(1.) The present suit relates to Shop No. 53, Mehar Chand Market, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The Plaintiff and the Defendant have been held to be owners of 50% of the shop vide a detailed judgment/order passed in Application No.4726/2016 under Order XII Rule 6 on 19th July, 2016. The operative portion of the said judgment reads as under: -
(2.) The Court has thus passed a preliminary decree declaring the Plaintiff and Defendant No.1 as being entitled to 50% undivided share each in the subject shop. It is, however, a matter of record that at the moment Defendant No.2 who is the subsequent purchaser from Defendant No.1 is in possession of 25% area of the shop and the remaining 75% is in possession of the Plaintiff. The Defendant No.2 is running a mobile phone and accessories shop from the said location.
(3.) After the passing of the preliminary decree, parties tried to mediate the disputes which, however, did not result in a settlement. On 19th September, 2018, after hearing submissions, this Court had observed that from the submissions made by the parties, physical partition by metes and bounds is not feasible. Accordingly, a Valuer was appointed to value the shop and file a report before this Court.