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2022 Supreme(J&K) 310

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
Puneet Gupta, J.
Gopal Singh & Anr. – Petitioners
Versus
Sikander Singh & Ors. – Respondents
CM(M) No. 84 of 2022, CM No. 4400 of 2022 & CAV No. 733 of 2022
Decided On : 27-07-2022

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Sanjay Kakkar
For the Respondent: G.S. Thakur

The possession of the respondents in the suit property is recorded in the revenue record and the court found no manifest error in the findings of the trial and appellate courts.

Headnote:

possession - property dispute - Article 227 of the Constitution - Radhey Shyam & Anr. v. Chhabi Nath & Ors. (Civil Appeal No. 2548 of 2009) - The court held that the possession of the respondents in the suit property is recorded in the revenue record. The finding of fact recorded by the courts below does not require any further scrutiny by this court as there is no glaring error made by both the courts which may require interference by this court. The petitioners have failed to make out a case which may require interference by the court in exercise of its supervisory powers under Article 227 of the Constitution.

Fact of the Case:

The plaintiffs filed a suit claiming possession of land and seeking permanent prohibitory injunction against the defendants from interfering with their possession or causing damage to the structure raised on the land.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the possession of the respondents in the suit property is recorded in the revenue record and that there was no manifest error in recording the findings on factual aspects of the case by the trial and appellate courts.

Issues: The main issue was the possession of the suit property and whether the courts below had erred in their findings.

Ratio Decidendi: The court held that the possession of the respondents in the suit property is recorded in the revenue record and that there was no manifest error in the findings of the trial and appellate courts.

Final Decision: The petition was dismissed as the court found no merit in the case and no grounds for interference under Article 227 of the Constitution.

JUDGMENT :

1. Issue notice.

2. Mr. G.S. Thakur, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 6.

3. The grievance of the petitioners-plaintiffs in the present petition is that though the plaintiffs are in possession of the suit property yet the trial court had passed the order of status quo with regard to the suit property and on appeal filed by the respondents-defendants in the suit set aside the order of the Tribunal. The revenue entries were in favour of the plaintiffs for a long time before the same illegally came to be changed in favour of the defendants. The report of the Patwari and authenticated by Tehsildar and further the photographs on the file do make out the possession of the plaintiffs in the suit property. The petitioners are particularly aggrieved of the order passed by the appellate court on the ground that the order itself is contradictory and not as per the record.

4. Mr. Sanjay Kakkar, Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioners has argued on the aforesaid lines.

5. Mr. G.S. Thakur, Advocate appearing for the private respondents-defendants has argued that the writ is not maintainable. The possession of the respondents is manifest through the documents and both the courts had recorded the prima facie possession of the defendants in the suit property. The appellate court has not erred in passing the impugned order whereby the order of status quo passed by the trial court in the application filed for interim injunction has been set aside.

6. The petitioners, plaintiffs before the trial court, have filed the suit pleading their possession in 10 kanals of land falling in Khasra Nos. 165 and 166 respectively at village Sungal, Akhnoor and also claimed to have raised construction in the suit property. The alleged interference being caused by the defendants forced the plaintiffs to file the suit against the defendants. The prayer made in the suit is for permanent prohibitory injunction restraining the defendants from interfering into the peaceful possession of the plaintiffs or forcibly dispossessing the plaintiffs from the land or causing damage to the structure raised in the land in question.

7. The court in the first instance is to deal with the argument of learned counsel for the respondents-defendants that the present petition is not maintainable keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case. It is trite proposition of law that the court is not to exercise its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India only on the premise that some error has crept in the orders passed by the courts below and one of the parties to the proceedings is to suffer. It is only when there is miscarriage of justice which is apparent from the record that the court exercises its jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution. The court cannot reverse the findings of the court below only also for the reason that the courts below should have interpreted the facts brought on record in a particular manner. The discretion has to be exercised by the court sparingly and not in a ordinary course. The court can rely upon the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Radhey Shyam & Anr. v. Chhabi Nath & Ors. (Civil Appeal No. 2548 of 2009 decided on 26.02.2015) while deciding the petition in hand.

8. The trial court vide its order dated 31.08.2021 while deciding the application for interim relief directed the parties to the suit to maintain status quo on spot till disposal of the main suit. The court while passing the said order also held that the defendants are prima facie in possession of the suit land. The appeal was preferred by the defendants against the said order of the trial court. The appellate court vide order dated 31.08.2021 while disposing of the appeal set aside the order of the trial court.

9. The trial court and the appellate court while deciding the application for interim relief and the appeal respectively have held the possession of the petitioners-defendants in the suit prope

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