1 O.S. No. 64 of 2019
IN THE COURT OF THE JUNIOR CIVIL JUDGE AT THUNGATHURTHY.
PRESENT : Sri Suresh Kamishetti, Prl. Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial
Magistrate of First Class, Suryapet.
FAC: Junior Civil Judge at Thungathurthy
Friday, this the 29th day of December, 2023.
O.S. No. 64 of 2019
Between :-
1. Maddi Anjaiah, S/o Venkataiah, Age: 55 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
2. Maddi Laxmamma, W/o Anjaiah, Age: 40 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
3. Maddi Lingaiah, S/o Venkataiah, Age: 52 Yrs., Occ: RTC Employee,
4. Maddi Renuka, W/o Lingaiah, Age: 45 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
5. Boyapalli Venkanna, S/o Sriramulu, Age: 48 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
6. Boyapalli Chinna Venkanna @ Boyapalli Venkanna, S/o Venkatnarsaiah, Age: 45 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
7. Boyapalli Ravi, S/o Venkatnarsaiah, Age: 37 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture, All are R/o. Adivemla village of Jajireddygudem mandal, Suryapet District.
....Plaintiffs.
A N D
1. Madagani Lingaiah, S/o Yadagiri, Age: 45 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
2. Nomula Venkanna, S/o Muthaiah, Age: 48 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
3. Madagani Sailu S/o Arvaiah, Age: 55 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
4. Madagani Lingaiah S/o Ramaiah, Age: 38 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
5. Madagani Srinivas S/o Veeraiah, Age: 48 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture,
6. Madagani Krishnaiah S/o Veeraiah, Age: 35 Yrs., Occ: Agriculture, All are R/o. Adivemla village of Jajireddygudem mandal, Suryapet District.
....Defendants.
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This suit is coming up before me on 08-12-2023 for final hearing in the presence of Sri. B. Srinivas, Advocate for the Plaintiff and of Sri. R. Sathyam, Counsel for the defendants and the matter is having stood over for consideration, till this day, the Court delivers the following :- :: JUDGMENT ::
1.This is a suit filed for permanent injunction.
2.The brief facts of the plaint are :- 2(i) That the Plaintiff No.1 to 7 are the absolute owners and possessors of land to an extent of Ac.2-20 gts in Sy.No.101/EE,
Ac.2-00 gts in Sy.No.101/RU, Ac.1-00 gts in Sy.No.101/U, Ac.1- 06 gts in Sy.No.101/EE/1, Ac.1-00 gts in Sy. No.101/UU, Ac.2- 00 gts in Sy.No.101/E/3 and Ac.1-00 gts in Sy.No.101/E/1 situated at Adivemla village of Jajireddygudem mandal,
Suryapet District, which are hereinafter referred to as “Suit schedule properties”.
2(ii) It is submitted that originally the item No.1 to 4 i.e, item
No.1 Ac.2-20 gts in Sy.No.101/EE, Ac. 2-00 gts in
Sy.No.101/RU, Ac.1-00 gts in Sy.No.101/U, Ac.1-06 gts in
Sy.No.101/EE/1, Item No.2 is Ac.1-00 gts in Sy.No.101/UU, item No. 3 Ac.2-00 gts in Sy.No.101/E/3, item No.4 Ac.1-00 gts in Sy.No.101/E/1 are the ancestral properties of the plaintiff
No.1 to 7 and their names were also entered in the concerned revenue records and since then their ancestors and plaintiff 3 O.S. No. 64 of 2019
No.1 to 7 are in possession and enjoyment of the item No.1 to 7 and new Pattadar Passbook cum Title Deeds issued to the plaintiffs No.1 to 7. The plaintiffs are in possession of the schedule of property. The names of the plaintiffs is also entered in the revenue records as owners and possessors of the suit schedule property.
