NORATAN MAL Vs. HARI VILAS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS revision petition is directed against the order dated 28th April, 1986 passed by the learned Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Makrana whereby he has accepted the application moved by the defendant - non-petitioner for framing of three additional issues.

(2.) THE brief facts which are necessary for the convenient disposal of this revision petition, are that the plaintiff filed a suit for eviction of the defendant - non-petitioner on the ground of reasonable and bonafide necessity and for recovery of arrears of rent. An application was filed under Order 14 Rule 5 read with Section 151 C.P.C. praying that three more additional issues may be framed which relate to title of the property. The defendant challenged the title of the plaintiff and claimed that he is not a tenant and the premises which he is occupying came to his share on account of partition. The application was opposed by the plaintiff-petitioner on the ground that the question of the title cannot be gone into in a suit of tenancy. However, the learned Munsif Magistrate held that since the present case is an exceptional case as the tenant has challenged the title of the landlord in the beginning, therefore, he permitted the framing of 3 additional issues.

(3.) IN the present case, though it is alleged that the tenant and landlord are brothers and premises in question are joint family property. But the landlord-plaintiff has categorically asserted in his plaint that he is the owner of the property in question on the basis of the sale-deed executed in his favour and he has shown that he has paid the taxes of the premises in question from time to time. Be that as it may, the fact remains that the plaintiff-landlord has brought the present suit for eviction of the tenant and in a simple case like the present one it is not proper to go into the question of title.