HAJRA Vs. BASHIR AHMED

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is defendant's appeal filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, challenging the judgment and decree dated 16.5.1980, passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Gurgaon, who had decreed the suit of the plaintiff-respondent and has set aside the view taken by the learned trial court. Accordingly, a decree for possession by pre- emption of the suit land fully detailed in para 1 of the plaint, was passed in favour of the plaintiff-respondent and against the defendant-appellant. The decree was conditional on the plaintiff-respondent depositing in the treasury under the orders of the trial court a sum of Rs. 3032.50 paise including 1/5th pre-emption amount if not already deposited on or before 13.6.1980. It was further directed that in case the plaintiff-respondent failed to deposit the amount as aforesaid then the suit was deemed to have been dismissed.

(2.) WHEN the appeal came up for consideration of this Court, no order staying execution of the decree was passed. Mr. R.S. Sihota, learned Senior counsel has placed on record a copy of the Rapat Roznamcha, dated 18.6.1980, which shows that the land in question has been transferred in the name of the plaintiff-respondent by a registered deed and mutation No. 714 has also been entered in his name. A photocopy of the Rapat Roznamcha, dated 18.6.1980, is taken on record as Mark-A.

(3.) APART from the above, the right of pre-emption of the plaintiff-respondent survives even today because the proceedings for partition are still pending. In that regard a reference may be made to the order dated 6.11.1979, passed by the Assistant Collector 1st Grade directing the partition of the land in dispute. The aforementioned order was challenged before the Additional Collector, who vide his order dated 29.4.1980, set aside the order dated 6.11.1979, passed by the Assistant Collector 1st Grade and remanded the case to the Assistant Collector 1st Grade for fresh adjudication. The order of the Additional Collector was further challenged before the Commissioner by filing Karyakari Appeal (Executive Appeal), who upheld the order of the Additional Collector, vide its order dated 9.10.1980. Therefore, the situation as prevailing today is that the proceedings of partition are pending and no decision has so far been taken in those proceedings. The pendency of partition proceedings, in any case, does not affect the right of pre-emption as has been held by this Court in para 7 of the judgment in the case of Smt. Babli Devi v. Ram Gopal, 1992(1) RRR 1 (P&H) : 1991 PLJ 651, which reads as under :-