2(iii) That the defendant No.1 to 6 are having their lands adjacent to the suit schedule properties and seeing that the plaintiffs are getting good yield from the suit schedule properties and also recently the value of the land also increased to many folds, this became eye sore of the defendants and the defendants asked the plaintiffs to sell away the suit lands to them at cheaper rate, but all the plaintiffs refused for the same, as such all the defendants developed bore grudge against the plaintiffs and the defendants several times used to obstruct extra water from the suit schedule properties by closing the Gandi (Thoomu) of the suit schedule properties in order to damage the crops and the several times due to more water crops of the plaintiffs in the suit schedule properties was decomposed and the plaintiffs were sustained loss and also sometimes the defendants used to damage the bund (Gettu) of the suit 4 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 schedule properties and caused damage to the crops in the suit schedule properties with this type of acts the defendants, the plaintiffs several times sustained loss in their crops and plaintiffs several times approached the village elders and conducted panchayath but the defendants never attend for any panchayath and the defendants are waiting for opportunity to occupy the suit schedule properties illegally and that on 11-12-2019 when the plaintiffs attending their agricultural operations in their fields, the defendants along with their men illegally trespassed into the suit schedule properties, stopped their work, threatened them and tried to dispossess the plaintiffs from the suit schedule properties. The plaintiffs with great difficulty resisted the illegal acts of the defendants and their men with the help of adjacent land owners and the Plaintiffs are having every apprehension from the defendants that they will dispossess them at any point of time, as such the Plaintiffs are constrained to file the present suit against the defendants for grant of Permanent Injunction.
3.Having received summons, the defendants appeared through their counsel and filed their written statement. The brief averments of Written Statement as under:
5 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 3(i) The defendant categorically denied that the plaintiffs are the absolute owners and possessors of the suit schedule properties. The suit schedule properties are the sink (Chervu
Shikham/FTL) lands of Wanalakunta @ Bothalakunta Tank within the limits of Adivemla Revenue village of
Jajireddygudem mandal, as per the Naksha of Adivemla village the tank name was recorded as Wanala Tank. The plaintiffs have got possession of the tank land illegally and thereafter they got pass book on the lands in collusion with revenue authority, the FTL lands will be cultivated only at the dried period of tank, the total extent of Bothalakunta tank as per
Irrigation Department is to an extent of Ac.10-07 gts and as per the Revenue Department is to an extent Ac.14-39 gts including tank bund is exists in Sy. No.101 of Adivemla revenue village of Jajireddygudem mandal, the Irrigation
Department has measured the tanks of their control without count of survey numbers, the Revenue Department was measured the lands only survey number vide, the total extent of Ac.14-39 gts of Bothalakunta tank land was occupied by the plaintiffs and some other villagers are disturbing the water supply from the tank under the Irrigation lands of defendants and other villagers. The Khasara Pahani for the year 1954-55 6 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 is showing the same. The letter issued by Deputy Executive
Engineer I & CAD Department, Sub-Division, Thungathurthy,
Suryapet district dated 31.01.2020 is showing the extent of tank is an extent of Ac.10-07 gts.
3(ii) The defendants categorically denied that the lands claming by the plaintiffs are not their ancestral properties. The names of plaintiffs have recorded in revenue records with fraud and collusion with the revenue staff recently and continuing the same till today, those documents are false and fabricated documents. It is submitted that the revenue authority has stopped to issue latest Pass books to the remaining occupied farmers, after the defendants gave a memorandum to the Revenue Department and to save the irrigation department lands of tank before the Collector on 11- 06-2018. On the instructions of Collector, the Tahsildar,
Jajireddigudem has stopped the issuance of passbooks of remaining occupied farmers.
3(iii) That the lands of Plaintiffs are situated above the Tank bund and the lands of defendants are situated downwards to the Tank bund. The plaintiffs are trying always to dry the tank to dig holes of the tank bund with a pro-claimer and to damage the crops of defendants and other farmers under the 7 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 irrigation of Bothalakunta Tank. With regard to the illegal acts of plaintiffs and others, the defendants and others under irrigation farmers were approached several times before the village elders and Government officers but in vain. On the complaint of defendants the VRO of Adivemla village has given a paper statement to take action against the plaintiffs to file a complaint before the Police concerned for their breach in respect of the Tank Bund, the Xerox copy of paper add dated 21-07-2009 is filed along with the Counter in I.A. No. 121/19.
The defendants denied that the defendants and their men trespassed illegally into the plaint schedule lands on 11-12- 2019, when the plaintiff's are working on their lands.
