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IN THE COURT OF THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE :: PUTTUR
Present: Sri B.APPALA SWAMY,
Senior Civil Judge, Puttur.
Wednesday, the 6th day of April, 2022.
O.S. No. 59 of 2014
1. P.S.Pattammal.
2. Lakshmi.
3. Karpagam.
4. P.S.Panner Selvam.
5. P.S.Sathish Kumar.
6. Devi. …Plaintiffs.
Vs.
1. P.A.Avanakshmi Mudali.
2. P.A.Urappa Mudali. …Defendants.
This suit is came up on this day before me 28.03.2022 for final hearing in the presence of
Sri. V.M.Narendra Kumar, Advocate for plaintiffs and of Sri. K.Purushotham,Advocate for first defendant and 2nd defendant remained exparte and this matter having stood over till this day for consideration, this Court delivered the following:
J U D G M E N T
The suit is filed by the plaintiffs against the defendants to declare the plaintiffs are the absolute owners of the property more fully described in the schedule of property hereunder and for grant of permanent injunction restraining the defendants from interfering men, agents, or any other person on behalf of defendants from interfering and disturbing in whatsoever manner with the plaintiffs peaceful possession and enjoyment of the such schedule mentioned property and for costs.
2) The brief averments in the plaint are as follows: Their great grand father Arjuna Mudali having self acquired property to an extent of Ac.5.54 cents and the said Arjuna Mudali having five sons namely Narasimha Mudali, Kuttiappa Mudali, Urappa Mudali, Avanakshi Mudali and
Sivagnana Mudali and the plaintiffs are the legal heirs of the Siva Gnana Mudali. The said Arjuna 2
Mudali conveyed the property to his grand son Sambanda Mudali son of Narasimha Mudali and the grand son of Arjuna Mudali executed the settlement deed in favour of the plaintiffs father
Siva Gnana Mudali, the settlement deed was executed on 06.02.1991 vide document
No.161/1991 registered at Puttur S.R.O and thereafter the plaintiffs father is in possession of the schedule property herein after called as suit schedule property. The schedule property to an extent of Ac.0.54 cents located at Govindapallyam village accounts Dry.Sy.No.235/1E Puttur, Puttur
Mandal,Chittoor District and the said Siva Gnana Mudali also having patta in his name and he died on 18.06.2009 and thereafter the plaintiffs are in peaceful possession of the suit schedule property without any hindrances.
2.2)It is further averred in the plaint that the 2nd defendant filed an injunction suit in
OS.NO.202/2012 before Principal Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Puttur against the 4th and 5th
plaintiffs and the suit and the same is pending and in that suit 2nd defendant colluded with the first defendant and filed vexatious suit against the 4th and 5th plaintiffs and in that suit the 2nd defendant added as a first defendant. Actually the 2nd defendant land is adjacent to the first defendant land and the first defendant unnecessarily added the 4th and 5th plaintiffs as party to the suit and the first defendant wrongly mentioned the schedule of the property and obtained an exparte order and the suit is pending for disposal. The first and 2nd defendants are planning to lay out their lands into house plots in order to develop the site they wanted some more land and hence the first and 2nd defendants were tried to encroach plaintiff’s property and the defendants all of sudden in the month of June,2013 tried to encroach the plaintiffs property and that with the help of local people prevented the same. The defendants citing the exparte order trying to develop the plots and subsequently the 4th and 5th plaintiffs sent a legal notice on 10.06.2013 to the Sub-
Registrar Office, Puttur and thereafter the defendants stopped their attempts and now the defendants are trying to encroach the suit schedule property. The plaintiffs have no other remedy to file this suit against the defendants for declaration and permanent injunction restraining the defendants in whatsoever manner from interfering and disturbing with the plaintiffs property and the plaintiffs are having prima facie case to succeed in his suit and the balance of convenience is in favour of the plaint. Hence, the suit.
