LAWS(CAL)-1993-5-10

MINOR SUBIR RANJAN MONDAL Vs. SITA NATH MUKHERJEE

Decided On May 14, 1993
MINOR SUBIR RANJAN MONDAL Appellant
V/S
SITA NATH MUKHERJEE Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Whether S. 5 of the Limitation Act is applicable to an 'application' u/S. 8 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is the question that needs to be decided in the aforesaid six Revisional Applications. Initially C.O. Nos. 3598 and 3599 of 1991, C.O. No. 3615 of 1991 and C.O. No. 852 of 1991 were heard by me at length and the judgments were reserved. Subsequently, two other revisional applications, namely, C.R. Nos. 2992 and 2993 of 1986, came up for hearing before me in which the same. question was involved.

(2.) The learned lawyers, appearing for the respective parties in the subsequent two revisional applications, wanted to argue the said two revisional applications and for that reason, I had to hear them as well. In order to give opportunities to the learned lawyers, appearing for the parties in the subsequent two revisional applications, I had to reserve my judgments of the other four revisional applications which were heard earlier. C.R. Nos. 2992 and 2993 of 1986 were heard separately and by a common judgment, all the aforesaid Revisional Applications are being disposed of. Since in all the revisional applications a common question of law arises, it would be fit and proper to take up the said question of law first for decision.

(3.) Accordingly, I proceed to decide the said question of law, referred to hereinabove first, before taking up for decision of each of the revisional applications on merits. As already stated hereinabove, the question of law that needs to be decided in these revisional applications is whether S. 5 of the Limitation Act can be applied to an "application" u/S. 8 of the Act or in other words, an application u/S. 8 of the Act can be filed with a prayer for condonation of delay u/S. 5 of the Limitation Act.