1. Revision petition against rejection of application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC in suit for permanent injunction regarding common areas of building. (Para 1 , 2 , 5 )
2026 Supreme(Raj) 670
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR
MANEESH SHARMA, J.
Mooli Devi W/o Late Shri Shankar Lal Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Mukesh Mundara S/o Dr. Moolchand Mundara – Respondent
S.B. Civil Revision Petition No. 74 of 2026
Decided On : 25-02-2026
Important Points
Subject
Civil Law - Civil Procedure
Act Referred
Headnote
(B) Revision - Scope - Interference under Section 115 is warranted only if the impugned order suffers from jurisdictional error, perversity, or legal infirmity (Para 9).
Facts of the case:
A revision petition was filed under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, assailing an order that rejected an application under Order 7 Rule 11. The original suit was filed for a permanent injunction to prevent hindrance to the peaceful use and occupation of common areas, including the basement and roof of a building. The petitioner argued that the suit was a representative suit filed without leave of the court and that it was not maintainable without a prayer for declaration regarding easementary rights.
Findings of Court:
The court found that the objections raised by the petitioner did not fall within the specified bars under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It observed that the questions regarding the nature of the suit and the need for a declaration are mixed questions of fact and law that must be decided during the trial after the filing of written statements and framing of issues.
Issues: Whether the suit is liable to be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure for being a representative suit without leave or for the absence of a prayer for declaration of easementary rights.
Ratio Decidendi: A plaint cannot be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure if the grounds for rejection involve mixed questions of fact and law. Praying for relief for persons in similar circumstances does not necessarily make a suit a representative suit under Order 1 Rule 8, and the absence of a prayer for declaration when pleading easementary rights is not sufficient ground for rejection of the plaint.
Result: Revision petition dismissed.
Legal Category Hierarchy
For the Appellants : Anand Sharma, Arvind Kumar Sharma
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2. Petitioner argued suit barred as representative without leave, easementary rights claimed without declaration, and simpliciter injunction not maintainable. (Para 2 )
3. Court found suit not representative merely because relief sought for similar allottees; questions involve mixed facts and law requiring trial. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 )
4. Plaint rejection under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC only when barred by law on plaint averments; mere pleading easement or representative relief insufficient. (Para 6 , 7 )
5. Revision petition dismissed; impugned order upheld; stay and pending applications disposed of. (Para 10 , 11 )
6. Is a suit for permanent injunction seeking relief for similar allottees a representative suit requiring compliance with Order 1 Rule 8 CPC?
No, merely praying for relief for similar allottees does not make it a representative suit; thus non-compliance with Order 1 Rule 8 does not warrant rejection under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. (Para 6 )
7. Does failure to seek a declaration of easementary rights render a suit for permanent injunction liable for rejection under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC?
No, merely pleading an easementary right without seeking a declaration does not by itself entail plaint rejection; such questions involve mixed questions of fact and law requiring trial. (Para 7 )
8. What is the scope of rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC?
Plaint rejection is limited to grounds specified in Order 7 Rule 11, such as no cause of action, undervaluation, or suit barred by law; other objections can be considered during trial. (Para 4 , 8 )
ORDER :
1. The present revision petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, assailing the impugned order dated 28.10.2025, passed by learned Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate No.3, Jaipur Metropolitan-II, Jaipur, in the Civil Suit No. 67/2023 (CIS No. 330/2023) titled as Mukesh Mundra Vs. M/s. Grand Infra Project , whereby the petitioner's application filed under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), was rejected.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a perusal of the averments of the plaint clearly shows that the suit has been filed as a representative suit without obtaining the leave of this Court. Thus, the suit is barred by law. He further submits that the plaintiffs/respondents have claimed easementary rights over the common basement and roof of the suit property, while describing themselves as the servient owners, which amounts to an implicit admission that the defendants are the dominant owners. He further submits that the suit, without a prayer for declaration, is not maintainable in its present form. He also submits that the suit seeks only a simpliciter injunction and no declaration has been sought; therefore, the learned Court below seriously erred in rejecting the petitioner's application filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. He accordingly submits that the impugned order dated 28.10.2025 is unsustainable in the eyes of law.
3. Heard and considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner as well as perused the averments made in the plaint, copy of the application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC, and reply thereto.
4. It would be apt to reproduce Order 7 Rule 11 CPC, which reads as under:-
"Rejection of plaint - The plaint shall be rejected in the following cases:-
(a) where it does not disclose a cause of action;
(b) where the relief claimed is undervalued, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to do so;
(c) where the relief claimed is properly valued but the plaint is written upon paper insufficiently stamped, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to supply the requisite stamp-paper within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to do so;
(d) where the suit appears from the statement in the plaint to be barred by any law;
(e) where it is not filed in duplicate;
(f) where the plaintiff fails to comply with the provisions of rule 9.
Provided that the time fixed by the Court for the correction of the valuation or supplying of the requisite stamp-paper shall not be extended unless the Court, for reasons to be recorded, is satisfied that the plaintiff was prevented by any cause of an exceptional nature from correcting the valuation or supplying the requisite stamp-paper, as the case may be, within the time fixed by the Court and that refusal to extend such time would cause grave injustice to the plaintiff."
5. From a bare perusal of the plaint, it is reflected that the present suit for permanent injunction has been filed by one of the allottees of "Grand Residency." The plaintiff seeks to restrain defendants Nos. 1 to 3 from creating any hindrance to his peaceful use and occupation of the common areas, common staircase, and roof of the said building.
6. Though in the plaint, the plaintiffs/respondents have prayed for relief for similar allottees, but merely praying for such relief does not entail the plaint to be dismissed under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC due to alleged non-compliance as mandated under Order 1 Rule 8 of CPC, as the present suit is not a representative suit.
7. Similarly, merely pleading an easementary right and not seeking a declaration does not, by itself, entail the plaint to be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11 of the CPC. The questions raised by the petitioner herein involve mixed questions of fact and law, which can only be determined after the written statement is filed, issues are framed, and evidence is led by the