IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
Anoop Kumar Dhand, J.
Meeta Agarwal D/o Shri Meenalal Agarwal – Appellant
Versus
Hathroigari Grah Nirman Sehkari Samiti and Ors. – Respondents
S.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 1566 of 2021
Decided On : 04-01-2022
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Section 21 - Order 7 Rule 10 - Order 14 Rule 5 - Suit for declaration, possession, damages, mandatory and permanent injunction - Plaintiff-appellant filed a suit for declaration, possession, damages, mandatory and permanent injunction with regard to disputed property described in Para 1 of plaint - It was stated in plaint that disputed property was purchased by plaintiff from one vide agreement and possession of same was handed over to plaintiff - Allotment letter was also transferred in favour of plaintiff by defendant - Thereafter, boundary wall was constructed around disputed property - When father of plaintiff visited site , then he found that certain Land Mafias had broken locks of plot by trespassing upon it - When he asked them about right, title of property in question, then they started quarreling with father of plaintiff - An FIR was also lodged in this regard and finally instant suit has been filed – Held, It is also not in dispute that no such objection was taken by the defendants at earliest stage or not during course of trial when it reached to its final stage - Now at stage of final disposal, application has been submitted which has been accepted by learned court below by overlooking mandatory provisions contained under Section 21 of Code of Civil Procedure. judgments cited by the counsel for defendants are not applicable and same are distinguishable looking to facts of this case - Hence, the impugned order is not sustainable in eye of law and same is liable to be quashed and set aside - Adjournments in suit should not be granted without just cause and when unnecessarily warranted be, by a reasoned order or on a proper application in writing there being filed to satisfaction of trial Court - learned court below should also adhere to principles laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court, wherein it has been held that adjournments should be ordinarily limited to three/four times in life of suit as also as per provisions of Order 17 CPC - Appeal allowed.
JUDGMENT :
1. This appeal is directed against the order dated 17.08.2021 passed by the Court of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge No. 9, Jaipur Metropolitan -II, Jaipur (for short 'the learned court below') in Civil Suit No. 56/2020 (484/2012) (36/2008) CIS No. 1551/2014 titled as Meeta Agarwal v. Hathroigari Grah Nirman Sehkari Samiti and Ors. by which the application filed by the defendants respondents has been allowed and the plaint has been ordered to be returned under Order 7 Rule 10 CPC for filing the same before the Competent Court.
2. Before deciding the controversy, it is necessary to mention the facts of the case. The plaintiff-appellant (hereinafter referred as the 'plaintiff') filed a suit for declaration, possession, damages, mandatory and permanent injunction with regard to the disputed property described in Para 1 of the plaint. It was stated in the plaint that the disputed property was purchased by the plaintiff from one Balram vide agreement dated 04.01.1992 and the possession of the same was handed over to the plaintiff by said Balram. On 15.06.1996, allotment letter was also transferred in favour of the plaintiff by the defendant. Thereafter, boundary wall was constructed around the disputed property. When the father of the plaintiff visited the site on 03.02.2006, then he found that certain Land Mafias had broken the locks of the plot by trespassing upon it. When he asked them about the right, title of the property in question, then they started quarreling with the father of the plaintiff. An FIR was also lodged in this regard and finally the instant suit has been filed before the learned court below.
3. Para 24 and 25 of the plaint deals with the valuation of the suit and jurisdiction of the Court, which read as under:-
4. The defendants respondents (hereinafter referred as the 'defendants') submitted written statement of denial to the plaint and denied the averments made in the plaint. Reply of the defendant with regard to Para Nos. 24 and 25 of the plaint is as under:-
5. Bare perusal of the aforesaid paras clearly indicates that no such objection was taken by the defendants with regard to pecuniary jurisdiction of the Court.
6. Counsel for the plaintiff argued that the plaintiff had filed the instant suit way back in the year 2008 and written statement was submitted by the defendants and no objection was taken by defendants with regard to the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Court and thereafter, on the basis of the pleadings of the parties several issues were framed. Issue No.6 is relevant, which is as under:-
Point of Law : Objection as to local jurisdiction of a court does not stand on the same footing as an objection to the competence of a court to try a case.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the proper valuation of the suit and the court's pecuniary jurisdiction as per CPC Sections 6, 15, and 21(2).
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The Courts at Patiala did not have jurisdiction to entertain the suit of the respondent as the suit property/res is situated in Gurugram. The agreement in question is a forged and fabricated document....
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