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3) The defendant No.1 filed written statement by denying the allegations in the plaint and submitted that the suit is barred by limitation and the suit is not properly valued and sufficient court fee is not paid. The suit is bad for non-joinder, mis-joinder of proper and necessary properties and the suit is hit by Order 2 Rule 2 CPC. The boundaries and extent mentioned in the plaint are not true and correct. One P.Arjuna Mudali has got six children viz., Narasimha Mudali,
Elumalai Mudali, Kuttiappa Mudali, Urappa Mudali (2nd defendant), Avanakshi Mudali(first defendant) and Sivagnanam Mudali and the said Siva Gnanam Mudali who is no other than the husband of first plaintiff and father of plaintiff Nos. 2 to 6 respectively and the said Elumalai
Mudali died issue-less intestate and his wife predeceased him. The said P.Arjuna Mudali is the absolute owner of the land an extent of Ac.0.94 cents in S.No.235/7 and land an extent of Ac.3.85 cents in S.No.235/1 and land an extent of Ac.0.24 cents in S.No.235/2 and the land an extent of
Ac.0.41 cents in S.No.235/6 i.e., total extent of Ac.5.44 cents and the said P.Arjuna Mudali during his life time he has executed a registered settlement deed dated 17.02.1963 in favour of his grand son P.N.Sambandam Mudali who is the son of Narasimha Mudali and the said settlement deed was accepted and acted upon and he had been in possession and enjoyment of the same.
3.2) The first defendant further contended that the said Sambanda Mudali executed a registered settlement deed dated 06.02.1991 in favour of his Junior paternal uncle viz., Kuttiappa
Mudali to an extent of Ac.0.09 cents in S.No.235/6 and an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1 and he also executed another registered settlement deed on 06.02.1991 in favour of Urappa
Mudali to an extent of Ac.0.08 cents in S.No.235/6 and an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1 and again he executed another registered settlement deed on 06.02.1991 in favour of Avanakshi
Mudali to an extent of Ac.0.08 cents in S.No.235/6 and an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1 likewise on the same day he has executed another settlement deed in favour of his youngest
Junior paternal uncle viz., Siva Gnanam Mudali (husband of first plaintiff) to an extent of A.0.08 cents in S.No.235/6, an extent of Ac.0.062 cents in A.No.235/1 and an extent of A.0.24 cents in
S.No. 235/6 and they have been in possession and enjoyment with their respective shares. The first defendant have been in exclusive possession and enjoyment of Ac.0.86 cents in
S.No.235/1C, as per the enjoyment the revenue people subdivided total extent I,.e., Ac.3.85 cents 4 in suit survey number and they have also subdivided the said survey number 235/1 as A to E and allotted S.No.235/1C an extent of Ac.0.86 cents to this defendant and they have also issued pattadar passbook and title deed and their names also mutated in revenue records and thus this defendant has been in possession and enjoyment of the survey number an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1C.
3.3) The first defendant further contended that the plaintiffs are intentionally trying to occupy his land according to their whims and fans, already the defendant is enjoying the property an extent of Ac.0.54 cents in S.No.235/1E and the said fact is clearly mentioned in survey conducted by the Mandal Surveyor, Puttur. The defendant is a retired school teacher aged about 76 years and he got only three daughters and they are residing with her husbands in different places and so he wants to sell away his share i.e., Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1C, but the plaintiffs demanded him to sell the same in their favour for a lesser amount but he refused for the same and so they intentionally to cause much hardship and loss to him and got it filed this suit and so he is suffering much hardship about the harassment of the plaintiffs. The 2nd defendant filed a suit in OS.No.202/2012 on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Puttur against him and plaintiff Nos. 4 and 5 for permanent injunction and subsequently both of them colluded together and got it filed this suit with malafide intention to secure wrongful gain. There was a mediation held between the plaintiff Nos. 4 and 5 and defendants Nos.1 and 2 through village elders and the the village elders also advised to them to settlement the matter amicably and enjoy the properties in the suit survey number as per the enjoyment as on today and withdraw the case
before this Court and they have also advised not to proceed any further and again the plaintiff
filed the suit. The plaintiffs suppressed all material facts and got it filed this suit against him and 2nd defendant with a malafide intention to secure wrongful gain and that the injunction is equitable remedy who seeks equity he shall come to the court with clean hands, but the plaintiffs suppressed all material facts and got it filed the suit and so they are not entitled for any relief much less the relief of injunction. Therefore this defendant prayed the court to dismiss the suit with costs.
