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2026 Supreme(Telangana) 167

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO, J.
Shanthilal Bharath Bhandari, S/o. Late Ghewarchand Jain - Appellant
Vs.
Venkataiah (died for LRs) - Respondent
Kandawada @ Damaragidda Bharathamma
Civil Revision Petition No.2358 of 2023
Decided On : 22-01-2026

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Shanthilal Bharath Bhandari
For the Respondent: Venkataiah (died for LRs)

The court emphasized that necessary parties must be included in a suit to ensure complete adjudication, correcting the trial court's error in dismissing the petitioner's application for impleadment.

Headnote:(A) Constitution of India - Article 227 - Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order 1 Rule 10 - Impleadment of parties - Revision petition allowed, setting aside the trial court's dismissal of the petition to add a necessary party - The proposed defendant demonstrated proper interest and necessity for adjudication of the case, despite previous ownership claims. (Paras 1-22)

(B) Necessary Parties - A necessary party to a suit is one whose presence is essential for the Court to effectually and completely adjudicate the dispute. The absence of such a party can lead to an incomplete resolution of the case. (Paras 18-20)

Facts of the case:
The petitioner, who purchased property during the pendency of a suit, sought to be added as a defendant after being obstructed by plaintiffs claiming rights over the property. The trial court dismissed the request, citing the absence of ulterior parties. (Paras 1-7)

Findings of Court:
The high court found that the trial court erred in holding that the petitioner was not a necessary party, reaffirming the principle that necessary parties must be added to ensure complete adjudication. (Paras 21-22)

Issues: The main issue addressed was whether the order dismissing the petitioner’s application for impleadment was perverse or illegal. (Para 10)

Ratio Decidendi: The Court held that the petitioner was a proper and necessary party whose inclusion was essential for resolving all questions in the suit, emphasizing the applicability of Order 1 Rule 10 of the CPC to include parties. (Paras 20-21)

Result: CRP is allowed; order of the trial court set aside, allowing the petitioner to be added as defendant No.12. (Para 22)

Table of Content
1. filing procedure of civil revision petition (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. plaintiffs' counterarguments on ownership (Para 6 , 8)
3. court's initial order dismissal reasoning (Para 7 , 10)
4. discussion on property ownership and the necessity for parties (Para 12 , 13 , 18)
5. judgment on applicability of lis pendens (Para 16 , 21)
6. final ruling in favor of petitioner (Para 22)

ORDER :

B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO, J.

1. This Civil Revision Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India assailing the order passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Chevella, Ranga Reddy District in IA No.448 of 2023 in OS.No.211 of 2006, dated 10.07.2023.

2. Petitioner is the proposed defendant No.12 and respondent Nos.1 to 5 are the respondents-plaintiffs and the respondent Nos.6 to 15 are other respondents in IA.No.448 of 2023 in OS.No.211 of 2006.

3. It is mentioned in the cause title of the revision that respondent Nos.6 to 15 are not necessary parties.

4. Notices got issued to respondent Nos.2 to 5-respondents- plaintiffs in the CRP are served on 21.08.2023, none appeared for them.

5.1. Petitioner has filed IA.No.448 of 2023 under Order 1 Rule 10 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (for short ‘CPC’) to implead him as proposed defendant No.12 in the suit.

5.2. It is stated in the affidavit that petitioner’s vendors by name Mujahid Hussain and Irfan Hussain have purchased the property admeasuring Acs.04-09 guntas in survey No.135 of Pamena Village from respondent Nos.6 to 8-defendant Nos.1 to 3 and the said purchasers have sold the land in favour of the petitioner under registered sale deed, dated 20.09.2016 bearing document No.10796 of 2016, ever since he is in physical possession and enjoyment of the above said property without any interruption and he obtained E-pass book and the Government has also sanctioned Rythu Bhandu, recently he came to know about the pendency of the suit when he attended Junior Civil Judge, Chevella in another matter. Respondent Nos.2 to 5-plaintiff Nos.2 to 5 taking advantage of the suit filed by them continuously interfering in the petitioner's possession and that he is a proper and necessary party to the suit and prayed to allow the same.

6. Respondent Nos.2 to 5-plaintiff Nos.2 to 5 filed counter and contended that respondent Nos.6 to 8-defendant Nos.1 to 3 are not the owners and possessors, they do not have any right title over the properties covered in survey No.135 and they have no right to execute registered sale deeds in favour of Mujahid Hussain and Irfan Hussain and the sale deeds dated 31.03.2003, 27.01.2011, 05.06.2012 and 20.09.2016 are illegal, void documents and not binding on them. The proposed defendant in collusion with respondent Nos.6 to 8-defendant Nos.1 to 3 have filed the implead petition to settle the scores, if the proposed party is really interested to get himself impleaded into the suit then he ought to have got impleaded all the parties or his vendors in the suit. The purchase made by the petitioner is subsequent to the filing of the suit as such, the transaction is hit by Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 and prayed to dismiss the same.

7. The learned trial Court after going through the material on record dismissed the petition filed by the petitioner holding that “the petitioner is not a necessary party to be impleaded and without his presence the suit can be completely adjudicated” which is impugned in the CRP.

8. Learned counsel for the petitioner-proposed defendant No.12 submits that the order of the learned trial Court is contrary to law and probabilities of the case which suffers serious infirmities of law and fact and the learned trial Court carried away by presumptions and assumptions and erroneously dismissed the application. The finding of the learned trial Court that petitioner did not implead his vendors as parties to the suit as defendants is erroneous, the learned Judge failed to see that the petitioner is not a plaintiff to implead his vendors as parties to the

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