IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA
Sureshwar Thakur, J.
Surindera Devi and Ors. - Appellants
Vs.
Kishori Lal and Ors. - Respondent
Regular Second Appeal No. 501 of 2004
Decided On : 27-08-2021
H.P Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 - Section 104 r/w Rule 29 - Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 - Section 37(3) and 46 - Permanent prohibitory injunction - Plaintiff claimed making of a declaratory decree against defendants regarding suit khasra numbers, and plaintiff also claimed making of a decree for permanent prohibitory injunction against defendants regarding suit khasra numbers - Bar against exercising of jurisdiction by a Civil Court concerned, has an exception, and, is comprised in statutory authority evidently not conforming to fundamental principles of judicial procedure, and/or, where apposite statutory provisions become evidently breached – Held, verdict made by learned 1st Appellate Court has declined, declaratory relief to plaintiff, and, when afore denial is for reasons per incuriam, vis-à-vis, relevant statute - Also when afore is a natural legal sequel of this Court invalidating questioned legal entries, also is a natural legal corollary, of, this Court, thereupon granting relief of permanent prohibitory injunction to plaintiff - Reasons drawn upon by learned first Appellate Court, to, deny to plaintiff, benefit of statutory conferment of proprietary rights upon him, is, completely astray from mandate carried in Section 104 of H.P Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, and, are required to be quashed and set aside - Verdict of trial Court is maintained and affirmed, verdict made by learned first Appellate Court is also partly quashed and set aside - However, decree granted by learned first Appellate Court for permanent prohibitory injunction against defendants, is affirmed and maintained - RSA dismissed.
JUDGMENT :
Sureshwar Thakur, J.
1. Plaintiff/respondent No. 1 Kishori Lal instituted a Civil Suit bearing No. 38/92 before the learned Sub Judge, 1st Class, Court No. 1, Una, District Una. H.P. In the afore Civil Suit, the plaintiff claimed the making of a declaratory decree against the defendants, and, vis-à-vis, the suit khasra numbers, and, the plaintiff also claimed the making of a decree for permanent prohibitory injunction against the defendants, and, vis-à-vis, the suit khasra numbers..
2. The afore espoused relief(s) became accorded, vis-à-vis, the plaintiff by the learned trial Court through its verdict drawn on 30th May, 2002.
3. The aggrieved defendants there against carried an appeal bearing No. 50/2002, before the learned District Judge, Una, H.P. The learned first Appellate Court partly accepted the appeal, and, made the hereinafter extracted relief:-
4. The reasons which prevailed, upon, the learned first Appellate Court, to decline to the plaintiff, the relief of declaration in as much as his becoming owner of the suit land, through operation of the mandate carried in Section 104 of H.P Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, are embodied in paragraph 28 of its verdict, paragraph whereof stands extracted hereinafter:-
5. The defendants became aggrieved from the afore drawn verdict of the learned first appellate Court, and, obviously were led to institute there-against the instant appeal before this Court.
6. Earlier this Court had upon the extant Regular Second Appeal pronounced a verdict on 11.3.2015. Through the afore drawn verdict, it had proceeded, to, affirm the verdict, as, become recorded by the learned first Appellate Court, and, accordingly answered the substantial questions of law, which became extracted hereinafter:-
2. Whether the findings of the trial Court as affirmed are dehors the evidence on record?"
7. Against the afore drawn verdict, the aggrieved therefrom carried Civil Appeal No. 9933 of 2017, before t
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