4) Based on the pleadings, the following issues are settled for trial:
(1) Whether the plaintiffs got the plaint schedule property under gift
settlement deed?
5 (2) Whether the plaintiffs are the owners of the plaint schedule property?
(3) Whether the defendants got the property under gift settlement deed?
(4) Whether the plaintiffs are entitled for declaration of plaint schedule
property?
(5) Whether the plaintiffs are entitled for permanent injunction?
(6) To what relief?
5) During trial, to substantiate the case of the plaintiffs, the fifth plaintiff himself examined as PW1 and got marked Exs.A1 to A10. No witnesses are examined and no documents are marked on behalf of the defendants.
6) Heard the learned counsels for both parties.
7) Issue Nos.1,2 & 4:
(1) Whether the plaintiffs got the plaint schedule property under gift
settlement deed?
(2) Whether the plaintiffs are the owners of the plaint schedule property?
(4) Whether the plaintiffs are entitled for declaration of plaint schedule
property?
Issues Nos. 1,2 & 4 are connected to each other and hence I inclined to answer issue Nos.1, 2 & 4 together. It is the case of the plaintiffs that the plaint schedule properties belongs to PW1 great grand father Arjuna Mudali to an extent of Ac.5.54 cents and the said
Arjuna Mudali having five sons namely Narasimha Mudali, Kuttiappa Mudali, Urappa Mudali,
Avanakshi Mudali and Sivagnana Mudali. The said Arjuna Mudali conveyed the property to his grand son Sambanda Mudali son of Narasimha Mudali and that the said grand son of Arjuna
Mudali executed the settlement deed in favour of the Siva Gnana Mudali who is none other than the father of the plaintiffs under the gift settlement deed was executed on 06.02.1991 vide document No.161/1991 registered at Puttur S.R.O and thereafter the plaintiffs father is in possession of the same and the schedule property to an extent of Ac.0.54 cents with specific boundaries situated at Govindapallyam village accounts in Sy.No.235/1E Puttur, Puttur
Mandal,Chittoor District and that the father of the plaintiff Siva Gnana Mudali also got patta in his name and he died on 18.06.2009 and thereafter the plaintiffs are in peaceful possession of the 6 suit schedule property without any hindrances. He further contended that the 2nd defendant filed an injunction suit in OS.NO.202/2012 against the 4th and 5th plaintiffs on the file of Principal
Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Puttur and in the said suit the 2nd defendant colluded with the first defendant and filed vexatious suit against the 4th and 5th plaintiffs. Actually the 2nd defendant land is adjacent to the first defendant land and the first defendant unnecessarily added the 4th and 5th plaintiffs as party to the suit in OS.No.202/2012. The first defendant also wrongly mentioned the schedule of the property and obtained an exparte order and the suit is pending for disposal. Later the 2nd defendant filed memo stating that not pressing the suit in OS.NO.202/2012 on the file of
Principal Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Puttur. The defendant Nos.1 and 2 are planning to lay out
their lands into house plots in order to develop the site they wanted some more land and hence the defendant Nos.1 and 2 were tried to encroach the suit schedule property and all of sudden in the month of June,2013 tried to encroach the suit schedule properties and that with the help of local people the plaintiffs prevented the same. The defendants trying to develop the plots and subsequently the plaintiff Nos. 4 and 5 got issued a legal notice on 10.06.2013 to the Sub-
Registrar Office, Puttur and thereafter the defendants stopped their attempts and now the defendants are trying to encroach the suit schedule property. The plaintiffs have no other remedy to file this suit against the defendants. In order to prove the case of plaintiffs, the 5th plaintiff himself examined as PW1 and he reiterated the averments in the plaint. To support the oral evidence the 5th plaintiff got marked Ex.A1 certified copy of gift settlement deed dated 06.02.1991 executed by Arjuna Mudali in favour of Siva Gnana Mudali who is none other than the husband of first plaintiff and father of plaintiff Nos. 2 to 6 in respect of Ac.0.54 cents in
S.No.235/2 with specific boundaries and Ex.A2 the encumbrance certificate dated 15.05.2012 in respect of suit schedule property which reveals that the land an extent of Ac.0.54 cents in
S.NO.235/1 was executed gift settlement deed in favour of Siva Gnana Mudali in the year 1991.
