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2011 Supreme(Raj) 1844

RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Gopal Krishan Vyas, J.
Bhawesh Parmar - Appellant
Versus
Mahendra Kumar Lodha and Anr. - Respondent
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 9330 of 2010.
Decided On : 15-03-2011

Advocates:
For the Petitioner:R.K. Thanvi, Advocate.
For the Respondent No. 1:Dr. Sachin Acharya, Advocate.
For the Respondent No. 2:G.S. Rathore, Advocate.

Headnote:

(a) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 7 – Appointment of local Commission to look into the violation of interim order of injunction – Cannot insist on second Commissioner for this purpose as plaintiff must prove disobedience before the Court under Order 39, Rule 2A of Civil Procedure Code.

       (b) Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – S. 151 read with Order 39, Rule 2 – A – Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 2A – Police assistance asked for demolishing construction made in contravention of the interim injunction – No occasion to file application when application under Order 39, Rule 2A, Civil Procedure Code is pending and application was dismissed.

       (c) Constitution of India, 1950 Art. 227 Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 2A – Power under Art. 227 is not to correct error of fact or law and has the ambit of keeping subordinate Courts and Tribunals within the bounds of their respective jurisdiction – Refusal of appointment of commissioner and refusal of police assistance to demolish construction justified in the circumstances – The interference was therefore declined.

JUDGMENT

1. - In this writ petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the plaintiff-petitioner has prayed for quashing the orders impugned dated 03.05.2010 (Annexure-12) and dated 20.8.2010 (Annexure-13) and further prayed that applications filed by the petitioner for appointment of Commissioner and for directions to the Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station, Amba Mata, Udaipur and Urban, Improvement Trust, Udaipur in contempt proceedings, may be allowed.

2. As per facts of the case, the plaintiff-petitioner filed a civil suit along with an application under Order 39, Rule 1 and 2 read with Section 151 CPC for temporary injunction against the respondents. The respondents No. 1 & 2 separately filed their reply to the application for temporary injunction. The learned trial Court appointed Shri Satish Shrimali, Advocate as Commissioner to inspect the site. The Commissioner submitted his report on 06.02.2009 (Annexure-4). Thereafter, the learned trial Court after hearing both the parties granted temporary injunction in favour of the plaintiff-petitioner vide order dated 03.02.2010 whereby the trial Court restrained the respondent no. 1 from raising any construction upon the land in question of the plaintiff's plot without proper construction permission and leaving set back. As per the plaintiff-petitioner , inspite of the order passed by the trial Court, the respondent No. 1 continued with the construction and disobeyed the order passed by the trial Court on 03.02.2010. Therefore, the plaintiff-petitioner filed an application under Order 39, Rule 2A read with Section 151 of CPC against the respondents for committing contempt with the prayer for demolishing the construction raised by the respondent No. 1 in the set back area and for sentencing him for violating the injunction order.

3. In reply to the application filed under Order 39, Rule 2A CPC, it is submitted by the respondent No. 1 that he has not raised any construction in violation of the order. But to prove the correct fact, an application was filed by the petitioner for appointment of commissioner on 23.04.2010. The petitioner filed another application under Section 151 of Civil Procedure Code in the suit for directing the Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station Amba Mata, Udaipur to restrain the respondent No. 1 from raising any construction in the Eastern and Western set back area and for direction to the respondent No. 2 demolish the construction raised in violation of the injunction order. The respondent No. 1 filed reply to the application filed by the petitioner under Section 151 Civil Procedure Code and after hearing both the parties, the learned trial Court vide order dated 03.05.2010 rejected the application of the petitioner for appointment of Commissioner so also rejected application filed under Section 151 Civil Procedure Code for demolishing the construction with police aid vide order dated 20.08.2010. Hence, this writ petition is filed for quashing both the orders of trial Court.

4. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that both the applications filed by the petitioner for appointment of the Commissioner so also for seeking police assistance for demolishing the construction, which is alleged to be raised after passing temporary injunction, have wrongly been rejected by the trial Court. Further it is submitted that in this matter, maintaining dignity of the order passed by the Court is in question. Once an order has been made by the trial Court upon the application for temporary injunction restraining the respondent No. 1 not to proceed further for construction, then, it is the duty of the defendant to obey the order of the Court and if the defendant has violated the order passed by the Court, then, it is the duty of the Court to initiate appropriate proceeding against contemnor and to pass an appropriate order for maintaining dignity in respect of the order passed by the Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner a

































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