IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH
ALOK SHARMA, J.
LAL CHAND - Appellant
Versus
BHAGYAWATI - Respondent
Civil Writ Petition No. 17955 of 2015
Decided on : 03-04-2018
Constitution of India - 1950 – Article 227 - Civil Procedure Code - 1908 - Section 151 – Rule 105, 106 and 22 – Justice – Jurisdiction - Cancellation of sale deed - Judgment debtor in eviction decree then appears to have laid suit cancellation of sale deed whereby property had been conveyed for valid consideration in favour of decree holder where after his status was altered from owner to tenant - In said suit for cancellation of sale deed Devi as defendant in suit gave an undertaking to trial court that eviction decree would not be executed till further orders of trial court - Subsequently trial court vide interim order in suit passed an interim order restraining execution of eviction decree – Held, Impugned orders are merely consequential to restoration of Execution Application vide order They have been passed in course of execution proceedings at instance of decree holder in respect of eviction decree passed on where possession of tenanted premises is to be taken from LRs of the judgment debtor and handed over to LRs of decree holder - That is story of civil litigation in far too many cases where fruits of decree come to be enjoyed not by decree holder but her his LRs – Petition Dismissed
ALOK SHARMA, J.
1. Under challenge is the order dated 20.10.2005 passed by the Additional District Judge No. 1, Kota whereby the executing court in the exercise of its powers under section 151 CPC allowed the restoration application filed by the respondent-decree holder (hereinafter 'decree holder') and recalled its order dated 18.7.1981 dismissing for non-prosecution the decree-holder's execution application No. 4/1979 in respect of the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977. Also under challenge is the Executing Court's order dated 28.9.2015 whereby the petitioner-judgment debtor (hereinafter 'judgment debtor') application for recall of its order dated 29.11.2005 has been dismissed. Consequential orders dated 28.9.2015 and 28.10.2015 relating to warrants of possession for the property from which the judgment-debtor is to be disposed and the decree-holder put into possession pursuant to the final decree for the eviction are also under challenge.
2. Admittedly on an eviction petition laid by one Bhagywati Devi (now deceased and represented by LRs) against her tenant Lal Chand (now deceased and represented by LRs) the judgment-decree in regard thereto to the plaintiff's benefit was passed on 23.12.1977. The decree-holder thereupon moved an Execution Application No. 4/1979 to be put in possession pursuant to the decree dated 23.12.1977.
3. The judgment-debtor-Lal chand in the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977 then appears to have laid a suit on 9.1.1979 seeking cancellation of the sale deed dated 18.12.1973 whereby the property had been conveyed for valid consideration in favour of the decree-holder whereafter his status was altered from owner to tenant. In said suit for cancellation of sale deed dated 18.12.1973 on 24.9.1980 Bhagywati Devi as defendant in the suit gave an undertaking to the trial court that the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977 would not be executed till further orders of the trial court. Subsequently the trial court vide interim order dated 24.9.1980 in Lal chand's suit passed an interim order restraining the execution of the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977.
4. Bhagyawati's Devi execution application No. 4/1979 as decree holder in the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977 then came to be dismissed for non prosecution on 18.7.1981 after the execution of the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977 was stayed by the trial court on 24.9.1980 in Lal chand's suit for cancellation of the sale deed dated 18.12.1973. It has transpired that in the course of argument in this petition that prior to 18.7.1981 execution application no. 4/1979 was listed on 2.5.1981 when the executing court had adjourned the execution application to 18.7.1981 awaiting the interim order dated 24.9.1980 staying the execution of the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977.
5. Yet on 18.7.1981 albeit the execution application in the circumstances aforesaid was not listed for "hearing" but only awaiting the order dated 24.9.1980 passed by the trial court in Lal chand's suit for cancellation of the sale deed dated 18.12.1973, the executing court dismissed the execution application no. 4/1979 for non-prosecution.
6. The suit for cancellation of the sale deed dated 18.12.1973 finally came to be dismissed by the trial court on 23.2.2005 and an appeal there against is stated to be pending before this Court.
7. Following the dismissal of the Lal Chand's suit on 23.2.2005 and the resultant vacation of the interim order dated 24.9.1980 passed in the course of its trial, the decree-holder in the eviction decree dated 23.12.1977 moved an application under section 151 CPC on 26.8.2005 for restoration of the execution application no. 4/1979 and recall of the order dated 18.7.1981 and whereby the execution application had been dismissed for non-prosecution. Vide order dated 20.10.2005 the Executing Court allowed the restoration application, recalled its order dated 18.7.1981 and restored the execution application to its original number.
8. Now aggrieved, the LRs of the Lal Chand-who ap
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