the said land was situated within Govindapalem village accounts. Ex.A3 is original death certificate of Siva Gnana Mudali which reveals that on 18.06.2009 Siva Gnana Mudali died.
Ex.A4 is family member certificate in which all the plaintiffs shown as the legal heirs of Siva
Gnana Mudali, son of Arjun Mudali,Ex.A5 is the Mee Seva copy of 1-B namuna stands in the name of Siva Gnana Mudali, Ex.A6 is the Mee Seva copy of adangal for the pasali 1424 stands in the name of P S Pattammal s/oSiva Gnana Mudali who is the first plaintiff. Ex.A7 is pattadar pass 7 book stands in the name of first plaintiff, Ex.A8 is the revenue title deed pass book in the name of first plaintiff which reveals that the land an extent of Ac.0.62 cents stands in the name of first plaintiff for an extent of Ac 0.62 cents in survey number 235/1E and Ex.A9 is certified copy of judgment in O.S.No.202/2012 on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Puttur where in
P.A.Urappa Mudali filed suit for injunction against P.A.Avanakshi Mudali, P.S.Panner Selvam,
P.S.Sathish Kumar and the same was withdrawn with a liberty to file fresh suit in respect of the plaint schedule property. Ex.A10 is 1-B namuna stands in the name of first plaintifffor an extent of Ac.0.62 cents and other properties and all are reveals that it is an ancestral property.
8) The defendants did not choose to examine anybody on their behalf and during cross- examination by the learned counsel for the defendants PW1 stated that his grandfather and Arjun
Mudali executed gift settlement deed dated 17.02.1963 in favour of Sambanda Mudali who is son of Narasimha Mudali and that the Sambanda Mudali executed gift settlement deed dated 06.02.1991 in favour of father of the plaintiff and other junior paternal uncles and that they got the plaint schedule properties by virtue of the gift settlement deed under Ex.A1 and that the gift settlement deed executed by his father paternal uncle and their father is in possession and enjoyment of the same and that as per the enjoyment the revenue authorities mutated the names of plaintiffs and issued pattadar passbook and title deed for the suit schedule property. The revenue authorities allotted S.No.235/1E for an extent of Ac.0.54 cents in favour of the father of plaintiffs and first defendant allotted Sy.No.235/1C for an extent of Ac.0.86 cents to 2nd defendant. PW1 admitted that the land of first defendant is situated towards west of the suit schedule property and the land of 2nd defendant is situated to the west of the land of the first defendant. The learned counsel for the defendants suggested that there are no disputes between the family of the plaintiffs and defendants. PW1 admitted that after filing the suit they filed commissioner petition for identification of property and the commissioner returned the property with an observation that as per the given boundaries he could not identify the property. Then they filed petition for amendment of the boundaries and the same is allowed. PW1 further admitted that as on the date of filing of the suit, the first defendant cleaning his land for layout and he do not know the first defendant sold away his land to real estate people as on the date of filing the suit. The defendants not disputing about the execution of gift settlement deed in favour of the 8 father of the plaintiffs and the 2nd defendant remained exparte. Though the first defendant cross- examination PW1 but nothing was elicited to disprove the contention of the same and more particularly the defendants not disputing about the execution of settlement deed and also not disputing about the possession of the plaintiffs and the plaintiffs are the owners of the plaint schedule property. The evidence of PW1 coupled with Ex.A1, A5 to A8 and A10 clearly reveals that the plaintiffs are the owners of the plaint schedule properties. Accordingly the issue Nos. 1,2 & 4 are answered.
