HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA AGARTALA RSA No. 44/2025 Askir Ali, S/O. Late Achaddar Ali, resident of Yeazekhowra, P.O.-Babur Bazar, P.S.- Irani (earliar, P.S.-Kailashahar), District-Unakoti Tripura.

……… Appellant(s).

V E R S U S

1. Mabaswir Ali, Husband of late Karibunnessa, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.- Irani Bazar, P.S.- Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

2. Mafik Ali, S/O. Late Karibunnessa & Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.- Irani Bazar, P.S.- Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

3. Rabeya Begam, D/O. Late Karibunnessa and Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.- Irani Bazar, P.S.-Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

4. Mujib Ali, S/O. Late Karibunnessa and Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.-Irani Bazar, P.S.-Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

5. Motahir Ali alias Matassir Ali, S/O. Late Karibunnessa and Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.-Irani Bazar, P.S.-Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura, presently at-Qatar, Middle East Asia.

………Respondent(s).

Along with CRP No.01/2026 Askir Ali, S/O. Late Achaddar Ali, resident of Yeazekhowra, P.O.-Babur Bazar, P.S.- Irani (earliar, P.S.-Kailashahar), District-Unakoti Tripura.

……… Petitioner(s).

V E R S U S

1. Mabaswir Ali, Husband of late Karibunnessa, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.- Irani Bazar, P.S.- Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

2. Mafik Ali, S/O. Late Karibunnessa & Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.- Irani Bazar, P.S.- Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

3. Rabeya Begam, D/O. Late Karibunnessa and Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.- Irani Bazar, P.S.-Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

4. Mujib Ali, S/O. Late Karibunnessa and Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.-Irani Bazar, P.S.-Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura.

5. Motahir Ali alias Matassir Ali, S/O. Late Karibunnessa and Mabaswir Ali, resident of Irani, Kailashahar, P.O.-Irani Bazar, P.S.-Irani, District-Unakoti Tripura, presently at-Qatar, Middle East Asia.

………Respondent(s).

For Appellant/Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sankar Lodh, Advocate, Mr. Kishalay Roy, Advocate, Mr. Subham Majumder, Advocate.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Bibek Banerjee, Advocate, Ms. Ruma Majumder, Advocate.

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. M.S. RAMACHANDRA RAO Date of hearing & judgment : 30.01.2026 Whether fit for reporting : YES COMMON JUDGMENT & ORDER (ORAL)

Heard Mr. Sankar Lodh, counsel appearing for the appellant/

petitioner and Mr. Bibek Banerjee, counsel appearing for the respondents.

2. The appellant in this Second Appeal as well as the petitioner in the CRP is the principal defendant (for short ‘the petitioner’) in Title Suit No.16 of 2015 on the file of the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Kailashahar, Unakoti District.

3. The respondents No.1, 2 & 3 in the RSA as well as in the CRP (for short ‘the respondents 1 to 3') had filed the said suit for a declaration of their right, title and interest in the suit schedule property and for a perpetual injunction restraining the petitioner from interfering with their possession of the suit schedule property.

4. There was also a counter claim by the petitioner in the same suit.

5. After contest, the suit was dismissed on 21.12.2024.The trial Court, while considering the counter claim, granted a mandatory injunction in favour of the petitioner and directed the respondents No.1, 2 & 3 to vacate the construction made over the suit schedule land. It thus partly decreed the counter claim in favour of the petitioner. However, to the extent the petitioner claimed declaration that they were possessing the suit land adversely since

03.03.1999, the said relief was denied by the trial Court.

6. The respondents No.1, 2 & 3 did not file any appeal against the judgment of the trial Court.

7. But the petitioner filed Title Appeal No.15 of 2025 before the District Judge, Unakoti Judicial District, Kailashahar, Tripura along with a Civil Misc.(Condonation) Application No.13 of 2025 to condone the delay of

59 days in filing the said appeal.

8. In the application seeking condo