IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
REKHA BORANA, J.
Smt. Kunti Diwedi W/o Lt. Col. V.N. Dwivedi - Appellant
Versus
Ghewarchand S/o Shri Narsinghdas Prajapat - Respondent
S.B. Civil Second Appeal No. 3 of 2016
Decided on : 18-09-2023
Limitation Act, 1963 – Section 5 – Second appeal – Execution proceedings – Suit of plaintiff for eviction and arrears of rent – Plausible or sufficient – Held, Facts as alleged in application under Section 5 of Limitation Act were duly proved by documents – Appeal has been filed in month, even after 7 months of possession having been taken over – Even if it is accepted that appellant was hospitalized for period and was not well, no reason for delay has been given which can be termed to be plausible or sufficient – Fact that possession of disputed premise has already been taken over way back in month, Court does not find any ground which can be termed sufficient to condone inordinate delay of 650 days in filing present appeal – Petition dismissed.
JUDGMENT :
1. The instant second appeal has been preferred against the judgment and decree dated 22.08.2014 passed by the Additional District Judge No.2, Bikaner in Civil Appeal No.27/2010, whereby the judgment and decree dated 27.09.2010 passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) No.2, Bikaner in Civil Suit No.81/2009 has been affirmed. The learned trial Court, vide judgment and decree dated 27.09.2010, decreed the suit of the plaintiff for eviction and arrears of rent.
2. Brief facts of the case are as under :
(i) On 04.07.1994, plaintiff-respondent filed a suit for eviction and arrears of rent against defendant-appellant. It was averred in the plaint that plot Nos.6 and 7 of Adarsh Colony, Bikaner were in the ownership of Smt. Sunita and Late Smt. Vandana on which they had constructed their respective houses. After the death of Smt. Vandana, the said plot was in ownership and possession of plaintiff Ghewar Chand who gave it on rent to the defendant @ Rs.1000/-per month for opening a crèche. Defendant deposited the rent in the bank account of plaintiff till May 1993 but thereafter defaulted in payment of 13 months’ rent i.e., Rs.13,000. Further, she constructed a wall in the garage blocking the main gate; demolished the wall in between the said house and the adjacent house of Smt. Sunita and constructed a chabutra therein and started running a school in the premises instead of opening a crèche. It was further averred that the plaintiff was in bonafide need of the premise for residence of his family which could not be fulfilled by partial eviction of the premise and that the appellant could shift to some other premise for running her school. Hence, the present suit was filed with a prayer for eviction and recovery of arrears of rent.
(ii) The defendant, vide her written statement, denied the averments made in the plaint and submitted that in the year 1989 when she was in search of a property to be purchased for running school, the plaintiff, who was in illegal possession of the land of Urban Improvement Trust, rented out the premises to her, posing himself to be the landlord. Subsequently, construction over the land in question was demolished by the UIT and at that point of time, plaintiff and his agent Baggaram offered to sell debris (tamirat malba) over the land to appellant for Rs.45,000/-. Since appellant could not pay the said amount in lumpsum, it was agreed to be paid in monthly instalments of Rs.1,000/- per month. An oral agreement, on the above terms, was entered into and possession was transferred to the defendant. It was also averred in the written statement that she deposited first three instalments through cash and thereafter via cheque. After full and final payment, plaintiff no longer remained to be the landlord of the premises. Subsequently, vide order dated 12.05.1993, UIT allotted the said land to her for running a school and rejected the application preferred by the plaintiff for regularization of possession over the land. However, a writ petition SB Civil Writ Petition No.2534/93 was preferred by plaintiff Ghewar Chand and Baggaram against the order dated 02.05.1993 wherein an interim order was passed and hence no final proceedings could be executed by the UIT.
3. On basis of the pleadings as made, the learned trial Court framed the following 8 issues in the matter:
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