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2017 Supreme(P&H) 1824

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Before
Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Daya Chaudhary
C.R. No.1363 of 2017
Narender Singh v. Krishan & Ors.
{Decided on 14/03/2017}

Advocates:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Bhupinder Malik, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Aggarwal, Advocate

Auction Sale--Without disposing of the claim/objections, the court could not confirm the sale.

Headnote:Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.21 R.92--Auction Sale--Confirmation of Sale--Objections--Application under O.21 R.92 CPC was moved by auction purchaser--Notice was issued to judgment debtor but without waiting for the reply, the application was decided and sale was confirmed--Judgment debtor had taken the objection that his only residential house could not be attached but some was not considered--Held; that without disposing of the claim, the court could not confirm the sale--Impugned order of confirmation of sale set aside--Revision allowed.

JUDGMENT

Mrs. Daya Chaudhary, J.:- The present revision petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside order dated 08.02.2017 (Annexure P-6) passed by learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Safidon.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that respondent No.1/decree holder filed a Civil Suit for recovery of an amount of Rs. 2,05,600/- i.e Rs. 1,20,000/- as principal amount and Rs. 85,000/- as interest at the rate of 24% per annum against the petitioner/judgment debtor and his brother- Nirmal Singh. The suit was decreed on 29.03.2012 and it was ordered that respondent No.1/decree holder is entitled to recover Rs. 2,05,600/- from the petitioner/judgment debtor with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of filing of the suit till the date of actual realization. Petitioner/judgment debtor and his brother filed an appeal against the said order but the counsel for the petitioner/judgment debtor did not appear before the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court upheld the order of the trial Court and dismissed the appeal on 26.07.2013. However, the petitioner did not file Regular Second Appeal. Thereafter, respondent No.1/decree holder filed an Execution Petition. The petitioner gave statement before the Executing Court that he would pay Rs. 2,05,600/- on 22.12.2014 to the respondent No.1/decree holder but the money could not be paid by them due to its shortage. However, their counsel gave an assurance that he will move an application for extension of time. Thereafter, on 03.12.2015, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Safidon passed an ex-parte order under Order 21 Rule 66 CPC for proclamation of sales by public auction of one main residential house without issuing any notice to them. Auction of their house was held on 03.01.2016 and it was sold for Rs. 5,10,000/-. The house was purchased by respondent No.2-Kuldeep Singh, who is brother of respondent No.1/decree holder. As per auction report, the bid of the property, in dispute, was started from Rs. 1,50,000/- by one Om Parkash and the highest bid was of Rs. 5,10,000/- by said Kuldeep Singh. An application was moved by the petitioner/judgment debtor and his brother under Order 21 Rule 90 CPC for setting aside the auction held on 03.01.2016 contending therein that auction was conducted without any proper proclamation as required under Order 21 Rules 54 and 67 of CPC; no publication was effected in local newspaper and official gazette; the property was sold below the collector rate and market rate. The petitioner/judgment debtor also moved an application on 08.01.2016 for setting aside the ex-parte order dated 03.12.2015 with an application for condonation of delay in filing the application. The application of the petitioner/judgment debtor under Order 21 Rule 90 CPC was dismissed on 09.01.2017. On the same day, the application of the petitioner for setting aside the ex-parte order dated 03.12.2015 and application for condonation of delay were dismissed. Thereafter, respondent No.2/Auction purchaser moved an application under Order 21 Rule 92 CPC for confirmation of sale and notice was issued to the petitioner for 30.01.2017. A request was made by counsel for the petitioner to file reply of the application, which was accepted. Thereafter, the case was adjourned for 08.02.2017 for filing reply of the application under Order 21 Rule 92 CPC. However, reply of the application was not filed on 08.02.2017 and again a request for an adjournment was made by counsel for the petitioner as he wanted to file appeal against order dated 09.01.2017. The request made by learned counsel for the petitioner was rejected and the application was decided without filing reply. Vide order dated 08.02.2017, the sale was also confirmed. The impugned order dated 08.02.2017 passed by the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Safidon is subject matter of challenge in the present revision petition.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned order has been pa
























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