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2009 Supreme(Ker) 374

High Court Of Kerala
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SATHEESACHANDRAN
Joy Cherian - Appellant
Versus
George Cherian - Respondents
W.P.(C).NO.5667 of 2009 (O)
Decided On : 05 June 2009

Advocates Appeared:For the Petitioner:K. Jayakumar, Advocate. For the Respondent:R. Anilkumar, Advocate.

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order XXVI Rule 10(3) - Whether a fresh Commission can be appointed without setting aside earlier report - When an earlier report suffers from some deficiency, Court if can direct same Commissioner or appoint a fresh Commissioner without setting aside previous report even by Appellate Court - Held, Appellant/plaintiff should be given further opportunity to identify the suit property in case the report is found unacceptable and liable to be set aside or it suffers from some deficiency requiring only noting of such details which have been omitted as he could not be found penalised for the lapses, if any, committed by the previous Commissioner - Order passed by Sub Judge, without hearing the appeal and entering a finding on the merits of report and plan is clearly unsustainable - Quashing order, Sub Judge is directed to hear the appeal and pass appropriate orders on the Commission report and plan taking note of the observations made above - Writ Petition Disposed.

Judgment :

The writ petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:

i. call for the records of A.S.No.110 of 2008 from the Subordinate Judge's Court, Perumbavoor,

ii. set aside Ext.P5 in exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction of this Hon'ble Court;

iii. pass an order dismissing I.A.No.88 of 2009 in A.S.No.110 of 2008 on the file of the Subordinate Judge's Court, Perumbavoor;

iv. grant the petitioner any other appropriate relief that this Honourable Court may deem fit to grant on the facts and in the circumstances of the case;

v. grant the petitioner such other appropriate interim reliefs that the petitioner prays from tie to time during the pendency of this writ petition.

vi. award the petitioner the costs of this writ petition.

2. Petitioner is the respondent in A.S.No.110/2008 on the file of the Sub Court, Perumbavoor. The appeal is filed by the respondent against the dismissal of his suit, O.S.No.199/2006 on the file of the Munsiff's Court, Perumbavoor, in which, he claimed reliefs of fixation of boundaries and perpetual prohibitory injunction against the defendant/petitioner in the writ petition. Ext.P1 is the judgment rendered by the learned Munsiff, dismissing the suit. In the appeal, against Ext.P1 judgment and decree, appellant/plaintiff moved an application for appointing a Commission to identify the suit property. Overruling the objections raised by the respondent in the appeal, the application was allowed, appointing an Advocate Commissioner to measure the suit property, with the assistance of a retired surveyor, and identify the properties of the appellant/plaintiff and respondent/defendant. Ext.P5 is that order. Impeaching the correctness of that order, contending that it is patently illegal to appoint a fresh Commission, without setting aside the Commission report and plan already prepared in the trial of the suit and exhibited in evidence as Exts.C1 and C1 (a) respectively, the petitioner seeks the aid of supervisory jurisdiction of this Court, filing this writ petition, to quash that order.

3. I heard the learned counsel on both sides. When a report is already collected and forms part of the records of the case, without adjudging its merits and then, on finding that it is liable to be set aside, no fresh Commission can be appointed for the very same purpose, that of identifying the suit property, and so much so, the learned Sub Judge went wrong in passing Ext.P5 order, and it is liable to be set aside, is the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner. In the memorandum of appeal, copy of which is produced as Ext.P3, no ground was taken that the Commission report and plan, exhibited as Ext.C1 and C1 (a) are deficient in any manner, and as such, a fresh Commission has to be appointed for identification of the property, is also canvassed by the learned counsel for the petitioner to contend that the request made before the appellate court by the plaintiff for appointment of a fresh Commission was not justified and the order allowing the application by the appellate court is erroneous and unsustainable. The learned counsel for the respondent, inviting my attention to Ext.P1 judgment, submitted that the suit happened to be dismissed solely on forming a conclusion that Exts.C1 and C1 (a), report and plan prepared by the Advocate Commissioner, are not sufficient to identify the suit properties. It was in that context, an application was moved before the appellate court for appointment of a fresh Commission, which was allowed under Ext.P5 order. No interference with that order, according to the counsel, is warranted in the facts of the case.

4. Perusal of the records produced in the writ petition and the submissions made at the bar, disclose that the parties are direct brothers and the dispute between them relating to the suit property emerge under documents executed by their father. Whereas the plaintiff claimed title and possession over the plaint property, h







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