IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICEHON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRENDER SINGH
RP/110/2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Review Petition No. : 110 of 2025 Decided on : 06.05.2026 Kanta Devi …Petitioner Versus Bhupender Pal and others …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.
Whether approvedo for reporting?1 For the Cpetitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Kuthiala, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Tamanna Sharma, Advocate.
For the respondents : Mr. Bimal Gupta, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Kusum Chaudhary and Mr. Trigun Singh Negi, Advocates, for respondent No. 1 to 4.
None for other respondents.
Virender Singh, Judge. (Oral)
Petitioner-Kanta Devi has filed the present review petition, under Order 47 Rule 1 read with Section 114 of the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter referred to as ‘CPC’), seeking review of the judgment, dated 22nd
1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.
September, 2025, passed in RSA No. 160 of 2016, titled as Kanta Devi versus Bhupinder Pal and others.
2. As per the factual position, RSA No. 160 of 2016, filed by petitioner-Kanta Devi, was admitted for hearing on 9th August, 2016, on thef ollowing substantial question of law:
“1. Whether thet possession of a person permissive or rotherwise has to be protected by the grant of the relief of mandatory and prohibitory injunction and dispossession has to be made in accordance with law and whoether denial of such relief by the courts below is proper?”
3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the said appeal was dismissed, by this Court, on
22nd September, 2025.
4. The said judgment of this Court has been sought to be reviewed, on the ground, that during the pendency of the appeal, the petitioner had filed an application, under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC, being CMP No. 2584 of 2022, for placing on record the factum of tenancy of one Jalpu, commencing since 1960 and also Khasra Girdawari, for the year 2010-2011.
5. According to the petitioner, in the Khasra Girdawari, the factum of construction of shops and house on Khasrra No. 332, has duly been recorded, whereas Khasra No. 331 has been shown as vacant.
6. As per the further stand of the petitioner, the said application has not been considered by this Court, whereas, on 22nd March, 2022, an o rder has been passed that the said application would be considered at the time of final decision of the case. t
7. It has been mentioned in the petition that while deciding the case on 22nd September, 2025, this Court has held that all the pending applications stand disposed of, however, the said application has not been decided.
8h. In nutshell, non-deciding the application, under gOrder 41 Rule 27 CPC, by this Court, while deciding the iRSA, is stated to be ‘mistake or error apparent on the face of the record’.
9. Despite various opportunities given to the appearing respondents, reply has not been filed by them.
10. Heard.
11. Perusal of the judgment, dated 22nd September, 2025, passed in RSA No. 160 of 2016, demonstrates that this Court, while deciding the appeal, has specifically held that all the pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. Meaning thereby, the application, under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC has also been dismissed.
12. Moreover, non-deciding the application, under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC separately, to the considered opinion of this Court, does not fall within the terminology ‘mistake or error apparent otn the face of the record’, as, the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in case, titled as Parsion Devi and others versus Sumitri Devi and others, reported in (1997) 8 Supreme Court Cases 715, has held that even, an erroneous decision does not fall within the definition of ‘hmistake or error apparent on the face of the record’. In this gregard, reference can be made to paras 7 to 9, of the ijudgment, which read, as under:
“7. It is well settled that review proceedings have to be strictly confined to the ambit and scope of Order 47 Rule 1 CPC. In Thungabhadra Industries Ltd. v. Govt. of A.P., AIR 1964 SC
1372, this Court opined:
“What, however, we are now concerned
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