3(iv) In fact the plaintiffs are having support of antisocial elements and the support of political parties in the village, they are disturbing the water supply from the tank by removing the water from the tank illegally from the last several years. There is no cause of action to the suit and was created by the plaintiffs only for the purpose of this case. In fact the defendants have never interfered in to the possession of plaintiff suit land. The boundaries of Schedule lands and other particulars mentioned in suit lands are not correct, and the plaintiffs have not disclosed clearly the lands belonging to 8 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 whom and who are the title holders of the suit schedule land items No.1 to 4.
3(v) In fact, the Bothalakunta tank is called previously Wanala
Tank as per Naksha also it can be seen and it was drilled long back and it is a chain link tank, the flowing water, after filling the tank will be reach to Chouta tank and other Kodooru tank.
The SRSP canal water supplying first time through DCBM- 69 distributory located near to the Bothalakunta Tank, and after filling the tank the water flow will to be reach to Chouta tank which is above an ayacut of 100 Acres of Komatipalli revenue village of Jajireddigudem Mandal. The Government of
Telangana has identified the tank in Mission Kakatiya and its
I.D. No. 80961101401301, situated at Adivemula village of
Jajireddigudem Mandal. The Mandal Tahsildar Jajireddigudem had written a letter to the Assistant Executive Engineer for
Irrigation, to execute Mission Kakatiya works on Bothalakunta
Tank vide letter No.B/568/2016, dated 18-06-2016.
3(vi) As such the Government of Telangana has released the
Godavari river water first time through SRSP Canal to fill the
Tanks of all villages of the irrigated area of SRSP Canal, including Bothalakunta Tank, from last two and half months.
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Tank, the plaintiffs were breaching the Tank bund not to store the water in tank, and stopped to release of water from the canal, and they are threatening the defendants and other farmers if they tried to open and release of water to the tank through SRSP of Godavary water. The illegal attitude of plaintiffs, the farmers nearly 130 members under irrigation of
Bothalakunta Tank and Chouta Tank are suffering more and more for cultivation of their lands at this second crop season.
The plaintiffs have not heard to the requests of defendants and the village elders, not to obstruct the release of Godavari water to the Bothalakunta tank. Therefore, the defendants and other farmers nearly 130 members have approached under
Prajavani to the District Collector Suryapet and the DRO
Suryapet on 04-11-2019. Immediately the DRO Suryapet has responded and issued orders to the Irrigation officers to conduct enquire and release of water as requested by farmers.
As per the orders of DRO Suryapet the Irrigation Officers have enquired and released water from canal to the tank. The same news was reported in the District edition of Sakshi Telugu newspaper on 05-11-2019, as such that the plaintiffs have filed the above suit after they came to know about the news report and the release water to the tank as per the orders of 10 O.S. No. 64 of 2019
Collector of Suryapet, the plaintiff's were created a false story and filed this false suit before the Hon’ble Court and thereafter the plaintiffs have locked the water supply connection of canal by threatening the villagers, if any one tried to open the lock of water supply connection. In the result the irrigated farmers under the two tanks nearly 130 members are suffering for non supplying of water to their paddy crop from last one and half month. The plaintiffs have filed the suit without cause of action by filing mercy petitions before the
Hon'ble Court to misguide it. Therefore, the farmers of under
irrigation were going to loss of huge amount invested by them to grow of nursery, cultivation, fertilizers and others for this second crop and the defendants and other farmers and their family members will suffer crop loss and their loss is cannot be compensated. Therefore, the plaintiffs have filed this suit with all false allegation . Hence, prayed to dismiss the suit with costs.
4.Basing on the pleadings, the following issues framed for trial.
1. Whether the Plaintiffs are in actual, physical and legal possession of suit schedule properties within the boundaries stated in the suit schedule as on the date of filing of suit?
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2. Whether the Plaintiffs are entitled for perpetual injunction against the Defendants in respect of suit schedule properties as prayed for?
3. To what relief?
5.During the course of trial, the Plaintiffs no.1 to 7 filed their chief affidavits in lieu of their chief examination and examined as PW.1 to PW.7 by reiterating the contents of their Plaint and got marked Ex.A1 to A26. Further one M. Ajay Kumar and
Boyapalli Saidulu examined as PW8 and 9 on behalf of plaintiffs.
6.On the other hand, the defendant no.1 filed his chief affidavit in lieu of his chief examination by reiterating the contents of their written statement and examined as DW1 and got marked
Ex. B1 to B14. Further one Shivarathri Veeraiah, Ojja Saidulu examined as DW2 and 3 on behalf of defendants.
