2024 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 40847
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.G.S. KAMAL REGULAR SECOND APPEAL NO. 1223 OF 2021 (PAR)
BETWEEN:
SRI G NAGARAJA S/O LATE PAPANNA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, R/AT KAIWARA VILLAGE KAIWARA HOBLI AND POST, KAIWARA GRAMA PANCHAYATH CHINTAMANI TALUK CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT …APPELLANT (BY SRI. SHIVASHANKAR K.,ADVOCATE)
AND:
Digitally signed by SUMA B N 1. SRI G. MANJUNATHA Location: S/O LATE PAPANNA High Court of AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, Karnataka
2. SRI G VISWANATHA S/O LATE PAPANNA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS R/AT KAIWARA VILLAGE KAIWARA HOBLI AND POST KAIWARA GRAMA PANCHAYATH CHINTAMANI TALUK CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT.
3. SMT VIJAYAMMA W/O B M KRISHNA GOWDA AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/AT BANAHALLI VILLAGE KAIWARA HOBLI CHINTAMANI TALUK CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. GANGI REDDY B V.,ADVOCATE FOR R1;
NOTICE TO R3 SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED.
NOTICE TO R2 UNSERVED)
THIS RSA IS FILED UNDER SECTION 100 OF CPC AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 15.06.2019 PASSED IN RA.No.30/2017 ON THE FILE OF THE II ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, CHICKBALLAPURA, SITTING AT CHINTAMANI, DISMISSING THE APPEAL AND CONFIRMING THE ORDER DATED 09.01.2017 PASSED IN FDP No.07/2013 ON THE FILE OF THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, CHINTAMANI, ALLOWING THE PETITION WITH COST.
THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, THE COURT DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
JUDGMENT
Though this appeal is admitted today, with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, matter is taken up for final disposal as the issue involved in this matter falls in a narrow compass.
2. There is no dispute of the fact that suit in O.S.No.217/2007 was filed by the plaintiff/respondent No.1 for relief of partition and separate possession in respect of two items of the suit schedule property namely, (1) land bearing Sy.No.417 an extent of 3 acres 7 guntas and (2) Janzer No.160, property bearing No.465 consisting of residential house measuring 45 X 261/ feet and vacant
2 space measuring 33 X 28 ft., situated at Kaiwara village, Kiawara Hobli, Chintamani Taluk, before the Senior Civil Judge & JMFC, Chintamani (hereinafter referred to as 'Trial Court' for short). Preliminary decree was passed in the said suit on 10.07.2012. That seeking implementation of the said preliminary decree, plaintiff/respondent No.1 initiated final decree proceedings in FDP No.7/2013 in which FDP Court vide order dated 03.04.2014 has appointed Taluka Surveyor of Chintamani Taluk as a Court Commissioner to effect the division of item No.1 of suit schedule property being landed property as per preliminary decree passed in the said O.S.No.217/2007. Thereafter, by another order dated 09.06.2014 the FDP Court appointed an Advocate Commissioner to divide the item No.2 of the suit schedule property being the house property.
3. In furtherance thereof, Taluka Surveyor has submitted a report which reads as under;
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A sketch is also furnished along with said report.
4. The advocate Commissioner who was appointed to divide the house property has also filed a report which reads as under;
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