1996 JLJ 524
R.S. Garg, J.
Pushkar Sharma and others v. Smt. Sudha Mishra
S.A. No. 116 of 1994; Decided on 3.11.1995.
(2) Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (M.P.) -- S.12 (4) -- transfer by will -- is a transfer for the purposes of this provision. AIR 1966 SC 432 distinguished.[Para 4
(3) Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (M.P.) -- Ss. 12 (4) and 12 (1) (e) -- property given by will -- it is a transfer – suit filed one year before testator"s death -- no decree under S. 12 (1) (e) can be passed. AIR 1980 Bom. 69 relied on. [Para 5
(4) Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (M.P.) -- S.12 (1) (d) -- accommodation let out for residence -- started to be used as godown -- case of inconsistent user made out. [Para 6
(5) Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (M.P.) -- S.12 (1) (i) -- tenant building his own house -- landlord is not required to prove that each successor of tenant has built his own house. [Para 7
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1. The appellant being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 9.2.94 passed in regular Civil Appeal No.1-A/92 by the learned II Addl. Judge to the Court of Distt. Judge, Bilaspur, reversing the judgment and decree dated 21.10.91 passed in Civil Suit No. 22-N91 by the learned VI Civil Judge, Class II, has preferred this appeal.
2. The brief facts leading to the appeal are that the respondent landlord having succeeded to the property in a will executed by Siyavarsharan filed a suit for eviction of the appellant/tenant Ramsewak alleging that the tenant has not paid the rent despite demand, has changed the user of the premises, the premises are needed bona fide by the landlord, the premises need repairs and the tenant has acquired vacant possession of the accommodation suitable for his residence. The original tenant Ramsewak contested the suit on all possible grounds and contended that he was not liable to be evicted. It was submitted that the user of the suit premises has not been changed. The premises did not need repairs and the tenant has not acquired an accommodation suitable for his residence. The learned trial Court, after hearing the parties, came to the conclusion that the plaintiff could not make out a case for eviction, it dismissed the suit Being aggrieved by the said dismissal the plaintiff preferred a regular appeal. Learned first appellate Court held that the plaintiff was successful in proving the change of the user, the bona fide requirement and acquisition of the house by the tenant though in para 18 of the judgment it held positively that the tenant is using the house as a godown when it was given to them for residential purposes. In para 23 of the judgment it held that the tenant is liable to be evicted on the grounds enumerated u/s. 12 (1) (e) and 12 (1) (1) of the M.P. Accommodation Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act). This second appeal has been admitted on 21.3.95 on the following substantial question of law:
"Whether the lower appellate Court is just and proper in reversing the judgment and decree of the trial Court where as the findings are that the suit is barred u/s. 12 (4) of the M.P. Accommodation Control Act ?"
3. A bare reading of the question would show that the Court was of the opinion that the findings regarding S. 12 (4) of the Act were bad and a decree in the ground could not be passed. From the appeal memo it does not appear that the decree granted on the ground of S. 12 (1) (d) and 12 (1) (i) of the Act was ever sought to be challenged. Facing with the difficulty Shri Trivedi submitted that the appellant was mis-led by the observations made in para 23 and thought that decree u/s. 12 (1) (d) was not passed. Assuming that to be correct para 23 is clear about the availability of the ground u/s. 12 (1) (i). Shri Trivedi thereafter submitted that the findings of the first appellate Court regarding the availability of the ground u/s. 12 (1) (i) are perverse and he be permitted to challenge those findings irrespective of the question. He also submitted that findings regarding S. 12 (1) (d) are also perverse. Shri Shrivastava submitted that in absence of a question raised in the appeal memo or the question framed at the time of admission of the appeal, such questions cannot be permitted. S.100 (4) gives a wide discretion to the Court to hear the appeal on such further questions which arise in the matter in the opinion of the Court. I permitted Shri Trivedi to argue the matter on these 2 grounds also.
4. Regarding S. 12 (4) Shri Trivedi submitted that in view of the language of S. 12 (4) it cannot be contended that the landlord was entitled to file the suit within 1 year of the death of the executant of the will, as the plaintiff for the first time acquired certain rights by transfer. According to him S. 12 (4) is absolute bar against the landlord who wants to file a suit within 1 year from the acquisition of the title. On the other hand, Shri Shrivastava submitted that language
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