Under Article 227, no interference with revenue courts' orders remanding ex-parte suit decree for hearing legal heirs of deceased defendants, as reasons sound; direction for expeditious disposal of long-pending suit.

JUDGMENT :

Pankaj Purohit, J.

By means of the present writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has challenged the judgment and order dated 25.08.2023 passed by learned Additional Commissioner, Garhwal Mandal, Camp Dehradun, in First Appeal No.17 of 2020-21 Shri Aniruddh Kumar Sharma and Others Vs. Shri Surendra Singh and Others, whereby, the said appeal was partly allowed rejecting the order dated 29.12.2020 and learned Lower Court was directed to give opportunity of hearing to legal heirs of the deceased and to replace the legal heirs of the deceased in the Suit; as well as the judgment and order dated 28.11.2025 passed by learned Board of Revenue in Second Appeal No.93 of 2022-23 Shri Surendra Singh Vs. Shri Aniruddh Kumar Sharma and Others , whereby, the second appeal was rejected.

2. The brief facts of the case are that father of petitioner was in possession of the land Khasra No.10ka measuring 0.2020 hectare and Khasra No.32Ga measuring 0.0530 hectare total area 0.2550 hectare situated in Mauza Bhogpur, Tehsil Rishikesh, District Dehradun, since last 75 years and after death of his father, petitioner is in possession of aforesaid land, name of Sh. Ramchandra and Sh. Nardev Sharma both sons of Sh. Parasram was recorded in revenue record. Since petitioner’s father have two sons namely Rajendra Singh Rawat and Surendra Singh Rawat (petitioner herein), therefore, in family partition the aforesaid land was came into petitioner’s share by the family settlement dated 16.02.2004. In family partition, Leechi Orchard and two shops situated were came into petitioner’s share. But in the year 2009, petitioner’s brother tried to interfere in the possession of the aforesaid two shops, therefore, petitioner filed injunction suit bearing Suit No.107 of 2009 Surendra Singh Rawat Vs. Rajendra Singh Rawat, which was decreed vide judgment and decree dated 25.02.2017. Petitioner’s brother challenged the aforesaid judgment and decree dated 25.02.2017 in Civil Appeal No.24 of 2017 Rajendra Singh Rawat Vs. Surendra Singh Rawat , which was dismissed by the learned Appellate Court vide judgment and order dated 03.10.2018. Petitioner’s brother thereafter filed the Second Appeal No.122 of 2018 Rajendra Singh Rawat Vs. Surendra Singh Rawat , which was dismissed by Coordinate Bench of this Court vide judgment and order dated 15.11.2018.

3. By aforesaid settlement dated 16.02.2004, land in-question came into the share of petitioner and earlier petitioner’s father and after his father’s death, petitioner is in continuous possession of the land in-dispute, which is in the knowledge of Shri Ramchandra and Nardev Sharma both sons of Shri Parasram. Name of Shri Ramchandra S/o Shri Parasram and name of Shri Aniruddh, Shri Dhananjay, Shri Tribhuwan, Shri Shudhanshu, Shri Sridhar, all are sons of Late Nardev Sharma and Smt. Sombala Sharma W/o Late Nardev Sharma, were being recorded in the revenue record, therefore, petitioner filed a suit under Section 229B of U.P.Z.A.&L.R. Act, 1951, before learned Assistant Collector-1^st Class, Rishikesh, District Dehradun on 31.08.2012 after giving notice under Section 80 of CPC dated 15.06.2012 to opposite parties, which was registered as Case No.23 of 2012-13 Surendra Singh Vs. Ram Chandra and others . Respondent Nos.1 to 5 and Smt. Sombala (defendant Nos.2 to 7 in the suit) put their appearance before learned Assistant Collector-1^st Class, but they did not file any written statement before the learned Trial Court. After giving several opportunities, on 15.12.2020, learned Trial Court closed the opportunity of hearing of defend