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2010 Supreme(All) 2974

2011 (84) ALR 897
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
Anil Kumar, J.
Dharmada Committee, Bhagwatiganj, Balrampur – Appellant
Versus
Sanjai Tripathi – Respondent
CIVIL REVISION No. - 93 of 2010
Decided on : 31.8.2010

Advocates Appeared:
Petitioner Counsel: Mayankar Singh

The court's decision emphasized the limitations on the exercise of revisional jurisdiction under Section 115 CPC, highlighting the conditions under which the revisional court can vary or reverse an order.

Headnote:

valuation - property dispute - Section 115 CPC

Fact of the Case:

The revisionist filed a Regular Suit for eviction of the respondents in respect to the property in question. The court below decided the valuation of the property in dispute as Rs. 8,00,000, which the revisionist challenged.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the decision on the issue of valuation did not occasion any failure of justice or irreparable injury to the revisionist, and therefore, the revision lacked merit and was dismissed.

Issues: The main issue was the valuation of the property in dispute and whether the decision on the valuation fell within the ambit of the second proviso of Section 115 CPC.

Ratio Decidendi: The court held that the revisional court can only exercise its power under Section 115 CPC if the order, if varied or reversed, would finally dispose of the suit or other proceeding, or if the order, if allowed to stand, would occasion a failure of justice or cause irreparable injury to the party against whom it was made.

Final Decision: The present revision filed by the revisionist lacked merit and was dismissed. No order as to costs.

Anil Kumar, J. –

Heard Sri Mayankar Singh, learned counsel for the revisionist and perused the record. By means of the present revision, the order dated 6.5.2010 passed by Civil Judge (Senior Division) Balrampur in Regular Suit No. 54 of 2007, Dharmada Committee, Bhagwatiganj, Balrampur Vs. Sanjai Tripathi and others is under challenge.

2. In brief, the fact of the present case are that the revisionist filed a Regular Suit for eviction of the respondents in respect to the property in question and the same is registered as Regular Suit No. 54 of 2007 before the Civil Judge (Senior Division) Balrampur.

3. The case as set up by the revisionist- plaintiff in the said suit is that the father of respondent no.1 was 'Pujari' of ' Ram Janki Mandir' appointed by the revisionist and the premises in question/ house was given to him free of cost to live and to perform 'Pooja' etc. After his death Sanjai Tripathi and Smt Laxmi Devi (respondent nos. 1 and 2), who are son and wife respectively have no concern with the temple as such have no right or locus to live in the house and the issue no .2 which has been framed by the court below is quoted as under:-

" Is Ashaya se virchit kiya gaya hai ki kya vadigarh dwara vaad ka mulyankan kum kiya gaya hai tatha pratat nyaya shulk aparyapat hai ?"

4. In order to adjudicate and decided the said issue, the court below had appointed Amin Commissioner to submit the report , who accordingly submitted the same (on record as Amin's Akhya as Paper no. Ga 2/20) confirmed by the court below subject to evidence led by the parties.

5. Thereafter the court below decide the said issue on the basis of the pleadings and material evidence on record and taking into the consideration the report submitted by the Amin in respect to the valuation of the property in dispute as Rs. 13,76,300/- taking into account the said report and also that house in dispute is more then 100 years old the court below assessed the valuation of the suit as Rs.8,00,000/- by means of impugned order. Aggrieved by the said order the present revision has been filed before this Court.

6. Sri Mayankar Singh, learned counsel for the revisionist while challenging the order dated 6.5.2010 passed by the court below submits that the said order is against the law and facts and while passing the said order the court below has committed a manifest error of law rather have exercised jurisdiction which is not vested to him and had wrongly relied the report submitted by the concerned Amin while deciding the valuation of the Suit amounting to Rs. 8,00,000/- hence the order in question is arbitrary in nature and is liable to be set aside.

7. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. So far as the facts of the present case are concerned, it is not disputed that the premises in question was given by the plaintiff/ late Sri Thakur Prasad in order to perform 'Pooja' etc in ' ' Ram Janki Mandir' and after his death the respondents no. 1 and 2, namely, Sri Sanjai Tripathi and Smt. Laxmi Devi are residing therein , who are the son and wife of Sri Thakur Prasad ,'Pujari' of ' Ram Janki Mandir'. In suit ( Regular Suit No. 54 of 2007) was filed for which issue no. 2 was framed in respect to the valuation of the premises to the same has been decided on the basis of the report of Amin that the valuation of the suit is Rs. 8,00,000/- Now in order to decide the controversy in the present case it is necessary to have glance to the provisions as provided in second proviso of Section 115 CPC as applicable in the State of U.P. which are quoted as under:-

" Provided further that the High Court or the District Court shall not under this Section , vary or reverse any order including an order deciding an issue, make in the course of a suit or other proceeding, except where-

(i) the order, if so varied or reversed , would finally dispose of the suit or other proceedings; or

(ii) the order, if allowed to stand, would occasion a failure of justice or ca








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