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2019 Supreme(Mad) 2004

IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
T. Ravindran, J.
K. Kalidass and Ors. - Appellants
Vs.
P. Munusami and Ors. - Respondent
A.S. No. 687 of 2009 and M.P. Nos. 1 and 2 of 2009
Decided On : 23-07-2019

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : S. Parthasarathy, Senior Counsel for S. Laksmanasamy
For the Respondents: N. Manokaran

Headnote:

Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act - the sake of convenience - Suit for declaration and possession - agreement was executed as a security for the loan - claim the relief of declaration and possession - case of the plaintiff, in brief, is that the first defendant is the elder brothers son of the second defendant and the plaintiff purchased item No. 1 of the suit properties by virtue of the sale deed dated 09.03.1998 and item No. 2 of the suit properties by virtue of the sale deed dated 21.01.2000 and the second item was purchased as a vacant site and thereafter, the plaintiff had put up the construction and built five houses therein and the plaintiff is a barber by caste and regularly bidding in auction for human hair obtained on tonsure in Hindu temples and selling such hair after cleaning it and in order to meet out the necessary expenditure in the family and for the business, he borrowed amounts from the creditors and as required by the creditors, executed sale agreements as well as power of attorney deeds in favour of the creditors and the plaintiff subsequently discharged the said debts and cancelled the abovesaid deeds – Held, In the light of the abovesaid position, the sale deeds having come to be executed by the first defendant in favour of the second defendant in respect of the suit properties on the strength of the power of attorney deed given to him by the plaintiff as per law, the sale deeds in question dated 07.11.2003 had been indeed executed only by the plaintiff, in such view of the matter, the plaintiff being a party to the abovesaid sale deeds as outlined in the abovesaid decisions relied upon by the second defendants counsel, in such view of the matter, the plaintiff cannot be allowed to contend that he would continue to be the owner of the suit properties without endeavouring to cancel the abovesaid sale deeds in the manner known to law by paying the court fees under the Tamilnadu Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act and in such view of the matter, the relief of declaration sought for by the plaintiff cannot at all be granted and on that score alone it is seen that the plaintiffs suit is not maintainable - In the light of the fact that the first defendant had executed the sale deeds in favour of the second defendant as the power of attorney agent of the plaintiff and the abovesaid sale deeds had been executed when the power of attorney deed had been in force and only at a later stage, the same had come to be cancelled on 22.06.2007, it is found that the abovesaid cancellation deed dated 22.06.2007 would have no effect, whatsoever, on the alienations made by the first defendant on 07.11.2003 and accordingly it is seen that by way of Ex. A19 cancellation deed, it cannot be construed and held that the sale deeds dated 07.11.2003 had ceased to be the valid documents and as above seen when pursuant to the abovesaid sale deeds, it is only the second defendant, who is found to be enjoying the suit properties as the absolute owner thereof by effecting mutations in his name, in all spheres, as abovepointed out and in such view of the matter, the plaintiff having failed to establish that he continues to possess a valid title to the suit property as an date, in such view of the matter, it is found that the plaintiff is not entitled to seek and obtain the relief of possession from the second defendant as prayed for - appeal dismissed

JUDGMENT :

T. Ravindran, J.

1. Aggrieved over the judgment and decree dated 19.09.2008 passed in O.S. No. 333 of 2007 on the file of the Additional District Court, Fast Track Court No. 4, Bhavani, the second defendant has preferred the appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial court.

3. Suit for declaration and possession.

4. The case of the plaintiff, in brief, is that the first defendant is the elder brother's son of the second defendant and the plaintiff purchased item No. 1 of the suit properties by virtue of the sale deed dated 09.03.1998 and item No. 2 of the suit properties by virtue of the sale deed dated 21.01.2000 and the second item was purchased as a vacant site and thereafter, the plaintiff had put up the construction and built five houses therein and the plaintiff is a barber by caste and regularly bidding in auction for human hair obtained on tonsure in Hindu temples and selling such hair after cleaning it and in order to meet out the necessary expenditure in the family and for the business, he borrowed amounts from the creditors and as required by the creditors, executed sale agreements as well as power of attorney deeds in favour of the creditors and the plaintiff subsequently discharged the said debts and cancelled the abovesaid deeds. On 24.04.1998, the plaintiff borrowed a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- from one Gurusamy Gounder and entered into the sale agreement with him with regard to item No. 1 of the suit properties as recited therein and the said agreement was executed as a security for the loan and the said Gurusamy Gounder is none other than the brother of the second defendant and on 12.04.1999, the abovesaid sale agreement was cancelled after discharging the debt with interest by way of the registered instrument. On 12.04.1999, the plaintiff had borrowed a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- from the second defendant and entered into a sale agreement with him with regard to item No. 1 of the suit properties as recited therein. The abovesaid sale agreement was intended as a security for the loan abovestated and on 27.04.2001, the period of sale agreement was extended for a further period of six months and on that day, the plaintiff received a sum of Rs. 10,000/- from the second defendant and on 11.10.2001, the abovesaid sale agreement and the deed of extension of time were cancelled after discharging the debt by way of a registered instrument and on 11.10.2001, the plaintiff borrowed a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- from the first defendant and entered into a sale agreement with regard to item No. 1 of the suit properties as recited therein and the abovesaid sale agreement was also discharged by a registered deed of cancellation dated 23.09.2002. On 23.09.2002, the plaintiff borrowed a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- from the second defendant and executed a power of attorney regarding item No. 1 of the suit properties as required by the second defendant appointing the second defendant as his power agent and handed over the original documents and the plaintiff paid the entire loan amount to the second defendant and at that time, the second defendant returned the original registered power of attorney deed to the plaintiff. In the meantime, on 17.12.2002, the second defendant, as the power agent of the plaintiff, entered into the sale agreement with the first defendant and in the said agreement, it was recited that the sale consideration was Rs. 3,00,000/-, advance amount Rs. 25,000/- and the period of performance was two years and subsequently, on 13.06.2003, the defendants 1 and 2 cancelled the abovesaid sale agreement by way of the registered instrument. On 13.03.2000, the plaintiff borrowed a sum of Rs. 1,20,000/- from Anthiyur Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., along with his wives Subbulakshmi and Jayalakshmi and daughter Radhamani by pledging item No. 2 of the suit properties and executed a simple mortgage deed in favour of the society and as per the terms of the mortgage, the debt

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