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2024 Supreme(MP) 421

IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
Hirdesh, J.
Bhupesh v. Arvind Kumar Shah & Others
First Appeal No. 310 of 2022 (Indore): against the judgment and decree dated 1.11.2021 passed by Fifth Additional District Judge, Ujjain in Civil Suit No. 169A/2021; Decided on 15.7.2024.

Advocates:
Pourush Ranka for appellant; H. Y. Mehta for respondents No. 1 and 2.

Headnote:

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Civil P. C., 1908 -- O. 7 R. 11 -- Specific Relief Act, 1963 -- S. 12 -- suit for specific performance of contract -- based on Sauda Chithi of sale regarding survey No. 428/3 area 0.282 hectare -- in Sauda Chithi, survey number wrongly mentioned as survey No. 248/3 instead of survey No. 428/3 -- defendant filed application under order 7 rule 11 that suit is not maintainable -- same allowed on ground that Sauda Chithi is not agreement to sell -- such finding of trial Court is not correct in eye of law -- defendant accepted in reply of notice that it is agreement to sell regarding survey No. 428/3 -- receiving part payment of sale consideration also accepted -- according to plaint averments, Sauda Pavti must be treated as agreement to sell -- trial Court committed error in allowing application and rejecting plaint -- matter remanded to trial Court to decide it afresh. (2003) 1 SCC 557, Civil Revision No. 99 of 2023 decided on 8.2.2024, Civil Revision No. 98 of 2023 decided on 11.4.2023, AIR Online 2022 Bom. 6357, (2020) 7 SCC 366, AIR 2003 Del. 15, (1990) 3 SCC 1, AIR 1998 SC 2216, AIR 1973 Raj. 45 and AIR 1991 All. 343 referred to. [Paras 16 & 17

ORDER

1. The appellant/plaintiff has filed this appeal being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 1.11.2021 passed by the learned 5th District Judge Ujjain in civil suit No.169A/2021 by which the application filed by the defendants under Order 7 rule 11 r/w section 151 CPC has been allowed and the plaint which was filed by the plaintiff/appellant for specific performance of contract and permanent injunction has been rejected.

2. The brief facts of the case are that appellant/plaintiff has entered into an agreement to sell on 23.2.2021 for a sale consideration of Rs.1,03,00,000/- and has paid a sum of Rs.1,51,000/- as part payment of the sale consideration for the land bearing survey No.428/3, area 0.282 hectare of Patwari Halka No.26, village Panth Piplai, Tehsil and district Ujjain. The copy of the Sauda Chithi entered into between the appellant and the defendants is Annexure A/2.

3. As per the terms of the agreement between the parties, the seller was required to make a paper publication with regard to sale of the said land and in case of non receipt of any objection the purchaser will pay 25% of the agreed sale consideration. Accordingly paper publication was made in the daily newspaper Agniban on 27.3.2021 and no objection was received. Thereafter the plaintiff appellant requested the defendants to accept the sale consideration of 25% of the total sale consideration but the defendant was not responding to his request. Thereafter the appellant/plaintiff sent a legal notice through his counsel on 12.4.2021 requesting the defendants to accept the amount of 25% as agreed in the agreement dated 23.3.2021. The notice is Annexure A/3. The defendants on receipt of the notice from the appellant/plaintiff sent a reply dated 17.4.2021 through their counsel by accepting the agreement but has alleged that the terms of the agreement have not been complied with which has resulted into automatic cancelation of the agreement. The reply is Annexure A/4. Thereafter the appellant/plaintiff filed a civil suit for specific performance. The copy of the plaint is Annexure A/5.

4. The defendants filed their written statement and accepted the part payment of Rs.1,51,000/- from the plaintiff but has alleged that plaintiff to take the said amount back but the plaintiff never received that amount from the defendants and further the plaintiff has not complied with the terms of making payment of 25% of the total sale consideration within 20 days from the date of execution of sauda chithi. The copy of the written statement is Annexure A/6. Thereafter the defendant/respondent filed an application under Order 7 rule 11 r/w section 151 CPC on the ground that the sauda chithi does not disclose the survey No.248/3 of the property and also the name of village where the said land is located and the present suit is filed for land bearing survey No.428/3 of village Panchpiplai, tehsil and district Ujjain whereas no agreement with regard to purchase of said survey No.428/3 is filed with the plaint and also the sauda chithi filed is not duly stamped and hence in such circumstances the sauda chithi cannot be said to be an agreement and hence the suit filed by the plaintiff deserves to be dismissed. The application is Annexure A/7.

5. The plaintiff/appellant filed a detailed reply of the application and submitted that it is an agreement to sell which was accepted by the respondents in reply Annexure A/5.

6. After hearing counsel for both parties, the trial court vide order dated 1.11.2021 has allowed the application of the defendants and rejected the plaint filed by the plaintiff holding that the sauda chithi filed by the plaintiff is not an agreement to sell but a document which is prepared prior to execution of agreement to sell. Being aggrieved by the impugned order this appeal has been by the appellant and submitted that the trial court order is completely illegal, arbitrary, perverse and against the settled principles of law. He submitted that the trial court

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