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2023 Supreme(All) 2139

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

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Vijai Kumar Shukla, Gaurav Srivastava.
For the Respondent: Ajay Kumar Gupta.

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.

Headnote:(A) Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Order 26 Rule 9 - Revision against interlocutory orders - The petitioner sought to challenge orders dismissing the applications related to the Amin Commissioner's report in a partition suit without a case decided standard - The court reaffirmed that a commission cannot create evidence and noted that the trial court had confirmed the report subject to evidence led during the trial - (Paras 4, 9, 10, 12, 14)

(B) Interlocutory orders - It was clarified that orders regarding commissions are considered interlocutory and do not determine rights of parties, thus revisions are not maintainable - (Paras 11, 16)

Facts of the case:
The petitioner sought to set aside prior orders regarding the Amin Commissioner's report in a partition suit, alleging inaccuracies in a map provided versus on-site measurements, but the trial court held that the matter needed further evidence before adjudication.

Findings of Court:
The trial court's orders were found valid and without error, and the parties must provide evidence in trial rather than rely on commissions to create it.

Issues: The court addressed the legality of invoking commission orders for evidence collection and the applicability concerning interlocutory decisions in civil suits.

Ratio Decidendi: The court reiterated that evidence cannot be created by commission orders, which serve solely to assist in clarifying ambiguities upon the appropriate evidence being presented.

Result: Petition dismissed.

Table of Content
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:

    “Issue an order to set aside the order dated 19.07.2023, passed by opposite party No. 1 and order dated 30.09.2022 and 16.02.2023, passed by opposite party no 2, by this Hon'ble Court, in the interest of justice.”

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:

    “7. In the case in hand, by impugned order dated 16.02.2023, the learned Court below has rejected the application of the revisionist/plaintiff Paper No. 37C on the ground that the Amin Commissioner's report has been confirmed subject to the evidence led by parties, which is not final and is readable under whatever evidence will be produced by the parties before the Court. On these grounds, the learned Court below did not find any reasons to recall the previous order and accordingly rejected the application of the plaintiff.

    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

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