 in the Court of learned Munsiff No. 2, Kamrup at Guwahati against the present Petitioners as main Defendants and 3 others as proforma Defendants praying for-(i) a decree declaring right, title and interest over the land measuring 10L, out of 1B-1K-3L covered by Dag No. 711 (new), 436 (old) of KP Patta No. 178 (new), 103 (old) in village - Soalkuchi, Mouza - Pub Bansar, District - Kamrup, with a thatched house thereon and also (ii) for confirmation of possession over the suit land and standing house thereon, with an alternative prayer that in case the Plaintiff is found to be not in possession of the suit land, for delivery of khas possession by evicting the contesting Defendants therefrom.
4. The case of the Plaintiff in the suit was that late Ratan Kalita and late Jurai Kalita, two brothers, owned and possessed the land measuring 1B-1K-3L described in Schedule B to the plaint, in equal shares and in or about the year - 1956, half portion of the said land owned and possessed by Ratan Kalita was acquired by the electricity department of the Govt. of Assam, for which compensation was paid. Out of remaining land, Jurai Kalita, the father of the Defendant Nos. 1 & 2 (Petitioner in CRP No. 290/09 and Petitioner No. 1 in CRP No. 279/09, respectively) and the husband of Smti. Rahan Kalita (Defendant No. 3-since deceased) sold 1K to Ratan Kalita. On the death of Ratan Kalita, his widow Smti. Champa Kalita became the absolute owner in respect of the said 1K of land, being the only heir. On 26.4.1965, Smti. Champa Kalita sold the said 1K of land (described in Schedule A/2 to the plaint) to Smti. Golapi Kalita by a registered deed of sale, who in turn on 1.11.85, sold the said land with a thatched house thereon to the Plaintiff by a registered deed of sale and also delivered possession to her. It has also been pleaded in the plaint that the Defendant No. 1 (Petitioner in CRP No. 290/09) instituted a proceeding under Section 145 Code of Criminal Procedure which was registered and numbered as Misc. Case No. 191 m/1968, wherein the possession was declared in favour of the said Defendant, thereby compelling the Plaintiff (opposite party in the revision petitions) to institute the suit for declaration of right, title, interest and confirmation of possession and in the alternative, for passing a decree for delivery of khas possession. The suit was contested by the Defendants denying the claim of the Plaintiff and contending inter alia that the thatched house on the suit land had been constructed by them and that they had been in absolute possession of the suit property. The Defendants also denied the claim that Jurai Kalita during his lifetime sold 1K of land from his share to his brother Ratan Kalita by executing a registered deed of sale. It has further been pleaded in the written statement that the suit land had never been in possession of Ratan Kalita.
5. On the basis of the pleadings of the parties, the learned trial Court framed the following issues for decision:-
1. Whether there is a cause of action for the suit?
2. Whether the suit is maintainable in the present form?
3. Whether the suit i
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