HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI, J.
Banshi Lal, S/o. Sohan Lal – Petitioner
Versus
Iliyas, S/o. Akhe Mohammad and Anr. – Respondents
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 8884 Of 2023
Decided On : 17-10-2023
Article 227 - Dispute over Land Ownership - Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of CPC - Section 151 CPC - [Patta nos. 4 and 419, Order 39 Rules 1 & 2, Section 151 CPC] - The court discussed the dispute over land ownership and the application of Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 with Section 151 of the CPC. The court analyzed the conflicting patta documents and the findings of the Survey Commissioner, ultimately concluding that no prima facie case was made out in favor of the petitioner.
Fact of the Case:
The petitioner filed a suit for permanent & mandatory injunction and an application under Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 with Section 151 CPC against the respondents, claiming ownership of a land. The lower courts rejected the temporary injunction application, leading to the present petition.
Finding of the Court:
The court found that the petitioner failed to establish a prima facie case in their favor, as the conflicting patta documents and the findings of the Survey Commissioner did not support their claim.
Issues: Dispute over land ownership, rejection of temporary injunction application, conflicting patta documents, and findings of the Survey Commissioner.
Ratio Decidendi: The court held that no prima facie case was made out in favor of the petitioner, based on the conflicting patta documents and the findings of the Survey Commissioner.
Final Decision: The present petition was dismissed, and all pending applications were disposed of.
JUDGMENT :
1. This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred claiming the following reliefs :
A. By an appropriate writ, order or direction order may kindly be issued and order dated 12.5.2023 passed in civil misc. case no.08/2023 titled as Banshilal Vs Iliyas & Anr and the order dated 03.06.2023 passed in civil appeal no.8/2023 titled as Banshilal vs Iliyas & ors may kindly be quashed and set aside.
B. By an appropriate writ, order or direction order may kindly issued, the application annex 2 preferred by the petitioner under order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of the CPC may kindly be allowed as prayed and the respondents may kindly be restrained by way of the Temporary injunction as prayed in the application till the final decision of the suit.
C. Any other appropriate writ, order or direction, which this Hon’ble Court may deem it just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, may kindly be issued.
2. Brief facts of the case, as placed before this Court, by learned counsel of the petitioner, are that the petitioner instituted a suit for permanent & mandatory injunction and in regard to illegal construction, along with an application under Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 read with Section 151 CPC against the respondents before the learned Civil Judge, Phalodi, stating therein that the petitioner is having a land situated at Nagaur-Phalodi Main Road, Village Khichan, Tehsil Phalodi, patta no.4 wherefor was issued on 05.06.1996 by the Gram Panchayat Khichan.
2.1. It was further stated in the suit that the respondents are bent upon to raise illegal construction, contrary to the lay out plan issued by the Gram Panchayat. The petitioner is having a title over plot no.1, and thus, the respondents have no right to raise the construction over the land in question.
2.2. The learned Court below vide order dated 31.03.2023 passed the ad-interim order to maintain the status quo in regard to the land in question, till filing of the written statement by the respondents. Thereafter, the respondents filed the written statement to the temporary injunction application.
2.3. The learned Court below appointed the Survey Commissioner for conducting the site inspection to ascertain the actual position and status of the land in question, and the Commissioner submitted the survey report; thereafter, the learned Court below vide the impugned order dated 12.05.2023 rejected the temporary injunction application of the petitioner.
2.4. Being aggrieved by the order dated 12.05.2023, the petitioner preferred an appeal under Order 43 Rule 1 CPC before the learned Additional District Judge, Phalodi, District Jodhpur, but the same was dismissed by the learned Appellate Court vide the impugned order dated 03.06.2023. Thus, the present petition has been preferred claiming the afore-quoted reliefs.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the present case not only pertains to a dispute regarding possession, but the question of tittle is also involved herein, which can only be decided after due collection of the evidence. It was further submitted that the petitioner raised a serious question of law before the learned Courts below, but the learned Courts below declined to duly appreciate the same, vide the impugned orders, thus committed an error of law.
3.1. Learned counsel also submitted that the petitioner is having the lawful title over the land in question and the patta therefor was issued by the Gram Panchayat concerned; the respondents are having the patta no. 419 which is apparently for different location, and therefore, the respondents have no right to raise any construction over the land in question, which belongs to the present petitioner.
3.2. Learned counsel further submitted that the learned Court below wrongly observed that the peti
Narendra Singh Rajawat & Ors. Vs, Thakur Mohan Singh Kanota and Ors.
A temporary injunction cannot be granted without discussing essential principles, and a property owner cannot be restrained from using their property without a strong prima facie case.
A writ petition is maintainable even if there is a pending suit, if the petitioner alleges that the statutory authorities are failing to discharge their statutory duty.
Court could not have come into finding that there was a balance of convenience in not granting an injunction.
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