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2018 Supreme(Mad) 1573

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
T.RAVINDRAN, J.
New Colony Welfare Association Rep.by its Secretary – Appellant
Vs.
A.R.Sridharan – Respondent
S.A.Nos.1900 & 1901 of 2003
Decided on : 04-06-2018

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr.V.Raghavachari, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr.V.Bhiman, Adv.

Headnote:

Suit property - Possession - Heirs - Trespassed - Permanent Injunction - Decreed - Suit property belonged to plaintiffs ancestors viz., one even prior and subsequently, his sons were enjoying same and first and second each were enjoying 6 cents and third was enjoying 5 cents had only one son by name who died without heirs and share of was left to heirs and even during had been given patta for 11 centA schedule of plaint and shown as ABCG in plaint sketch and two years back, first defendant association had trespassed into a part of suit property measuring 13 8 east-west and measuring 21 4 north-south and constructed a temporary superstructure therein shown as DEFC in plaint sketch, which is B schedule property and however, first defendant association has no manner of right, title or interest in respect of the said portion and plaintiff reserves his right to file a separate suit with reference to said property for appropriate reliefs - It is only plaintiff, who has got interest in respect of same and while so, at instigation of first defendant, second defendant endeavoured to put up temporary structures for public works in C schedule of suit property and with reference to same – Held, Accordingly, it is seen that plaintiff at the foremost having failed to establish his claim of title to suit property and further, when plaintiff has failed to establish validity of Will on the basis of which, he now seeks to continue suits and when Will projected by plaintiff does not show clearly that property in dispute had been bequeathed in favour of plaintiff, as rightly contended, that the Courts below are not justified in upholding plaintiffs claim of title to suit property in absence of any valid document of title pointing to the same - It is found that Courts below deliberately erred in upholding the plaintiffs title to suit property on basis of documents placed without appreciating the nature of documents placed in right perspective as to whether at all they relate to suit property or as to whether they are document of title as such and in such view of matter, it is found that reasonings and conclusions of Courts below for upholding plaintiffs claim of title to suit property by way of projected documents are found to be perverse, illogical and unacceptable and therefore, cannot be allowed to sustain any further - Accordingly, second appeals are allowed with costs - Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition if any is closed.

JUDGMENT :

The second appeals are directed against the Judgment and Decree dated 28.02.2003 passed in A.S.Nos.18 of 2002 & 28 of 2002 on the file of the Additional Subordinate Court, Chengalpattu, confirming the Judgment and Decree dated 31.03.1999 passed in O.S.Nos.59 of 1997 & 60 of 1997 on the file of the District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate Court, Alandur.

2. Parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial Court.

3. O.S.No.59 of 1997 has been laid for the relief of Permanent Injunction.

4. The case of the plaintiffs, in brief, is that the suit property belonged to the plaintiffs' ancestors viz., one Chellakkanni Pillai, even prior to 1875 and subsequently, his sons Punniakkodi, Thepperumal and Thiruvengada Pillai were enjoying the same and the first and second, each were enjoying 6 cents and the third was enjoying 5 cents. Thiruvengida Pillai had only one son by name Vasudeva Pillai, who died without heirs and the share of Thiruvengida Pillai was left to the heirs of Ponniakodi Pillai viz., Srinivasa Pillai, Parthasarathy Pillai and Ramanuja Pillai and even during 1933, Srinivasa Pillai, Parthasarathy Pillai and Ramanuja Pillai had been given patta for 11 cents. Thepperumal Pillai had three sons viz., Rajamannar Pillai, Doraisamy Pillai and Sadagopa Pillai and of them, Doraisamy Pillai and Sadagopa Pillai died unmarried and Rajamannar Pillai has been given patta for the share of 6 cents, which was enjoyed by Thepperumal Pillai and even during 1948, Rajamannar Pillai has relinquished in his share in favour of Parthasarathy Pillai, the father of the deceased first plaintiff and Parthasarathy Pillai was enjoying the same by obtaining patta in his name and thus, the entire 17 cents i.e. the suit property was in the possession and enjoyment of the heirs of Punniakodi Pillai jointly and among the sons of Punniakodi, Ramanuja Pillai died unmarried and Parthasarathy Pillai and Srinivasa Pillai were sometime enjoying the suit property jointly and thereafter, Srinivasa Pillai also relinquished his interest in favour of Parthasarathy Pillai and thus, Parthasarathy Pillai had been in possession and enjoyment of the entire suit property right from 1940 onwards and Subsequent to him, his son the deceased first plaintiff viz., Rajagopal Pillai has been in possession and enjoyment of the suit property in Paimash No.289 and the Paimash number abovestated is given new Survey Nos.232/1, 232/2 (part) and 232/3 (part) of Adampakkam Village and the suit property is cultivable Punja land and enjoyed by the deceased first plaintiff's father personally as well as through tenants and recently, the area has been developed into a town and the lands were converted into the housing plots and the entire 17 cents is shown as A schedule of the plaint and shown as ABCG in the plaint sketch and two years back, the first defendant association had trespassed into a part of the suit property measuring 13' 8 east-west and measuring 21' 4 north-south and constructed a temporary superstructure therein shown as DEFC in the plaint sketch, which is the B schedule property and however, the first defendant association has no manner of right, title or interest in respect of the said portion and the plaintiff reserves his right to file a separate suit with reference to the said property for appropriate reliefs. ABCDEF portion is the vacant site of A schedule property and it is only the plaintiff, who has got interest in respect of the same and while so, at the instigation of the first defendant, the second defendant endeavoured to put up temporary structures for public works in the C schedule of the suit property and with reference to the same, the plaintiff has objected and also preferred complaint to the appropriate authorities and despite the same, the defendants are attempting to interfere with the plaintiff's possession and enjoyment of the C schedule property and hence, the suit for necessary reliefs.

5. The case of the first defendant, in brief, is that



















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