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2025 Supreme(Telangana) 176

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
T. VINOD KUMAR, P. SREE SUDHA, JJ.
Smt. Pentala Jyothi Latha - Appellant
Versus
Sri. Sheri Ramakrishna Reddy - Respondent
Civil Miscellaneous Appeal Nos. 394 & 395 Of 2024
Decided On : 28-05-2025

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : K PRADEEP REDDY
For the Respondent: P SHRAVAN KUMAR GOUD

A party cannot claim an injunction against the real owner of property, and the classification of property as ancestral or self-acquired must await trial.

Headnote:(A) Code of Civil Procedure - Order XXXIX Rule 1 and Section 151 - Civil Miscellaneous Appeals - Interlocutory applications for ad-interim injunction dismissed - The appellant filed for partition and separate possession, claiming 1/3rd share in ancestral properties, which respondents allegedly alienated - The trial Court found the appellant’s claims to be based on suppressed material facts and dismissed the applications based on the pendency of a prior suit (O.S. No. 17 of 2021) involving the same properties. (Paras 5, 15, 29, 35)

(B) Injunction - The court ruled that an injunction cannot be granted against the real owner of the property and that the determination of whether properties are ancestral or self-acquired must await trial. (Paras 30, 34)

Facts of the case:
The appellant, as the elder daughter, sought partition against her family members, alleging that they alienated ancestral properties without her consent, and filed interlocutory applications to prevent further alienation during the suit's pendency.

Findings of Court:
The trial Court found that the appellant had suppressed material facts regarding her status as a defendant in a prior partition suit and that the properties in question were part of that earlier litigation.

Issues: The main issues included whether the properties were ancestral or self-acquired and whether the appellant was entitled to an injunction against the respondents.

Ratio Decidendi: The Court concluded that the trial Court's decision to dismiss the injunction application was justified, as the appellant's claims were intertwined with a pending suit, and the determination of property status required a full trial.

Result: Appeals dismissed.

Table of Content
1. establishing the factual basis of the property claims. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
2. arguments presented by both parties regarding property ownership. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21)
3. court's analysis of the claims and legal precedents. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33)
4. determination of the relationship between pending suits and property claims. (Para 34 , 35)
5. final dismissal of the appeals. (Para 36)

JUDGMENT :

(T. Vinod Kumar, J.)

Since, the issues involved in these CMAs are one and the same and they are being disposed of this common judgment.

2. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal Nos.394 and 395 are filed aggrieved by the order and decree dated 05.06.2024 passed in I.A. No.283 of 2022 and I.A. No.101 of 2022 in O.S. No.63 of 2022 on the file of IX Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, L.B. Nagar (for short ‘the trial Court’).

3. The Appellant herein is the petitioner in the underlying interlocutory applications and plaintiff in the suit filed by her for Partition and Separate Possession against the respondents herein.

4. The appellant filed the underlying interlocutory applications i.e., I.A. No.283 of 2022 seeking ad-interim injunction against respondent Nos.1, 3 and 4 from alienating the subject properties to third parties, and I.A No.101 of 2022 to grant interim injunction restraining the respondents from changing or altering the nature of the subject properties, under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and r/w Section 151 Code of Civil Procedure (for short ‘the CPC’).

5. It is the case of the appellant in brief that, she had filed a suit for Partition and Separate Possession under Order VII Rule 1 r/w Section 26 of CPC seeking decree of partition by dividing the subject properties and also to declare 1/3rd share each to her and respondent Nos.1 and 3 and further to declare the Registered Gift Settlement Deed dated 17.09.2007, Registered Development Agreement-Cum-Irrevocable General Power of Attorney dated 12.07.2016, Registered Sale Deed dated 06.04.2021, Registered Sale Deed dated 25.06.2021 and Ratification Deed dated 01.09.2021 as null and void.

6. The appellant contends that, she is the elder daughter of respondent Nos.1 and 2 and respondent No.3 is the sister of the appellant, respondent No.4 is the husband of respondent Nos.3, and respondent No. 5 is the agreement holder vide Registered Development Agreement-Cum-Irrevocable General Power of Attorney dated 12.07.2016.

7. Appellant further contends that, the respondent No.1 is the Karta of the joint family, holding patta and possession of land in Sy.No. 10 to an extent of Ac 1-36 gts; Sy.No.11 to an extent of Ac 0.36gts; Sy.No.15 to an extent of Ac 0.35 gts; Sy.No.45/AA to an extent of Ac 1.05 gts; Sy.No.325/3 to an extent of Ac 0.28 gts; Sy.No. 329 to an extent of Ac 3.29 gts; Sy.No. 356 to an extent of Ac 0.23 gts; Sy.No. 357 to an extent of Ac 0.07 gts; Sy.No. 358 to an extent of Ac 0.09 gts; Sy.No. 364 to an extent ofAc1.33 gts; Sy.No. 367 to an extent of Ac.1.00 gts; Sy.No. 368 to an extent of Ac. 0.06 gts; Sy.No. 369 to an extent of Ac. 0.21 gts; Sy.No. 370 to an extent of Ac. 0.10 gts; Sy.No. 374 to an extent of Ac. 0.39 gts at Shankarpally Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District and also holding patta for land in Sy.No.382 to an extent of Ac.4.05 gts at Yelwarthy Village, Shankarpally Mandal, R.R. District in all totaling to an extent of Ac 23.29 gts.

8. It is contended that, during the pendency of the suit in O.S. No.17 of 2021 on the file of Senior Civil Judge at Vikarabad, the respondent No.1 executed a registered sale deed dated 25.06.2021 transferring portions of the land in Sy.No.10/AA2 admeasuring Ac 0-25 gts, Sy.No.11/AA2 admeasuring Ac 0-12 gts, Sy.No.15/AA2 admeasuring Ac 0-13 gts, and Sy.No.374/AA admeasuring Ac 0-18 gts totaling to Ac. 1-28 gts in favour of respondent No.3, with a malafide intention to deprive the appellant of her rightful share in the proper

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