ORAL ORDER

This petition by the defendant in O.S. No.95/2015 is directed against the impugned order passed on the valuation slip filed by the respondent/plaintiff in the suit on the file of the Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Pavagada, whereby the Trial Court accepted the valuation slip of the respondent/plaintiff by holding as under:

“ORDER ON VALUATION SLIP

The plaintiff has filed the present suit against the defendant for declaration that he is the absolute owner of the suit schedule property and for recovery of possession of encroached portion of property by the defendant and for mandatory injunction directing him to demolish and remove the alleged illegal construction of chajja, pillars, windows, parapet walls and commercial building structures and consequently for perpetual injunction.

2. On perusal of valuation slip furnished by the plaintiff at the time of filing the suit reveals that, he has calculated the suit U/s 24(b) of the Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 at a sum of Rs.6,40,000/- and paid Court fee of Rs.21,675/-. In response to the summons, the defendant appeared before the court and