IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Anjani Kumar Mishra, J.
Ahmad Javed - Appellants
Vs.
Parvez Ali Khan - Respondent
Civil Revision No. 10 of 2020
Decided On : 02-06-2020
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Order VII, Rule 11 – Court Fees Act – Section 7 – Relief of possession – Instant revision is directed against an order passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Aligarh in Suit on an application under Order VII, Rule 11, C.P.C. filed by the defendant, opposite party. – Impugned order directs payment of further Court fees in the suit in accordance with section 7(v), Rule (ii) of the Court Fees Act. Additional, Court fee has been directed to be paid because the revisionist was also seeking relief of possession and for that purpose, Court fees had not been paid. – Held, Perusal of the plaint of the suit reveals that therein no separate relief for possession have been sought. – Only a mandatory injunction has been sought by the plaintiff revisionist on the ground that the opposite party was a licensee, whose license has been validly terminated. – All that is needed to be considered by this Court is whether the suit was filed by the plaintiff, promptly after termination of the license. – It appears that the plaintiff granted a license to the defendant is further to reside on the first floor of the building in question. – License as revoked vide notice – Suit was thereafter, filed on 22.12.2018, i.e., 46 days from the revocation of the license. – Under the circumstances and in view of what has been held by the Supreme Court, the plaintiff cannot be asked to pay Court-fees also under section 7(v) of the Court-Fees Act for a decree of possession also, because a suit for. mandatory injunction simplicitor, is clearly maintainable. – Court-fees liable to be paid thereon, has been duly paid. – Impugned order cannot be. sustained and is liable to be set aside, being in the teeth of the view taken by the Apex Court – Revision Allowed
JUDGMENT :
Anjani Kumar Mishra, J.
1. Heard Ms: Rupal Agarwal, learned Counsel for the revisionist and Shri Mohd. Asif, Counsel for the opposite party.
2. The instant revision is directed against an order dated 18.11.2019, passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Aligarh in Suit No. 891/2018 on an application under Order VII, Rule 11, C.P.C. filed by the defendant, opposite party.
3. This impugned order directs payment of further Court fees in the suit in accordance with section 7(v), Rule (ii) of the Court Fees Act. Additional, Court fee has been directed to be paid because the revisionist was also seeking relief of possession and for that purpose, Court fees had not been paid.
4. The contention of Counsel for the revisionist is that as per plaint allegations, the opposite party was a licensee, which license had been duly terminated. Therefore, the relief for mandatory injunction was sufficient and no separate decree for possession was required nor has been sought in the suit. The Court fees paid in the suit was therefore, adequate and the directions contained in the order impugned are not justified.
5. Counsel for the revisionist has relied upon the various judgments in support of her contentions, which shall be referred to at the appropriate place, in this judgment.
6. The objection of Counsel for the opposite party is that the order impugned, since, it directs payment, of further Court-fees, is not revisable and is appealable under the provisions of the Court Fees Act.
7. I have considered the submissions made by Counselor the parties and perused the record.
8. In my considered opinion, the impugned order having been passed on an application under Order VII, Rule 11, C.P.C., the same is revisable, also. Having said so since Additional Court-fees Court has been ordered to be paid, the revisionist may also have the remedy of filing an appeal under the provisions of the Court-Fees Act.
9. However, the instant case appears to be one where two separate remedies are available to the revisionist. In case, he has elected to invoke one of the remedies available, the revision cannot be held to be not maintainable.
10. One of the judgment relied upon by Counsel for the revisionist in:
(2) First Appeal From Order No. 3118 of 2014, Gyanendra Kumar v. Pushpendra Kumar
(3) Matter Under Article 227 No. 799 of 2016, Smt. Chandra Sheela and another v. Smt. Shipra Agarwal
11. In these judgments, it has been held that once a license has been terminated or the term of license has expired, the licensor is not required to sue for possession. A suit for mandatory injunction alone is enough for directing the licensee, whose license has expired, to handover possession to the licensor.
12. Similar, is the position in the judgment dated 22.3.2017 rendered by a Division Bench of this Court in the First Appeal From Order No. 3118 of 2014, Gyanendra Kumar v. Pushpendra Kumar and by the learned Single "Judge in. Matter Under Article 227 No. 799 of 2016, Smt. Chandra Sheela and another v. Smt. Shipra Agarwal, vide, order dated 11.2.2016.
13. Although, other judgments have also been cited on behalf of the revisionist, this Court does not consider it necessary to refer to them as the aforecited judgments are adequate for the purposes of deciding this revision.
14. Perusal of the plaint of the suit reveals that therein no separate relief for possession have been sought. Only a mandatory injunction has been sought by the plaintiff revisionist on the ground that the opposite party was a licensee, whose license has been validly terminated.
15. The Trial Court came to the conclusion that, in effect, the plaintiff was seeking possession over the property in question and therefore, directed payment of additional Court fee regarding the relief for possession. The view taken by the Trial Court is contrary to. what has been laid down by the Supreme Court in Sant Lal Jai (supra). The relevant portion of the said judgment is
Login now and unlock free premium legal research
Login to SupremeToday AI and access free legal analysis, AI highlights, and smart tools.
Login
now!
India’s Legal research and Law Firm App, Download now!
Copyright © 2023 Vikas Info Solution Pvt Ltd. All Rights Reserved.