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RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Arun Bhansali, J.
Shaukat Ali —Petitioner
versus
Bhag Chand and Ors. —Respondents
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.7961 of 2015
Decided on 3.3.2016

Advocates:
Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocate
For the Respondents:Mr. Sandeep Saruparia, Advocate

Headnote:Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Section 19(b)

       r/w Order I Rule 10, Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Land owner executing agreement for sale with one party – Case of specific performance pending – Petitioner purchasing part of suit property thereafter – Would be affected by present suit for specific performance – His impleadment in the suit – No error. (Para 12)

       Result: Petition dismissed.

JUDGMENT

Arun Bhansali, J.—This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner aggrieved against the order dated 21.04.2015 passed by the trial court, whereby the application filed by the plaintiffs under Order I, Rule 10 CPC has been allowed and the petitioner, inter alia, has been impleaded as party-defendant to the suit.

2. The respondent No.1-plaintiff filed a suit for specific performance of contract dated 7.4.2004.In the written statement, it was, inter alia, indicated that the suit property was already transferred before the suit was filed. The plaintiff filed an application on 11.4.2008 under Order I, Rule 10 CPC seeking to implead the subsequent purchasers as party-defendants. The application was opposed and the trial court by its order dated 24.9.2010 dismissed the application filed by the plaintiff. Feeling aggrieved, plaintiff filed S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.562/2011, the writ petition filed by the plaintiff was disposed of by order dated 19.12.2013, inter alia, with the following observations and directions:—

“In the written statement Banshi Lal, Respondent No.1 (defendant No. 1) had alleged that he has already sold the suit property to (1) Sheokat Ali, (2) Panna Lal, (3) Chhitar Mal, (4) Smt. Shanti Bai, (5) Smt. Manbhar Devi and (6) Bhanwar Lal. The petitioner himself wants that the subsequent purchasers should be made a party in his suit otherwise the decree which might be obtained by him against other respondents will be of no use.

In the circumstances of the case, the alleged subsequent purchasers, may they be bona fide purchasers or not, appear to be proper parties even if they may not be necessary parties. In the circumstances of the case, application filed under O.I R.10 CPC by the petitioner-plaintiff should not have been rejected by the court below and so the impugned order dated 24.9.2010 is hereby quashed and set aside to the extent that the application filed on 4.11.2008 under O.I R.10 CPC by the petitioner-plaintiff in the trial court should be decided afresh by the trial court in the light of the observations given in this order.”

4. Whereafter, the trial court by its impugned order dated 21.4.2015, accepted the application filed by the plaintiff under Order I, Rule 10 CPC and ordered for impleadment of the subsequent purchasers as party-defendants to the suit.

5. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the trial court committed error in accepting the application filed by the plaintiff. It was submitted that no notice of the application under Order I, Rule 10 CPC was issued to the petitioner either at the earlier stage when the application was dismissed or after the matter was remanded by the High Court and the application has been accepted by the trial court by the order impugned. It was emphasized that the application has been accepted without providing any opportunity of hearing and, therefore, the order impugned deserves to be quashed and set aside.

6. Learned counsel for the respondents supported the order impugned.

7. I have considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and have perused the material available on record.

8. It is true that before a new party is impleaded under provisions of Order I, Rule 10 CPC, notice must be issued to the proposed party and it is not appropriate or correct procedure that notice be issued after the Court comes to the conclusion that the proposed party is a necessary party. However, even if a party is impleaded without issuing any notice to it as a proposed party, an opportunity to file application under Order I, Rule 10(2) CPC is always available to such party to plead that it in fact is not a necessary party to the suit and the trial court after hearing the parties can take a view different from the view taken by it at the time of passing the order impleading the said party.

9. However, the position becomes a bit different in a case where against rejection of application by the trial court, a challenge is laid before the









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