7.Heard both sides.
8.Issues No.1 & 2.
8(i) This suit is filed for injunction simplicitor against the defendants. To get Injunction the plaintiffs must prove their possession over the suit schedule properties as on the date of filing suit and the defendants interfered with their possession without having right or title and without depending on the 12 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 weakness of defendants. To substantiate the case of Plaintiff,
PW1 examined and produced documents i.e., Ex.A1 to A26 on their behalf.
8(ii) It is settled law that admitted facts need not be proved by virtue of Sec. 58 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Further it is also settled law that who seeks the equitable relief of injunction must approach the Court with clean hands.
8(iii) The case of the Plaintiffs is that they are the absolute owners and possessors of their respective suit schedule properties. The contention of the defendants is that the plaintiffs have failed to file any document to show that they acquired the suit schedule properties from their ancestors.
According to the defendants the lands of plaintiffs situated above Bothlakunta cheruvu and the lands of the defendants situated downwards to the above said Bothlakunta cheruvu.
The contention of the defendants is that the plaintiffs intentionally stopped the flowing of Water into “Bothlakunta cheruvu” and encroached the said land and thereby the defendants are not getting water to their agricultural fields.
Thereafter a paper publication was also published in Saakshi news paper/Ex.B12 on 05-11-2019 that 130 farmers represented by Defendants no.1, 3 and 5, approached the 13 O.S. No. 64 of 2019
Collector to fill the Bothalakunta cheruvu with SRSP Water.
After the above said publication, the plaintiffs got filed this case only to encroach the Bothalakunta Cheruvu.
8(iv) PW1 and 2 categorically admitted that the defendants are irrigating their lands from the water of Bothalakunta cheruvu whereas PW3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 denied. Further the
PW2, 4 categorically admitted that through S.R.S.P. Canal water merges in the Bothalakunta Cheruvu existing in Sy.
No.101 for irrigation purpose and the excess water of
Bothalakunta Cheruvu will be collected in Pedda Cheruvu as it is under chain system whereas, PW1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 denied the above said facts.
8(v) The pleading of the plaintiffs is that the suit schedule properties are their ancestral properties but they did not file any documents to show that they acquired the same from their ancestors and even failed to file any mutation proceedings in respect of suit schedule properties said to have been mutated in their respective names.
8(vi) There is no corroboration in the evidence of PW1 to 9 in respect of whether the defendants are irrigating their lands from the water of Bothalakunta cheruvu or not and some of the witnesses of plaintiffs admitted that through S.R.S.P.
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Canal water merges in the Bothalakunta Cheruvu existing in
Sy. No.101 for irrigation purpose and the excess water of
Bothalakunta Cheruvu will be collected in Pedda Cheruvu as it is under chain system and some of the witnesses denied.
8(vii) Further the PWs 2 to 6 i.e. Plaintiffs no. 4 to 7 and 1 categorically admitted that the suit lands are called as
Bothalakunta Chalka, it clearly reveals that the plaintiffs got mutated the suit schedule properties on their names in the revenue records illegally but according to their pleadings they have acquired the same from their ancestors which is against to their own pleadings pleaded in the plaint.
8(viii) To obtain the equitable relief of injunction the plaintiffs must show not only their possession over the suit schedule properties but they have to prove the alleged interference by the defendants. The contention of the plaintiffs is that when the plaintiffs while attending their agricultural operations in their fields on 11-12-2019, the defendants along with their men illegally trespassed into the suit schedule properties, stopped their work, threatened them and tried to dispossess the plaintiffs from the suit schedule properties. In fact, the total extents of suit schedule properties i.e. Ac. 10-26 gts in sy. no. 101 claiming under schedules 1 to 4 of Plaint, having 15 O.S. No. 64 of 2019 different boundaries as such it is not believable that the defendants along with their men trespassed into the suit schedule properties and tried to dispossess the plaintiffs at once from their respective suit schedule properties and even the plaintiffs did not file any police report against the defendants for the alleged illegal trespass into their lands.
8(ix) Further, the plaintiffs have filed their suit after the representation of defendants no.1, 3 and 5 before the
Collector, Suryapet about the encroachment of suit schedule properties by the plaintiffs and after publication of news vide
Ex.B12 the present suit was filed as such it creates a doubt about the alleged interference by the defendants with the possession of the plaintiffs over the suit schedule properties.