9) Issue No.3: (3) Whether the defendants got the property under gift settlement deed?
The contention of the defendants is that by way of written statement that P.Arjuna Mudali has got six children viz., Narasimha Mudali, Elumalai Mudali, Kuttiappa Mudali, Urappa Mudali (2nd defendant), Avanakshi Mudali(first defendant) and Sivagnanam Mudali. The said Siva
Gnanam Mudali who is no other than the husband of first plaintiff and father of plaintiff Nos. 2 to 6 respectively and the said P.Arjuna Mudali is the absolute owner of the land an extent of Ac.0.94 cents in S.No.235/7 and land an extent of Ac.3.85 cents in S.No.235/1 and land an extent of
Ac.0.24 cents in S.No.235/2 and the land an extent of Ac.0.41 cents in S.No.235/6 i.e., total extent of Ac.5.44 cents. The said P.Arjuna Mudali during his life time he has executed a registered settlement deed dated 17.02.1963 in favour of his grand son P.N.Sambandam Mudali who is the son of Narasimha Mudali and the said settlement deed was accepted and acted upon and he had been in possession and enjoyment of the same and that the said Sambanda Mudali executed a registered settlement deed dated 06.02.1991 in favour of his Junior paternal uncle viz.,
Kuttiappa Mudali to an extent of Ac.0.09 cents in S.No.235/6 and an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in
S.No.235/1 and he also executed another registered settlement deed on 06.02.1991 in favour of
Urappa Mudali to an extent of Ac.0.08 cents in S.No.235/6 and an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in
S.No.235/1 and again he executed another registered settlement deed on 06.02.1991 in favour of
Avanakshi Mudali to an extent of Ac.0.08 cents in S.No.235/6 and an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in
S.No.235/1 likewise on the same day he has executed another settlement deed in favour of his youngest Junior paternal uncle viz., Siva Gnanam Mudali (husband of first plaintiff) to an extent of A.0.08 cents in S.No.235/6, an extent of Ac.0.062 cents in A.No.235/1 and an extent of A.0.24 9 cents in S.No. 235/6 and they have been in possession and enjoyment with their respective shares and further contended that this defendant have been in exclusive possession and enjoyment of
Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1C, as per the enjoyment the revenue people subdivided total extent
I,.e., Ac.3.85 cents in suit survey number and they have also subdivided the said survey number 235/1 as A to E and allotted S.No.235/1C an extent of Ac.0.86 cents to the first defendant and they have also issued pattadar passbook and title deed and their names also mutated in revenue records and thus this defendant has been in possession and enjoyment of the survey number an extent of Ac.0.86 cents in S.No.235/1C. But the defendants did not choose to examine anybody on their behalf and reported no evidence on behalf of the defendants sides. Though the defendants not disputing about the possession of the plaintiffs but the defendants has to establish that they are in possession of the property. Therefore there is no proof that the defendants are in possession and they got the property under gift settlement deed. Accordingly this issue is answered.
10) Issue No.5: (5) Whether the plaintiffs are entitled for permanent injunction?
