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IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL JUNIOR CIVIL JUDGE,
AT: MEDCHAL
PRESENT:- Smt. M.Aruna, Prl. Junior Civil Judge, Medchal
Original Suit No.188 of 2015
On this the 11 th day of March, 2020
Between:- Mulagiri Srinivas Chary, S/o.Venkatadri, Aged about 46 years, Occ:Business, R/o.H.No.6-189, Hanuman Nagar, Near High School, Medchal Village And Mandal, R.R.District … Plaintiff
and
Koduri Subba Rao, S/o.K.Venkat Raju, Aged about 74 years, Occ:Homeopathy Doctor, Presently R/o.Devidic Vanaprastha Ashramam, Hanamapuram Village, Bhongir Mandal,
Nalgonda District 508 117 ... Defendant
This suit came before me on 27-02-2020 for final hearing and disposal in the presence of Sri. P.Subba Rao, learned Counsel for the plaintiff and Sri. M.Srinivas, learned Counsel for the defendant and having stood over for consideration, the Court delivers the following:
-:JUDGMENT:-
1.This suit is filed to cancel the cancellation of Agreement of sale-cum-
General Power of Attorney bearing document No.2240/2001 dated 20-03- 2001 in respect of the suit schedule property.
2.The brief averments of plaint are that: The plaintiff is the owner and possessor of the suit schedule plot No.152 admeasuring 266 Sq.yards in
Sy.No.1091/Part and 1092 situated at Medchal Village, Ranga Reddy District and it is purchased from the defendant through the Agreement of sale-cum-
General Power of Attorney document bearing No.5129/1999 dated 03-09- 1999 by paying entire sale consideration of Rs.40,000/-, the defendant has not handed over original sale deed document bearing No. 988 of 1987 dated 09-02-1987 and said that the document was misplaced. The original
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document of the plaintiff i.e. Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of
Attorney bearing document No.5129 of 1999 also misplaced, therefore now the plaintiff has filed the certified copies. The defendant purchased the property through the registered sale deed vide document bearing No.988 of 1987 dated 09-02-1987 and after purchase the defendant has sold to the plaintiff through the agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney vide document bearing No.5129 of 1999 dt. 03-09-1999, since then the plaintiff is in possession and enjoyment of the property but on 20-06-2015 the plaintiff came to know through the real estate broker namely M.Krishna that the defendant cancelled the Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney of the plaintiff through the document No.2240/2001 dated 20-03-2001, it was without consent of the plaintiff, then plaintiff immediately obtained the certified copy of cancellation of agreement of sale-cum-General Power of
Attorney from the concerned authorities and came to know that the document of the plaintiff was unilaterally cancelled by the plaintiff in respect of the suit schedule property, therefore the defendant has no right to cancel the Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney of the plaintiff unilaterally without knowledge and consent of the plaintiff and without following due process of law and the Sub-Registrar, Medchal also has no authority to cancel the document of the plaintiff, so the cancellation of the
Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney of the plaintiff vide
Cancellation Deed bearing document No.2240/2001 dated 20-03-2001 is illegal, void and nonest and as per Rule 26(i)(k) relating to Andhra Pradesh
Registration Act under section 69 which debars the registering authorities from unilaterally entertaining the deed of cancellation, as such the the cancellation deed of the plaintiff is to be declared as Null and void, therefore the plaintiff filed the suit for cancellation of the Cancellation deed dated 20-
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03-2001 vide document bearing No.2240/2001.
