IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
SAURABH LAVANIA, J.
Mohammad Jaheer – Petitioner
Versus
District Judge, Ayodhya (Faizabad) and Others – Respondents
Matters Under Article 227 No. 4741 of 2023
Decided On : 25-09-2023
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| 1. court acknowledges the representation of parties. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. petitioner seeks annulment of prior orders. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 9) |
| 3. defendants contest recall application for delay. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. argument on maintainability of revision in interlocutory order. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 5. commission issuance cannot be for evidence collection. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 6. final dismissal of petition without costs. (Para 18) |
JUDGMENT :
SAURABH LAVANIA, J.
1. Vakalatnama filed by Shri Vijay Kumar Tiwari, Advocate on behalf of the respondent No. 3 is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsels for the parties.
3. In view of order proposed to be passed, notice to private respondents is dispensed with.
4. The main prayer sought in the present petition are as under:
5. By means of order dated 30.09.2022, the Trial Court after considering the objection (Paper No. 35C-2) preferred by the petitioner confirmed the Amin's Report (Paper No. 23 C) subject to the evidence to be led by the parties during the trial. The relevant portion of the order dated 30.09.2022 reads as under:
6. Vide impugned order dated 16.02.2023, the Trial Court rejected the application (Paper No. 37C) preferred by the plaintiff/petitioner praying therein that the order dated 30.09.2022 be recalled and fresh commission be ordered. The relevant portion of the order dated 16.02.2023, on reproduction, reads as under:
7. It is appropriate to refer that defendants in suit objected the application for recall of order dated 30.09.2022.
8. In the objection (Paper No. 39C), it has been indicated that just to delay the disposal of application for temporary injunction (Paper No. 6C-2), the present application has been preferred with ill-motive and the order dated 30.09.2022 was passed after hearing counsels for the parties, as such the application for recall (Paper No. 37C)is liable to be rejected.
9. Challenging both these order(s) dated 30.09.2022 and 16.02.2023, the revision was filed by the petitioner i.e. Revision No. 13 of 2022, which was rejected by the revisional Court vide order dated 19.07.2023. The relevant portion of order, on reproduction, reads as under:
8. It is settled provision of law that a Commission cannot be issued for the purposes of collecting evidence on behalf of either of the party. This view has been clearly expressed by the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court in Javed All vs. Ahmad Urooz , 2013 (11) ADJ 355 and Tushar Kumar Shah vs. District Judge Kanpur Nagar , 2012 (1) ARC 909. Further, in Smt. Sunder Kaur and Another vs. Smt. Ram Kali and Others , 2011 (3) A.L.J. 165 also, the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court relying on his earlier decisions in Randhir Singh Sheoran vs. 6th Addl. District Judge , 1997 (2) JCLR 860, Radhey Shyam vs. A.D.J. Court No. 13, Lucknow and Others , 2010 (2) ADJ 758 and Sonpal vs. 4th Add. District Judge, Aligarh and Others , 1992 (2) ARC 596 has held that the local inspection or commission by the Court is made only in those cases, where on the evidence led by the parties, Court is not able to arrive at a just conclusion, either way or where the Court feels that there is some ambiguity in evidence which can be clarified by making local inspection or Commission. Local inspection or issuance of commissi
A party cannot create evidence by issuing a commission, and interlocutory orders do not constitute a case decided, thus revisions against such orders are not maintainable.
Point of Law : when the plaintiff approached the learned Munsiff for fixing the southern boundary of his property, the Munsiff is bound to adjudicate the dispute and to give a verdict.
A commission report can be remitted for further inquiry without being set aside if it is found to be deficient, ensuring judicial efficiency.
Identification of land can be done qua map and position of a disputed land has to be established as per map.
The court established that additional evidence cannot be admitted in appellate proceedings if the party had prior opportunities to present it, and that the appointment of a commissioner should not be....
Point of Law : Court cannot prevent a party from adducing best evidence if such evidence can be gathered with the help of commission.
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