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CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Prasenjit Mandal, J.
Manish Chandra Sarkar —Petitioner
versus
Prodyut Kumar Sinha and Ors. —Respondents
C.O. No. 234 of 2010 with C.A.N. No. 9300 of 2010
Decided on 25.1.2011

Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Priyabrata Ghosh and Ms. Shefalika Ghosh, Advocates.
For the Opp. Parties:Mr. P.P. Roy, Advocate.

Headnote:Civil Procedure Code, 1908—Order 39 Rule 2A— Violation of interim order— petitioner purchased land to raise a residential house thereon from one of the co sharer of the plaintiff—Plaintiff filed suit for partition and got interim injunction— Petitioner raised construction in violation of the order of injunction— Held—such person should not be allowed to raise construction further—Apparently petitioner is not a law abiding person— If Petitioner is permitted to raise construction, it may lead not only to a confusion in matter of disposal of the petition but may also render permission to raise construction to a person who is not at all a law abiding person—Such a person should not be empowered to proceed with the construction till the disposal of the application under order 39 Rule 2A.

       Result: Appeal dismissed.

       

JUDGMENT

Prasenjit Mandal, J.—Challenge is to the order dated April 7, 2010 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division). Kandi in Misc. Case No. 1 of 2009 arising out of the Partition suit No. 127of 1991.

2. The CAN application bearing CAN No.9300 of 2010 being related to minor changes of the main revisional application, is allowed and this application is treated as part of the revisional application. The application is disposed of with such orders.

3. The short fact is that the plaintiff/opposite party herein instituted a suit for partition and for other reliefs and the defendant No. 11 is contesting the said suit by filing a written statement. At the time of filing of the suit, the plaintiff filed an application for temporary injunction and that application was disposed of directing the parties to maintain status quo. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed an application under Order 39 Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure contending. Inter alia, that the defendant No. 11 was raising construction in violation of the order of status quo and that application under order 39 Rule2A of the CPC is still pending for decision. In the meantime , the defendant No.11 filed an application praying for permission to complete the construction stating inter alia, that after purchase of the land he started construction and at that time, an order of status quo was passed in the said suit for partition. So after expending huge money, he had to stop the plan. So he has prayed for permission to raise construction for his residential purpose. That application was rejected by the impugned order. Being aggrieved, this application has been preferred.

4. Now the question is whether the impugned order should be sustained.

5. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on going through the materials on record. I find that there is a checkered history in the matter. The petitioner purchased a piece of land to raise a residential house thereon from one of the co-sharers of the plaintiff. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed an application for preemption under section 8 & 9 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act before the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Kandli. At the time of filing of the said application for preemption he filed an application for temporary injunction. That application for temporary injunction was rejected. Thereafter the plaintiff preferred a Misc. appeal before the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division). Kandi and that Misc. appeal was dismissed when the plaintiff failed to secure any relief in the said misc. case under Section 8 & 9 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, he filed the suit for partition and other reliefs. In that suit he filed an application for temporary injunction and while disposing of the said application the learned Trial Judge passed the order of status quo. In the meantime in order to raise construction the petitioner obtained sanctioned plan expended huge money to raise construction. At that the learned Trial Judge passed the order of status quo.

6. Mr. Ghosh has referred to the decisions of (2009)2 SCC 784 particularly paragraph No.51. (2009)12 SCC 775 particularly paragraph Nos. 26, 27 & 28 and AIR 2008 SC 2291 and submits that when a party raised construction by expending huge money, it would not be proper to stop further construction. In the interest of justice such party should be allowed to carry out the construction of building subject to ultimate decision of the suit. But, in the instant case, since the petitioner was raising construction in violation of the order of injunction, I am of the view that such a person should not be allowed to raise construction further .

7. It is contention of the plaintiff that in spite of order of status quo, in violation of that order, the petitioner began to raise construction. This being the allegation, the plaintiff filed a misc. case for violation of the order of injunction under Order 39 Rule 2A of the CPC and that misc. case is pending. From the above si









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