BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
B. PUGALENDHI, J.
R. Vellaisamy - Appellant
Versus
S. Kavitha - Respondent
C.R.P (MD) No. 1651 of 2022 & C.M.P. (MD) No. 7239 of 2022
Decided On : 16-08-2022
Advocate Commissioner - Application under Order 26 Rule 10 of CPC - The court allowed the civil revision petition, setting aside the order and directing the trial court to re-issue warrant to a new Advocate Commissioner to inspect the property and file a report within a stipulated time.
Fact of the Case:
The petitioner filed a suit for recovery of possession, mandatory injunction, and declaration. The petitioner also filed an application for appointment of Advocate Commissioner, who visited the property and filed a report. The petitioner alleged that the Advocate Commissioner had wrongly identified the property.
Finding of the Court:
The court allowed the civil revision petition, setting aside the impugned order and directing the trial court to re-issue warrant to a new Advocate Commissioner with a stipulated time for inspection and report filing.
Issues: The issue was whether the Advocate Commissioner had properly identified the property and filed an accurate report.
Ratio Decidendi: The court found that a mistake had been committed by the Advocate Commissioner and allowed the civil revision petition, directing the trial court to re-issue warrant to a new Advocate Commissioner.
Final Decision: The civil revision petition was allowed, and the trial court was directed to re-issue warrant to a new Advocate Commissioner for property inspection and report filing within a stipulated time.
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Civil Revision Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the fair and decreetal order dated 01.07.2019 made in I.A.No.1 of 2019 in O.S.No.477 of 2014 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Lalgudi.)
1.This Civil Revision Petition is filed as against the fair and decreetal order passed in I.A.No.1 of 2019 in O.S.NO.477 of 2014 dated 01.07.2019 by the learned District Munsif, Lalgudi.
2. The petitioner is the plaintiff in O.S.No.477 of 2014. He filed the said suit for recovery of possession, mandatory injunction and for declaration. Pending the suit, the petitioner / plaintiff has also filed an application for appointment of Advocate Commissioner and the same was also ordered by the trial Court. Subsequently the Advocate Commissioner has also visited the property and filed his report.
3. The petitioner with allegations that the Advocate Commissioner has not properly identified the property and has mentioned the property wrongly as the petitioner's property belongs to the defendant and the defendant's property belongs to the petitioner, has filed an application under Order 26 Rule 10 of CPC, to strike off the Advocate Commissioner's report and to re-issue warrant to the Advocate Commissioner. The trial Court dismissed the application. Challenging the same, this civil revision petition is filed.
4. When the civil revision petition is taken up for hearing, the learned Counsel for the respondent with the permission of this Court submits that mistake has been committed by the Advocate Commissioner and he is not having any objection for allowing this civil revision petition, however, requested that the process shall be completed within a reasonable time.
5. In view of the above, this civil revision petition is disposed of by setting aside the impugned order. The trial Court shall re-issue warrant to a new Advocate Commissioner with a direction to him to inspect the property and file his report within a stipulated time. Since the suit is of the year 2014, the trial Court shall dispose of the suit within a period of eight months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. Consequently connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.
AI
The main legal point established in the judgment is that unless the earlier report of the Advocate Commissioner is scraped, the question of re-issuing the warrant does not arise.
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