IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK JAIN

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ON THE 5 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 CIVIL REVISION No. 289 of 2013 FIROZ ALIJI AND OTHERS Versus BHAGWAT AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri H.C. Kohli & Shri Pramesh Jain- Advocates for the petitioners.

Shri Mukund Agrawal Government Advocate for the respondent-State.

ORDER The present petitioners are objectors in execution proceedings and are objecting to the decree dated 18.08.2004 on the ground that they are purchasers of the property and they are in possession as per valid sale deeds. The Executing Court has held that since the petitioners are strangers to the decree, therefore, they cannot maintain objection under Order 21 Rule 79 CPC and a stranger to the decree can maintain the objection only under Order 21 Rule 99 CPC. The Executing Court came to the conclusion that application under Order 21 Rule 97 CPC can be filed before the Executing Court only by the decree holder or purchaser of the property sold in execution of decree.

2. The Executing Court therefore, considered the objections of the petitioner to be under Order 21 Rule 99 CPC, but held that the objections under Order 21 Rule 99 CPC can only be ente