IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
C.V. BHASKAR REDDY, J.
Syed Mohammed Lateefuddin - Appellant
Versus
Sofy Moinuddin Moin Shaik Moinuddin Mohd.Moinuddin Mohd. Karim - Respondent
Civil Revision Petition No.3711 Of 2024
Decided On : 10-06-2025
| Table of Content |
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| 1. nature of civil revision petition and relief sought. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. defendant's contention on limitations and cause of action. (Para 4) |
| 3. trial court's analysis of fraud and limitation issues. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. principles regarding the rejection of plaint under cpc. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 5. scope of article 227 and dismissal of revision petition. (Para 12) |
| 6. order dismissing the civil revision petition. (Para 13) |
ORDER :
1. This Civil Revision Petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, is filed by the petitioner herein/defendant No.3, challenging the order, dated 13.09.2024 passed in I.A.No.1084 of 2023 in O.S.No.11 of 2023 by the learned Principal District Judge, Vikarabad (hereinafter referred as “trial Court”), wherein the I.A.No.1084 of 2023 filed by the petitioner herein under Order VII Rule 11 read with Section 151 of CPC seeking to reject the plaint for want of cause of action and barred by limitation, was dismissed.
2. The petitioner herein is the defendant No.3 and the respondents herein are the plaintiffs in the suit. Hereinafter, the parties would be referred as they were arrayed in the suit.
3. The brief facts of the case are that the plaintiffs filed the suit vide O.S.No.11 of 2023 on the file of learned Principal District Judge, Vikarabad, seeking following reliefs:
1) Declaring that the plaintiffs are the absolute owners and title holders of the suit schedule property, by virtue of parental inheritance.
2) Declaring that the Sale Deed Documents No:1428 of 89 dated: 18-
07-1989 and the subsequent Sale Deed Documents No: 904 of 91 dated: 25-07-1991 and 818 of 13 dated: 23-02-2013 are illegal, impersonated, forged, fabricated and fraudulent documents, not enforceable under law cannot be acted upon, null, void, and does not bind the plaintiffs.
3) As subsequent relief, direct the Registration Office / Revenue Authorities to cancel / delete the Sale Deed Documents No. 1428/89 dated: 18-07-1989 and 904/91 dated: 25-07-1991 and 818/13 dated: 23-02-2013 from the Registration & Encumbrance Records / Books and ratify the Revenue Records accordingly.
4) And as ancillary consequential relief of delivery of the possession of the suit schedule property to the plaintiffs by ejecting the 3rd defendant, who is having only paper possession, from the suit schedule property.
5) Award mesne profits and costs of the suit, as this Hon'ble Court deemed fit and proper.
4. During the pendency of the suit, the defendant No.3 filed I.A.No.1084 of 2023 under Order VII Rule 11 r/w Section 151 of CPC seeking to reject the plaint for want of cause of action and barred by limitation. It is stated by the defendant No.3 that in the plaint, the plaintiffs pleaded their father’s name as Mohammed Abdul Sattar S/o. Mohammed Khasim but in the sale deed vide document No.1428/1989 dated 18.07.1989, the name was mentioned as Abdul Sattar @ Jani Miya. It is further stated that plaintiffs pleaded that their father has not executed the sale deed dated 18.07.1989 in favour of defendant No.1 and the same was forged and obtained through impersonation and as such all consequential sale deeds have to be declared as null and void and not binding on plaintiffs. It is the case of defendant No.3 that the cause of action shown by plaintiff is illusory created with clever drafting and the suit is barred by law of limitation and ultimately prayed for rejection of the plaint. The plaintiffs filed counter affidavit through their General Power of Attorney (GPA) opposing the relief claimed by the defendant No.3 contending that the subject I.A.No.1084 of 2023 is not maintainable and the same was filed only to drag the matter on one pretext or other and in fact, Abdul Ghani, brother of Mohammed Abdul Sattar filed O.S.No.104/1996 on the file of District Munsif Court, Vikarabad, against Mohammed Abdul Sattar and plaintiffs 1, 2 and 4 and the said suit was decreed on 30.03.1990 and sale deed vide document No.18.07.1989 was executed during the pende
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Allegations of fraud prevent the rejection of a plaint under limitation laws, necessitating full trial for claims based on such allegations.
A plaint can be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 if it is barred by limitation or fails to disclose a cause of action, emphasizing the necessity for clear and truthful averments.
Rejection of plaint – Plaintiffs cannot be permitted to bring suits within period of limitation by clever drafting, which otherwise is barred by limitation.
The court ruled that fraud claims, as a mixed question of law and fact, require a full trial and cannot solely determine a suit's rejection based on limitations.
The presumption of validity of registered documents requires specific fraud allegations to extend the limitation period, which were absent in this case, leading to the dismissal of the suit.
The limitation period for filing a suit based on fraud begins when the plaintiff first becomes aware of the fraud, not at the time of execution of the disputed documents.
A plaint disclosing a cause of action cannot be rejected without examining merits, particularly when fraud is alleged, as such claims affect the limitation period.
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