ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
NIAMATULLAH, J.
Mt. Ram Pati Kunwar - Appellant
Versus
Phool Singh & Ors. - Respondents
Decided On : 14-03-1932
JUDGMENT
Niamatullah, J. - This appeal has arisen out of a suit brought by the plaintiff-appellant for arrears of rent for 1329-1334-F and for the appointment of a receiver in terms of the relief claimed in the plaint. The suit was originally instituted in the Court of the Munsif, Fatehpur. One of the pleas taken in defence was that the civil Court had no jurisdiction. Another plea was that the plaintiff's suit was barred by res judicata. The Munsif did not decide the question of jurisdiction raised by the defendant, but held that the plaintiff's suit was barred by res judicata. Accordingly, he dismissed the suit. The plaintiff appealed 4o the Court of the Subordinate Judge who held that the suit was cognizable exclusively by a Revenue Court. Accordingly, the plaint was returned to the plaintiff for presentation to the proper Court. The claim for 1329 to Kharif 1330 was time barred when the suit was instituted in the civil Court. It was subsequently abandoned by the plaintiff. When the plaint was presented in the lie venue Court, the plaintiff's claim for Rabi 1330-F and Kharif 1331-F was also barred by limitation unless the benefit of Section 14, Lim. Act, could be extended to her. The plaintiff's suit was decreed by the Assistant Collector except for the years 1329 to Kharif 1331-F. He also decided some subsidiary questions. Both parties appealed to the District Judge, who confirmed the decree of the first Court subject to slight modifications, which it is not necessary to mention at this stage. He upheld the view of the first Court that the plaintiff's claim for Rabi 1330-F and Kharif 1331-F was barred by limitation. He further held that Section 14, Lim. Act, did not apply to the circumstances of the case. The plaintiff has filed the present second appeal against that part of the decree of the lower appellate Court which relates to the arrears for Rabi 1330-F and Kharif 1331-F. The defendant has filed certain cross-objections, the nature of which will be stated in a later part of this judgment.
2. The plaint, as originally framed, was very complicated. It recited the facts that Sheoratan Singh and Dayashankar Singh, plaintiffs 1 and 2, granted a lease to the defendant Phool Singh who agreed to pay a certain rent for the theka. Sheoratan Singh and Dayashankar Singh assigned their proprietary rights to Mt. Rampati Kuer, plaintiff 2, the wife of Sheo Ratan Singh, plaintiff 1. It was alleged in the plaint that one of the lessors was a minor at the time the lease was executed, while the other lessor was devoid of common sense and not capable of understanding matters. It was further alleged that the lessee did not pay out of the rent interest due to one Dwarka Prasad as he was bound to do under the lease. The whole plaint contains allegations challenging the validity of the lease. The plaintiff claimed the right to recover possession of the property to which the lease related, but she reserved liberty to sue for that relief in a subsequent suit. The relief claimed in the present suit was for recovery of what the lessee was liable to pay under the theka and for the appointment of-a receiver, who, it was prayed, should be directed to take possession of the property and to manage it during the term reserved by the lease and make payments in accordance with the stipulations contained in the lease. We have stated in detail the allegations contained in the plaint for a proper consideration of the question, whether Section 14, Lim. Act can apply to the circumstances of the case. The learned District Judge held that Section 14, Lim. Act, did not apply to cases in which the plaintiff himself withdraws a suit instituted in the wrong Court and subsequently institutes it beyond limitation in the right Court. It should be explained in this connexion that the Subordinate Judge, who disposed of the appeal from the decision of the Munsif, directed the plaint to be returned for presentation to the Revenue Court, because it was admitted on behalf of
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