2018 Supreme(Ker) 526
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.K.ABDUL REHIM, R. NARAYANA PISHARADI, JJ.
SUMA W/O. KADAVIL PARAMBIL VEETTIL PRABHAKARAN - Appellant
Versus
SINIMOL D/O. GOPALAKRISHNAN - Respondent
OP (FC).No. 432 of 2018
Decided on : 13-08-2018
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Smt. K.V. Bhadra Kumari
For the Respondent: Sri. Aype Joseph
Headnote:Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - O.XXI R. 66(2) - Judgment debtor in the property the court cannot auction or bid which is more than the interest there in and certain portion of the joint property cannot be sold unfolding it as the share of the judgment debtor.
NARAYANA PISHARADI, J.
1. This Original Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the legality and validity of Ext.P6 proclamation of sale made by the Family Court, Irinjalakuda in E.P No.11/2013 in O.P No.673/2005.
2. The petitioner herein is the sister of the second respondent. The first respondent is the wife of the second respondent. She had filed O.P No.673/2005 against the second respondent for granting a decree for return of money and gold ornaments. She obtained a decree against the second respondent in that case for realization of an amount of Rs.3,50,250/-with interest @ 18% per annum from 10-06-2005 till the date of realization. She filed E.P No.11/2013 for execution of the aforesaid decree. During the execution proceedings, the property which originally belonged to the father of the second respondent was attached. Then the petitioner herein filed an application as E.A No.12/2014 claiming half right over the aforesaid property. As per the order dated 25-09-2015, the execution court found that the entire property is not liable to be sold in the execution proceedings and that the decree holder is entitled to realize the decree debt by selling only one-half right of the second respondent in that property. The execution court found that the petitioner herein is one of the co-owners of the aforesaid property. The first respondent proceeded with the execution proceedings for sale of the aforesaid property. Exhibit P6 proclamation of sale was made by the execution court in respect of the property.
3. It is alleged by the petitioner that her right in the property is also proposed to be sold in execution of the decree including the area in which she has constructed a house and therefore, the proclamation of sale made by the execution court is not proper and valid.
4. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the first respondent.
5. As per the order dated 25-09-2015 in E.A No.12/2014, the execution court has already found that the petitioner is one of the co-owners of the property which was proposed to be sold in execution of the decree. The execution court had also found that the entire property is not liable to be sold in execution of the decree and that the decree holder is entitled to execute the decree by selling only one-half right of the second respondent in the property. However, the description of the property given in Ext.P6 proclamation of sale gives an impression that the entire property including the right of the petitioner in it is proposed to be sold. The property is described in the sale proclamation as 7 ½ cents of property and the right of the judgment debtor over it and the house therein excluding the 7 ½ cents of property mentioned in E.A No.12/2014. What is proposed to be sold in execution of the decree is not the undivided share of the second respondent in the property but a definite portion of the property having an extent of 7 ½ cents. Without a partition of the property, the definite portion of the property over which the judgment debtor has got right cannot be ascertained. It is seen that the first respondent had filed a suit as O.S No.1030/2015 against the second respondent for partition of the aforesaid property and a preliminary decree has already been passed in that suit for dividing the property into two equal shares and allotment of one such share to the petitioner herein. The final decree proceedings pursuant to the preliminary decree passed in that suit are pending. In such circumstances, we are of the view that the description of the property given in Ext.P6 proclamation of sale is not proper and correct.
6. Order XXI Rule 66 (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 provides that the proclamation of sale shall specify as fairly and accurately as possible the property to be sold and everything the court considers material for a purchaser to know in order to judge the nature and value of the property.
7. In sales under the directions