2022 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 30478
W.P.No.39735/2016
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ
WRIT PETITION No.39735/2016 (GM - CPC)
BETWEEN
SMT. JULIYAN CRASTA
AGE 42 YRS,
W/O SRI. K.G. VINUP,
R/O NO.139, DEVI FARM HOUSE,
OLD KESARE, K.R. MILLS PO,
MYSORE.
... PETITIONER
[BY SRI. ASHOK K.L., ADVOCATE]
AND
1.
SMT K G HAMSALATHA
AGE 46 YRS,
W/O SRI G.M. SHIVARAJU,
R/O NO.277/2, 1ST CROSS,
MARIGOWDA LAYOUT,
MANDYA, MANDYA DISTRICT.
2.
SRI. K.G. VINUP
AGE 49 YEARS,
S/O SRI V GOSAPPA
R/O NO.139, JANJAR 483,
DEVI FARM HOUSE,
KESARE VILALGE, KASABAL HOBLI,
MYSORE TALUK, MYSORE.
... RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI.P.B. AJIT, ADV. FOR R1;
R2 - SERVED)
W.P.No.39735/2016
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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR RECORDS
PERTAINING TO EX.NO.347/2015 ON THE FILE OF THE PRL. SR.
CIVIL JUDGE AND C.J.M. AT MYSORE PERUSE THE ORDER DTED
05.03.2016 VIDE ANNEX-F AND SET ASIDE THE SAME AS
ILLEGAL ARBITRARY AND UNSUSTAINABLE AND ETC.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY
HEARING - 'B' GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE
FOLLOWING:
The Petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following
relief:
“a)
Call
for
records
pertaining
to
Ex.No.347/2015 on the file of the Principal
Sr.Civil Judge and CJM at Mysore, peruse
the
order
dated:05-03-2016
vide
Annexure - F and set aside the same as
illegal arbitrary and unsustainable, and
b) Pass such other orders as this Hon'ble
Court
deem fit under circumstances of
the case
including award of cost of
this petition in the interest of justice and
equity."
Execution No.347/2015 had been filed seeking for the
execution of the judgment and Decree passed in
O.S.No.837/2014.
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3.
O.S.No.837/2014 had been filed by the first Respondent
herein against the second Respondent herein seeking for a
direction to the second Respondent herein, who was the
Defendant therein to vacate and hand over the vacant
possession of the plaint schedule property to the Plaintiff.
4.
The Petitioner is the wife of the 2nd Respondent herein, the
2nd Respondent was the Defendant in the Suit as also
Judgement Debtor in the execution Petition and 1st
Respondent herein was the Plaintiff in the Suit and Decree
holder in the Execution Petition. Petitioner was not a party
to the Suit but filed an application under Order 21 Rule 97
in the execution proceedings.
5.
The parties are referred to by their rank in the trial court.
6.
The case of Plaintiff therein is that Defendant is her
brother. The suit schedule property has been allotted to
the share of Plaintiff’s father V.Gosappa and mother
Smt.A.L.Saraswathy as per Registered Partition deed
dated 08.04.1999. The parents of the Plaintiff therein had
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given the suit schedule property along with the said land
to the Plaintiff under a registered Settlement Deed dated
26.06.2009 by virtue of which the Plaintiff became the
absolute owner of the suit schedule property and has been
paying the taxes etc.
7.
It is alleged that Defendant, who is none other than her
brother, has been allowed to occupy the premises
gratuitously on a temporary basis. Despite the lapse of
time, Defendant did not vacate the premises, and as such,
a legal notice came to be issued. Despite the legal notice,
Defendant therein did not vacate the premises leading up
to the Suit.
8.
In the said Suit, the Defendant, though served, after
service of summons did not appear in the Court and as
such, he was placed ex-parte, and the matter continued
for trial.
9.
After trial, the trial Court considering the evidence on
record,
including
the
documentary
evidence,
more
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particularly the reply to a notice dated 07.07.2014
produced at Ex.P6, took cognisance of the admission made
in the reply notice that Defendant had accepted the
partition deed and that he was allowed to stay in the
schedule property gratuitously and on that basis, decreed
the Suit directing the Defendant therein to vacate and
handover the plaint schedule property, within three
months from the date of the order.
10.
Plaintiff filed Execution No.347/2015 seeking for executing
the
aforesaid
judgment
and
Decree.
In
the
said
proceedings, an application under Order XXI Rule 97 and
101 read with Section 151 of CPC came to be filed by the
Petitioner herein seeking for withdrawal/suspension of the
order of ejectment, pending disposal of the application. In
the said application petitioner claimed that she was the
wife of Defendant/ Judgement Debtor therein and that the
issue of partition between Plaintiff and Defendant has not
been resolved amicably. Her Husband was mentally unfit
to act or to do any acts, deeds or things since he was a
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chronic and compulsive addict to liquor and drugs. In the
said application, it is alleged that she came across the
notice on the above matter, delivered at home, when she
challenged her Husband about the same, her Husband
pleaded ignorance and unawareness about the same. It is
only thereafter, that she engaged the services of an
Advocate and filed the aforesaid application. In the
affidavit in support of the said application, it was alleged
that the prop