8(x) No doubt, the documents filed by the plaintiffs showing their possession over the suit schedule properties but the balance of convenience is tilting in favor of the defendants.
Further the alleged interference by the defendants into the possession of the plaintiffs over the suit schedule properties is not proved beyond preponderance of possibilities. The plaintiffs have suppressed the real facts and approached the court with unclean hands for which they are not entitled for the equitable relief of injunction against the defendants.
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Accordingly the issues nos.1 and 2 are answered against the plaintiffs and in favor of defendants.
9. Issue No.3 :- To what relief?
In view of the findings given on Issues No.1 & 2, the suit of the plaintiffs is liable to be dismissed.
10.In the result, the suit of the plaintiffs is dismissed with costs.
Typed to my dictation by the Stenographer, corrected and
pronounced by me in the open Court, on this the 29th day of
December, 2023.
Prl. Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial
Magistrate of First Class, Suryapet.
FAC Junior Civil Judge at Thungathurthy
APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
Witnesses Examined
For PlaintiffsFor Defendants
PW1 – Maddi LingaiahDW1 – Madagani Lingaiah
PW2 – Maddi RenukaDW2 – Shivarathri Veeraaiah
PW3 – Boyapalli VenkannaDW3 – Ojja Saidulu.
PW4 – Boyapalli Chinna Venkanna
PW5 – Boyapalli Ravi
PW6 – Maddi Anjaiah
PW7 – Maddi Laxmamma
PW8 – Madagani Ajay Kumar
PW9 – Boyapalli Saidulu 17 O.S. No. 64 of 2019
Exhibits marked For Plaintiffs :
Ex.A1 is the Digital Pattadar cum title deed book. Ex.A2 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A3 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A4 is the C Latest pattedar cum title deed book. Ex.A5 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A6 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A7 is the Old pattedar pass book. Ex.A8 is the Latest pattedar cum title deed book. Ex.A9 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A10 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A11 is the Old Pattedar pass book. Ex.A12 is the Latest pattedar cum title deed book. Ex.A13 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A14 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A15 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A16 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A17 is the Original pattedar cum title deed book. Ex.A18 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A19 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A20 is the Original pattedar cum title deed book. Ex.A21 is the CC of Form-1B ROR. Ex.A22 is the CC of pahani for the year 2019. Ex.A23 is the Old Patta pass book. Ex.A24 is the letter addressed to Madagani Lingaiah, dated 29-04- 2022 under RTI Act. Ex.A25 is the information in respect of lakes/ponds in Adivemula village of Jajireddygudem mandal attested by DEE, Irrigation & Cad Dept, Sub-Division no.2, Nagarm Mandal, Suryapet District, dated 29-04-2022. Ex.A26 is the verified list of sources of Adivemula village of Jajireddygudem mandal attested by DEE, Irrigation & Cad Dept, Sub- Division no.2, Nagarm Mandal, Suryapet District, dated 29-04-2022.
(Note:- Original documents i.e. Exhibits A1, A4, A7, A8, A11, A12, A17, A20 and A23 were returned to respective petitioners vide I.A.
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No. 296/2023 with a condition to resubmit before the court on or
before 10-11-2023 but the petitioner/plaintiffs have failed to
reproduce those documents before the court as ordered by this Court)
For Defendants :
Ex.B1 is the CC of Kasara Pahani for the year 1954-55. Ex.B2 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.99/ A. Ex.B3 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.98A. Ex.B4 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.94E/2. Ex.B5 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.97/ AA. Ex.B6 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.95/ A. Ex.B7 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.99/ VUU. Ex.B8 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.92A. Ex.B9 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.90/ AA. Ex.B10 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.94/VUU. Ex.B11 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2019 for the land in Sy.No.94/VU. Ex.B12 is the Sakshi district edition dated 05.11.2009. Ex.B13 is the CC of Pahani for the year 2015-16. Ex.B14 is the Attested copy of Village Naksha issued by Asst. Director Surveyor land reporter, Nalgonda.
Prl. Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial
Magistrate of First Class, Suryapet.
FAC Junior Civil Judge, Thungathurthy