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2017 Supreme(Raj) 2078

IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN
DINESH MEHTA, J.
OM PRAKASH — Appellant
Vs.
MADAN LAL — Respondent
Civil Writ Petition No. 7815 of 2016
Decided on : 26-07-2017

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Sandeep Saruparia, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. A.K. Babel, Advocate

Headnote:

Registration Act, 1908 – Section 17, 49 – Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 – Section 35, 39 – Transfer Property Act, 1882 – Section 54 – Specific Relief Act 1877 – Statutory provisions – Unregistered – Immovable property – Evidence – Order impugned – Seeking dispensing – Adjudication – Petitioners have moved present application, seeking dispensing with service upon other unserved respondents, whose presence is inessential for purpose of adjudicating present issue – For reasons stated, application is allowed – Needless to observe that same shall be at risk and peril of petitioner – Looking to narrow compass of controversy and fact that proceedings in Trial court are likely to be affected, matter is taken up for consideration, today itself, at request and with consent of counsels for parties – Held, order impugned to extent of permitting document to be used as evidence for proving prior transfer is, therefore, clearly illegal and contrary to Section 17 and 49 of Registration Act, inasmuch as moment document is relied upon for purpose of proving transfer of any kind prior, present or future, requirement of Registration is a precursor – As soon as defendant seeks to show his title or even predecessors title, such unregistered document is hit by provision of Section 17 and 49 of Registration Act and same cannot be admitted in evidence – Writ Petition is Allowed

JUDGMENT :

Dinesh Mehta, J.

I.A. No. 2300 of 2017.

The petitioners have moved the present application, seeking dispensing with the service upon other unserved respondents, whose presence is inessential for the purpose of adjudicating the present issue.

2. For the reasons stated, the application is allowed. Needless to observe that the same shall be at the risk and peril of the petitioner.

3. Looking to narrow compass of the controversy and the fact that the proceedings in the Trial court are likely to be affected, the matter is taken up for consideration, today itself, at the request and with the consent of the counsels for the parties.

4. By way of filing the present writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the order dated 04.04.2016 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Rajsamand, (hereinafter referred to the 'Trial Court'), whereby an application dated 02.12.2013 filed by the petitioners/plaintiffs under Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 read with Section 35 of the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 has been rejected.

5. Avoiding the unwarranted, the facts relevant, for the purpose of adjuding the correctness of the order impugned are; that the petitioners/plaintiffs filed a suit for partition, seeking partition of the ancestral property by meets and bounds. The defendant No. 1 Madan Lal filed a written statement in response thereof and contended that pursuant to two sale deeds dated 27.05.1983 and 05.08.2000, the ownership alongwith the possession of a residential house (Gawadi), situated in 'HoliKa Than' has vested in him. In support of such assertion the said sale deeds had been placed by the said defendant, alongwith his written statement.

6. Confronted with such documents, the plaintiff moved the application dated 02.12.2013 raising objection about admissibility of the document, in view of the provisions contained in Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 and Section 35 of the Stamp Act, 1998. The petitioners/plaintiffs interalia contended that the sale deeds in question relate to immovable property, are unregistered and insufficiently stamped, for which they are inadmissible in evidence.

7. The defendant No.1 filed reply to the said application and contended that documents in question, namely sale deeds are being used for collateral purposes, and as such they are admissible in evidence.

8. Learned Trial court rejected the application aforesaid, vide its order dated 04.04.2016 interalia observing as under:-

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