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2023 Supreme(Telangana) 980

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
A. SANTHOSH REDDY, J.
Duggempudi Bala Show Reddy and Another – Petitioners
Versus
Durgamraju Narasimha Rao and Others – Respondents
Civil Revision Petition No. 612 of 2016
Decided On : 16-02-2023

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: A. Prabhakar Rao
For the Respondent: G.L. Narasimha Rao

Headnote:(A) Code of Civil Procedure, Order XXVI, Rule 9 and 10 - Petition filed to set aside trial court’s order denying appointment of advocate commissioner - Court emphasized that appointing an advocate commissioner would facilitate clear localization of disputed property boundaries without causing prejudice - Petitioners argued necessity for local inspection given property boundary disputes; court agreed based on case circumstances. (Paras 1, 10, 13)

(B) Jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 227 - High Court has the authority to intervene when lower court's order is found to be vitiated by illegality or material irregularity. (Paras 13, 14)

Facts of the case:
Petitioners sought to set aside the dismissal of their application for appointing an advocate commissioner to clarify property boundaries in a civil suit where title and injunction were in dispute.

Findings of Court:
The trial court had improperly dismissed the application and failed to adequately consider the necessity for a local inspection of the property in question.

Issues: The main issue was whether the appointment of an advocate commissioner was required to settle the disputed boundaries of the property before proceeding to argument.

Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that the trial court's decision to deny the request for a commissioner was improper, as the disputing parties needed clarity on the property boundaries to ensure a fair trial.

Result: Civil revision petition allowed; trial court’s order set aside.

Table of Content
1. overview of the civil revision petition. (Para 1 , 3)
2. arguments regarding necessity of appointing advocate commissioner. (Para 4 , 6 , 7)
3. court's assessment of trial court proceedings. (Para 5 , 8 , 9)
4. court's reasoning on appointing advocate commissioner. (Para 10 , 12 , 13)
5. final order and directions from the court. (Para 14 , 15)

ORDER :

1. This civil revision petition is filed to set aside the order dated 08.12.2015 passed in I.A. No. 1045 of 2015 in O.S. No. 16 of 2009 on the file of the learned I Additional District Judge, Warangal, wherein and whereby, the application filed under Order XXVI Rule 9 and 10 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short “CPC”) by the revision petitioners was dismissed.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents. Perused the record.

3. Respondent Nos. 3 to 5-Plaintiffs filed suit in O.S. No. 16 of 2009 before the I Additional District Judge, Warangal for declaration of title and perpetual injunction against the defendants i.e. respondents 1 and 2 and the revision petitioners herein. The trial in the suit was also completed and the matter is posted for arguments. While so, the revision petitioners filed an application under Order XXVI Rule 9 and 10 read with Section 151 of CPC to appoint an advocate commissioner to note down the physical features and for localization of the schedule property with boundaries, since they are disputing the description of the boundaries in their written statement.

4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2-defendant No. 2 resisted the same by filing a suitable counter.

5. On a consideration of the material on record, the trial Court has dismissed the said application, vide order dated 08.12.2015, stating that the suit is coming-up for arguments and the photographs of the suit schedule property are available in the record and in the counter filed by respondent No. 2-defendant No. 2 stated that there is no dispute with regard to the boundaries. As such, there is no necessity for noting down the physical features of the suit schedule property. Challenging the said order, the present revision is filed.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the trial Court committed an error in dismissing the application. As the petitioners have disputed the boundaries of the suit schedule property, they filed an application to appoint an advocate commissioner to note down the physical features of the suit schedule property in order to localize the property with boundaries. He also submits that no prejudice would cause to the case respondents herein, if the said application is allowed.

7. Per contra, learned counsel appearing for respondents 3 to 5, while supporting the impugned order, submits that there is no illegality or irregularity committed by the trial Court while dismissing the present application. Therefore, he prayed to dismiss the present revision.

8. On perusal of the record would disclose that the suit is coming-up for arguments, as both the parties have adduced evidence.

9. The present application is filed to appoint an advocate commissioner for the purpose of noting down the physical features of the schedule property. The petitioners herein have disputed the boundaries in their written statement. However, in the counter filed by respondent No. 2-defendant No. 2, it is stated that the physical features of the property are readily available with the photographs and denied the boundaries, as mentioned by the revision petitioners.

10. Learned counsel for the petitioners, in support of his contentions has placed reliance of the judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Vishnudas Manga Bhavani and another vs. Vooturi Bhaskar and others , 1993 (2) ALT 589 , wherein it is held at Para-5 and 6, which reads thus:

“5. The learned Subordinate Judge was right in observing that “the stage of the case” was “also to be taken into consideration for appointing the Commissioner to ma

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