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2016 Supreme(Mad) 3423

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M. DURAISWAMY, J.
Jayapal and Ors. - Petitioners
Vs.
Jayaraman - Respondent
C.R.P. (NPD).No.138 of 2014 and M.P.No.1 of 2014
Decided On : 16-11-2016

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Pa. Sudesh Kumar

Failure to raise timely objections to a Commissioner's report may result in dismissal of subsequent applications related to the same report.

Headnote:

Fair Order - Civil Revision Petition - The court dismissed the Civil Revision Petition challenging the fair and final order passed in a suit for declaration and permanent injunction, as the defendants failed to raise objections to the Advocate Commissioner's report before the trial Court.

Fact of the Case:

The plaintiff filed a suit for declaration and permanent injunction. The trial Court decreed the suit based on oral and documentary evidences. The defendants appealed and filed an application for re-issuance of warrant of commission, claiming the Advocate Commissioner's report was incorrect.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the defendants failed to raise objections to the Commissioner's report before the trial Court, and dismissed the application for re-issuance of warrant of commission.

Issues: Failure to raise objections to the Commissioner's report, filing of application for re-issuance of warrant of commission, and the timing of raising objections after the decree was passed.

Ratio Decidendi: The court emphasized that objections to the Commissioner's report should have been raised before the trial Court, and dismissed the application for re-issuance of warrant of commission due to the untimely objections.

Final Decision: The Civil Revision Petition was dismissed, and no costs were awarded. The connected miscellaneous petition was closed.

ORDER :

Challenging the fair and final order passed in I.A.No.39 of 2013 in A.S.No.26 of 2012 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Tirupattur, the appellants, who are the defendants in O.S.No.129 of 2006 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Tirupattur, have filed the above Civil Revision Petition.

2. The respondent/plaintiff filed the suit in O.S.No.129 of 2006 for declaration and permanent injunction.

3. Before the trial Court, an Advocate Commissioner was appointed and the Advocate Commissioner also inspected the property and filed his report. However, the petitioners did not file any objections to the Commissioner's report.

4. After taking into consideration the oral and documentary evidences let in by the parties, the trial Court decreed the suit. Aggrieved over the judgment and decree passed by the trial Court, the defendants preferred an appeal in A.S.No.26 of 2012. In the appeal, the revision petitioners took out an application in I.A.No.39 of 2013 for re-issuance of warrant of commission. In the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the defendants have stated that the Advocate Commissioner has not identified Survey No.476/9 and without seeing the village records with the help of the Village Administrative Officer and without measuring the Car track with the help of the Surveyor, had filed an incorrect report.

5. The averments stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition were raised for the first time by the revision petitioners before the Lower Appellate Court. If the petitioners are really aggrieved over the report filed by the Advocate Commissioner, they should have filed the objections to the Commissioner's report.

6. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the Advocate Commissioner has filed the report in the year 2006 before the trial Court.

7. When the revision petitioners had sufficient time for filing their objections before the trial Court, they chose not to file any objections to the Commissioner's report. Therefore, the trial Court, based on the available materials, decreed the suit. The petitioners cannot raise the objections in piece meal manner, that too, after the decree being passed in the suit. The Lower Appellate Court, taking note of all these aspects, rightly dismissed the application.

8. In these circumstances, I do not find any error or irregularity in the order passed by the Lower Appellate Court. The Civil Revision Petition is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is dismissed. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

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