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2025 Supreme(Telangana) 1878

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA, J.
G. Krsihna Murthy – Appellant 
Versus
C. Suryakantham – Respondent 
Civil Revision Petition Nos.559, 575 & 590 of 2018
Decided On : 15-10-2025

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : R K CHITTA

Purchasers of the suit property pendente lite are necessary parties and must be impleaded for just adjudication, affirming the principle to prevent multiplicity of litigation.

Headnote:(A) Civil Procedure Code - Order 1 Rule 10(2) - In the context of impleadment of necessary parties during the pendency of a lawsuit, the court held that purchasers of the suit property pendente lite are essential parties for proper adjudication. The trial court's rejection of applications to implead these parties was found to be erroneous. (Paras 10, 19, 21)

(B) Multiplicity of Litigation - The ruling emphasizes the importance of preventing multiplicity of litigation by ensuring that all necessary parties are included in a lawsuit to achieve just resolution. (Paras 6, 20)

Facts of the case:
The petitioners are challenging the dismissal of applications to add new defendants to a suit regarding the possession of property that had been sold to third parties during the pendency of the case. The trial court rejected the applications citing lack of possession claims against the proposed defendants.

Findings of Court:
The court determined that the proposed defendants, having purchased the property during the litigation, were necessary parties, and permitted their inclusion in the suit.

Issues: Whether the omission of purchasers of the property pending litigation constitutes grounds for dismissal of their impleadment applications?

Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that it is a settled legal principle that purchasers of the suit property during the pendency of a suit are necessary parties and must be impleaded.

Result: Civil Revision Petitions allowed; the trial court's orders are set aside.

Table of Content
1. combined revision petitions on the same suit. (Para 1 , 2)
2. need for impleading necessary parties for litigation. (Para 4 , 6 , 8 , 10)
3. contentions related to trial court's dismissal. (Para 5 , 7 , 9 , 11)
4. application of rule 28 regarding amendment application. (Para 12 , 13 , 15)
5. principle of necessary parties in litigation. (Para 14 , 18)
6. applicable law for impleading parties during litigation. (Para 16 , 17 , 19)
7. conclusion on the necessity of impleading parties. (Para 20 , 21)
8. order allowing revision petitions. (Para 22 , 23)

ORDER:

NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA, J.

Since the issue involved in these Civil Revision Petitions are arising out of the same Original Suit No.11 of 2015, between the same parties, they are being heard together and disposed of by way of this common order.

2. The C.R.P.Nos.559, 575 and 590 of 2018 are filed against the Orders dated 03.11.2017 in I.A.Nos.68, 80 and 57 of 2015 respectively in O.S.No.11 of 2015 passed by the learned V Additional District Judge (FTC), Warangal at Jangaon.

3. Heard Mr.R.K.Chitta, learned counsel for the petitioners/plaintiffs. Inspite of service of notice none appeared for the respondents, as such respondents are set ex-parte. Perused the record.

4. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners herein filed O.S.No.11 of 2015 on the file of V Additional District Judge (FTC), Warangal at Jangaon, seeking recovery of possession of the suit property. It is stated that I.A.No.68 of 2015 is filed seeking to implead respondent No.20, I.A.No.80 of 2015 is filed seeking to implead respondent Nos.23 to 27 and I.A.No.57 of 2015 is filed seeking to implead respondent Nos.20 to 23 respectively in O.S.No.11 of 2015 to avoid multiplicity of litigation and not to create third party interest over the suit property and the same was dismissed by the learned Judge, on the ground that the Suit property is in Sy.No.544/B/1 and the respective respondents have sold the land in Sy.No.544/1 and it is not the case of the petitioners that the respective respondents are in possession of the Suit property. Assailing the same, the respective C.R.Ps.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioners/plaintiffs contended that the trial Court while passing the impugned order failed to consider the grounds that were raised in the affidavits filed in support of I.A.Nos.68, 80 and 57 of 2015 to re-open the Suit for further evidence.

6. He further contended that the trial Court without recording proper reasons, dismissed I.A.Nos.68, 80 and 57 of 2015 and failed to note that, the implead respondent No.20, respondent Nos.23 to 27 and respondent Nos.20 to 23 respectively purchased the property from defendant No.11 therein. The learned Senior Civil Judge, Jangaon, while entertaining the injunction application, has directed the parties to the Suit not to alienate the suit schedule properties to the third parties till the disposal of the Suit. However, with a malafide intention to create third party interest in the present Suit and to create multiplicity of litigation and to cause loss to the petitioners the defendant No.11 has executed the sale deeds in the name of implead respondents, as such they are necessary parties, as they have stepped into the shoe of the defendants. Therefore, the proposed respondents/defendants are very much necessary for proper adjudication of the suit, hence, the orders impugned are liable to be set-aside and sought permission to implead respondent No.20 to 27 in the Suit and permit the petitioners to amend consequential amendments in the plaint.

7. Learned counsel for the petitioners further contended that the trial Court, while dismissing the I.A.Nos.68, 80 and 57 of 2015, failed to record proper reasons and the finding of the trial Court at Para-3 is as follows:

“...it is not the case of the plaintiffs that, respondent No.20, respondent Nos.23 to 27 and respondent Nos.20 to 23 respectively are in possession of the suit property”.

The case of the petitioners is that, with a

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