As seen from the evidence of PW1 that his grandfather Arjun Mudali having self acquire property to an extent of Ac.5.54 cents and he is having five sons and he conveyed the property to his grand son Sambanda Mudali Son of Narasimha Mudali and that the grandson of Arjun
Mudali executed settlement deed in favour of Siva Gnana Mudali who is none other than the father of the plaintiffs under registered settlement deed dated 06.02.1991. Thereafter the father of the plaintiffs Siva Gnana Mudali have been in possession and enjoyment of the same and The schedule property to an extent of Ac.0.54 cents located at Govindapallyam village accounts
Dry.Sy.No.235/1E Puttur, Puttur Mandal,Chittoor District and the said Siva Gnana Mudali also having patta in his name and he died on 18.06.2009 and thereafter the plaintiffs are in peaceful possession of the suit schedule property without any hindrances. Though the defendants not disputing about the possession of the plaintiffs over the plaint schedule properties, the only disputing regarding the boundaries and the same was admitted by the plaintiffs. Subsequently the plaintiffs got filed amendment petition and got amended the schedule as per the orders in
IA.No.505/2016 dated 13.04.2017. As per the previous schedule the land in S.N.235/1E an extent
of AC.0.54 cents was bounded by North – Sambandam Mudalai land and Munirathinam land,
South: Bandi Dhari road, West: Munirathinam land S.No.235/2 and East- Avasnkshi Mudali 10
Landa and subsequently the boundaries were amended and new boundaries are East: Land in
S.No.235/2 and Munirathnam etc., land, West: Land of Avanakshi Mudali, North : Guttaku Poovu
Bandi Dari and South: Land of Sambandam Mudali and land of Munirathnam. During cross- examination the defendants also not disputing about the amended boundaries and also not disputing about the possession of the plaintiffs over the plaint schedule property. The defendants also admitted about the execution of gift settlement deed in favour of the father of the plaintiffs by Arjun Mudali and there is no dispute that the plaintiffs are not in possession of the plaint schedule property. Ex.A1 certified copy of gift settlement deed dated 06.02.1991 executed by
Arjun Mudali in favour of Siva Gnana Mudali and Ex.A5 Mee Seva copy of 1-B namuna, Ex.A6
Mee Seva copy of adangal stands in the name of first defendant which reveals that the father of the plaintiffs has been in possession and enjoyment of the same. After death of plaintiffs father, the plaintiffs are in possession of the same. For proof of the possession of the plaint schedule property Ex.A7 pattadar pass book stands in the name of plaintiffs and Ex.A10 Mee Seva copy of 1-B namuna stands in the name of the plaintiffs reveals that the plaintiffs are in possession and enjoyment of the plaint schedule property. Therefore the plaintiffs proved that they are in possession and enjoyment of the plaint schedule property and as such they are entitled for permanent injunction as prayed for. Accordingly issue No.5 is answered.
11) Issue No.6: To What Relief”
In view of issue Nos. 1 to 5 the plaintiffs are entitled for declaration and permanent injunction as prayed for.
12) In the result, the suit decreed with costs by declaring the plaintiffs are the owners of the plaint schedule property and granting permanent injunction in favour of the plaintiffs restraining the defendants and their men from in any way interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the plaintiffs over the plaint schedule property.
Dictated to the Stenographer Grade-II, transcribed by her, corrected and pronounced by
me in the open Court on this the 6th day of April, 2022.
SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE,
PUTTUR.
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APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
WITNESSES EXAMINED
FOR PLAINTIFFS:FOR DEFENDANTS:
PW1: P.S.Sathish Kumar.:: N I L ::
DOCUMENTS MARKED
FOR PLAINTIFFS:
Exhibit DateDescription of document
A106.02.1991 :Certified copy of settlement deed executed by one Arujun Mudali in favour of Siva Gnana Mudali. A215.05.2012:Encumbrance certificate. A318.06.2009:Original death certificate of P.A.Siva Gnana. A416.08.2009:Family members certificate of P.A.Siva Gnana issued by Thasildra, Puttur. A5--:Mee Seva copy of 1-B namuna stands in the name of Siva Gnana Mudali. A6--:Mee-Seva copy of 1-B Adangal stands in the name of Siva Gnana Mudali. A7--:Pattdar passbook stands in the name of first plaintiff. A8--:Revenue title deed pass book stands in the name of first plaintiff. A914.07.2014:Certified copy of Judgment in OS.No.202/2012 on the file of
Principal Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Puttur.
A1004.08.2014:Mee Seva copy of 1-B namuna stands in the name of first plaintiff.
FOR DEFENDANTS:
:: NIL ::
SCJ, PTR.