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2023 Supreme(Mad) 347

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
S.M. SUBRAMANIAM, J.
Sivalingam and Anr. - Petitioners
Versus
N. Damodharan - Respondent
C.R.P.No.2523 of 2022 and C.M.P.No.12944 of 2022
Decided On : 02-02-2023

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. V. Lakshminarayanan.
For the Respondent: Mr. V.S. Kesavan.

Headnote:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Section 115 - Fair and decreetal order - Execution Proceedings - Petition is filed against fair and decreetal order – Held, Execution Petition was filed in year to execute decree passed - Almost three years lapsed and decree has not been executed - In Execution Proceedings, Court concerned ordered delivery and thereafter, revision petitioner/judgment debtor filed E.A and dragged on proceedings - Petitioner states that petitioner preferred an Appeal - However, it is not even numbered as of now - This being factum, petitioner has not made out any acceptable ground for purpose of interfering with order impugned passed by Execution Court - Accordingly, fair and decretal order stands confirmed - Petition dismissed.

ORDER :

[Prayer: Civil Revision Petition is filed under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the fair and decretal order dated 23.06.2022 in Unnumbered E.A.___/2022 (CFR No.1871) in E.P.No.86 of 2019 in O.S.No.652 of 2015 on the file of the I Additional District Munsif, Erode is even otherwise illegal, incompetent and without jurisdiction and is liable to be set aside.]

1. The civil revision petition is filed against the fair and decreetal order dated 23.06.2022 in unnumbered E.A.___/2022 (CFR No.1871) in E.P.No.86 of 2019 in O.S.No.652 of 2015.

2. The revision petitioners are the judgment debtor and the defendant in the Original Suit, which was filed by the respondent in O.S.No.652 of 2015 for recovery of possession of the Suit scheduled mentioned property. The Suit was decreed in favour of the respondent/plaint and the respondent being a decree holder filed E.P.No.86 of 2019. The Execution Petition was also allowed and more specifically, delivery was also ordered by the Execution Court. At that point of time, the revision petitioners filed E.A. under Section 47 and 151 of Code of Civil Procedure raising certain objections. The objections mainly raised by the revision petitioners are that there is finding in the judgment of the Trial Court in O.S.No.652 of 2015 that no tenant-landlord relationship existed between the plaintiff and defendants. Thus, the Trial Court has no jurisdiction to deliver judgment and decree and the Suit ought not to have been entertained at all. In view of the said observations, the Trial Court loses its pecuniary jurisdiction and thus, the decree is non-executable.

3. The Execution Court considered the said issues and elaborately discussed about the judgment passed in O.S.No.652 of 2015 and arrived at a conclusion that it is an observation made by the Trial Court and such an observation made in the judgment would not constitute a ground for the judgment debtor to invalidate the judgment and decree, which was otherwise passed on merits and in accordance with law.

4. This Court is of the considered opinion that certain wrong, mistake or erroneous observations are made in the judgments and those cannot be taken as a ground for the purpose of nullifying the validity of the decree passed. Observations are made based on certain inferences or based on certain documents or based on the arguments advanced on behalf of the respective parties. If at all any of the parties considered the judgment as erroneous judgment, then the remedy is to prefer an appeal and not to file an E.A, so as to invalidate the execution order passed by the Execution Court in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure.

5. Judgment once passed becomes final. The scope of re-adjudication of merits including the point of execution procedures is restricted and the Court cannot revisit the validity of the judgment and decree passed in Original Suit and Execution Proceedings. In the event of entertaining such grounds the Execution Proceedings will become an Appeal, which is impermissible. Certain good grounds may be available to the judgment debtor after disposal of the Suits. However, such good grounds may not be a point for denying execution of a decree in favour of the decree holder and thus, the grounds for an Appeal cannot be taken as nullifying the judgment and decree already in force.

6. The Scope of Execution Proceedings cannot be expanded for the purpose of re-adjudication or adjudication of new grounds or issues raised by the judgment debtor. Once the decree is passed, the decree holder is entitled to enjoy the fruits of the decree and the scope of Section 47 to raise certain objection, cannot be expanded for the purpose of adjudication of issues on merits though such grounds may be good enough to consider in an Appeal.

7. Therefore, the Trial Court proceeded in a right perception and rejected the application even without numbering the same. The Trial Court made a finding that the petitioner has not raised any such jurisdict

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