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2015 Supreme(All) 278

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : SUDHIR AGARWAL, J.
RAJ KISHORE AND OTHERS ....Appellants
Versus
HIRA AND OTHERS .....Respondents
(Second Appeal No. 2527 of 1988, decided on 24th March, 2015)

Advocates:
Counsel :
S.A. Ansari, K.K. Rai, S.K. Yadav and S.U. Ansari for the Appellants; Rahul Sripat, A.K. Srivastava, Ajai Kumar Srivastava, Kunal Ravi Singh, Rahul Srivastava and V.K.S. Chaudhary for the Respondents.

Headnote:(A) Property—Joint family property—Sale of property by karta—‘M’ continued to be Karta of Joint Hindu Family property, the property in dispute being part of Joint Hindu Family—Merely for the reason that it was shown in the name of ‘M’ only, would not cease its nature of Joint Hindu Family property—‘M’ individually was not entitled to transfer a Joint Hindu Family property by executing a sale-deed. [Para 24]

       (B) Dispossession—Relief of possession—Barred by limitation—In absence of statement of fact regarding dispossession, there was no subsequent period from which limitation would commence—In absence of any otherwise evidence pleaded, the evidence of defendants that they were in possession of disputed property on the date of execution of sale-deed, remained uncontroverted—Lower Appellate Court rightly reversed the finding of Trial Court—Relief of possession apparently barred by limitation. [Paras 39 and 40]

       Result; Appeal Dismissed.

       

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Sudhir Agarwal, J.—This appeal under Section 100 C.P.C. has been brought against the judgment and decree dated 26.10.1988 passed by Sri Kashi Nath Pandey, VIIIth Additional District Judge, Azamgarh in Civil Appeal No. 204 of 1983, whereby having allowed the appeal, it has set aside the judgment and decree dated 28.4.1983 passed by the Munsif City, Azamgarh. As a result of allowing appeal the Lower Appellate Court has dismissed the suit also. It is thus a plaintiffs’ second appeal.

2. The plaint case set up by plaintiffs, Raj Kishore, Kedar and Kamla, sons of Sri Ramnath is that the disputed holding, i.e., Araji No. 48, area 175 Kadi, shown in the plaint map as A, B, C, D was earlier Sirdari of Sri Ram Dev and now has become Bhumidhari. Ramdev had two sons, Markandey and Ramnath. Ramnath died earlier and the plaintiffs are sons of Ramnath. After the death of Ramdev, Markandey, son of Ramdev, and the appellants, who are grandsons of Ramdev, succedded property in dispute. Since Markandey was Karta of family and appellants were minor, the property was recorded in revenue records in the name of Markandey. After death of Markandey, the defendants, who are sons and successors of Markandey, are co-owners alongwith plaintiffs of property in dispute. Besides disputed holding, Markandey constructed a house at Araji No. 11, area 245 Kadi, situated at Mauja Usufabad, from the funds of joint family. At the time of separation, plaintiffs claimed their share in that house but Markandey told that it is his individual property. Consequently, plaintiffs instituted Original Suit No. 35 of 1974 for partition. The suit was decreed holding that plaintiffs of Suit No. 35 of 1974 had half of the share in the said house. The judgment and decree of Trial Court was confirmed after dismissal of Civil Appeal No. 323 of 1975.

3. Sri Kashi, father of defendants No. 1 to 5, started construction in the disputed land which comprises of a boundary wall, three rooms on eastern side and a verandah on northern side. When plaintiffs objected to the said construction, they came to know that Markandey has transferred by sale, the said land to Kashi. On inquiry the plaintiffs came to know that a sale-deed was executed by Markandey in favour of Kashi on 18.3.1963. The disputed construction commenced by defendants’ father in 1976 but when obstructed by plaintiffs, was stopped. The plaintiffs also took possession of entire land which is continuing. Since plaintiffs now apprehend a further construction and/or attempt to dispossess them from disputed land, therefore, a relief for mandatory injunction was prayed that defendants No. 1 to 5 be directed to remove entire construction already raised on disputed land and restore original condition of land. A decree for possession was also prayed and a decree of declaration in respect of sale-deed dated 18.3.1963 was prayed that it should be cancelled. The suit was instituted by filing a plaint dated 2.8.1979, which was registered in the Court of Munsif Haveli, Azamgarh on 7.8.1979.

4. Defendants No. 1 to 3 contested suit pleading that Markandey was tenure holder and transferred by sale, the disputed land vide sale-deed dated 18.3.1963. He also handed over possession thereof to transferee, i.e., Kashi, father of defendants No. 1 to 3. The construction over property in dispute started in 1963 itself. The PWD officials objected construction on the ground that without permission it should not have been raised and that is why it was stopped. Thereafter, Sri Kashi died and construction activities could not be restored. The claim of plaintiffs that they are in possession of disputed property is incorrect.

5. The Trial Court formulated seven issues as under:


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