3. The defendant filed written statement and submitting that: The defendant is the absolute owner and possessor of the suit schedule property claiming by the plaintiff which is purchased through the registered sale deed bearing document No. 988 of 1987 dated 09-02-1987 but this defendant never sold the property to the plaintiff through the alleged Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney and one Venkat Rao is the friend of this defendant, as this defendant is working as Homeopathy Doctor, the said
Venkat Rao approached this defendant as patient and in those situations the defendant had more acquaintance with the Venkat Rao who worked in railway department as Ticket checking Inspector and through the said Venkat
Rao the defendant got acquainted with the plaintiff who is doing the real estate business, therefore the defendant intends to sell the suit schedule property and the defendant requested the plaintiff to sell the property, for that the plaintiff agreed and he got prepared a document which is General
Power of Attorney to deal with the suit schedule property but instead of that he executed Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney by suppressing the material fact as the defendant has no legal knowledge, therefore believing that it is General Power of Attorney and after lapse of one year plaintiff not responded with regard to the said plot, so that finally in the month of March, 2001, the defendant approached the plaintiff and asked the document and on verifying the document he came to know that the plaintiff suppressed that it is an agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney and it is executed without paying entire sale consideration, therefore immediately this defendant approached the Registrar and cancelled the document of the plaintiff i.e. Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of
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attorney which is executed by cheating the defendant and later the property was sold in the year of 2001 after cancellation of the document and the document of the plaintiff dated 03-09-1999 does not speak about the delivery of possession as the defendant had no intention at any point of time to alienate the property to the plaintiff. Therefore the cancellation deed which is alleged to be cancelled the Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney is a valid document, as such this suit is liable to be dismissed.
4. Basing on pleadings and material records this court framed the following issues:-
1)Whether the plaintiff is entitled for cancellation of Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney document bearing No.2240 of 2001 dated 20-03-2001 as prayed for? 2)To what relief.
5. Heard both sides. Perused the record.
6. After framing of issues, the plaintiff is examined as PW1 and marked
Ex. A1 to Ex.A3 and also examined PW2 who is third party to the suit. On behalf of the defendant, the defendant is examined as DW1 through the
Advocate Commissioner but no document is marked.
7. ISSUE NO.1:
(a). To prove this issue, the entire burden lies on the plaintiff that he is the owner and possessor and he purchased the property from its original owner.
To prove the same the plaintiff is examined as PW1 and marked Ex.A1 to
Ex.A3. Apart from Ex.A1 to Ex.A3 the contention of the plaintiff counsel is that the suit schedule property purchased by the plaintiff from the defendant through the registered Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney
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under Ex.A1 in the year of 1999 and the vendor of the plaintiff who is none other than the defendant had purchased the suit property from its original owner through the Ex.A2 document in the year of 1987, therefore since from the date of purchase the vendor of the plaintiff was in possession and after selling to the plaintiff he is in possession and enjoyment of the property but on 20-06-2015 the plaintiff came to know through one real estate broker
M.Krishna that the Ex.A1 was cancelled by the defendant unilaterally without notice or consent of the plaintiff, therefore the contention of the plaintiff is that the unilateral cancellation is not valid as per Rule 26(i)(k) of the
A.P.Registration Act under section 69, therefore either the defendant or registering authority has no right or power to cancel the Ex.A1 unilaterally, therefore the plaintiff counsel submitting that to cancel the Cancellation of
Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney under Ex.A3, he filed the suit immediately after receiving of notice, therefore the plaintiff counsel submitting that the document under Ex.A3 is to be cancelled as the document is executed unilaterally without consent of the party to the document as every document is to be cancelled bilaterally, therefore he is praying this court to pass the relief sought by the plaintiff.
(b).But the defendant counsel contending that by playing fraud Ex.A1 is created by the plaintiff by making misrepresentation that it is General Power of Attorney but instead of that the plaintiff prepared Agreement of sale-cum-
General Power of Attorney and on verifying the entire contents of Ex.A1, there is no content with regard to the delivery of possession and the plaintiff also not paid entire sale consideration, therefore instead of General Power of
Attorney by misrepresenting the defendant Ex.A1 got executed, therefore it is rightly cancelled by the defendant unilaterally, therefore it is a valid document, so it cannot be cancelled and he further contending that the
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defendant filed written statement in which he has taken plea that the defendant sold the property after execution of Ex.A3 to third parties but the plaintiff not made the third party as party to the suit, therefore it is nothing but the non-joinder of the necessary parties, so that the suit is not maintainable and Ex.A1 is executed in the year of 2001 itself, therefore the suit is to be filed within three years but instead of that the plaintiff filed the suit in the year of 2015, therefore the suit is barred by limitation, hence requesting to dismiss the same.
(c).As per the above said arguments of both sides and on considering the material available on record, it is an admitted fact that the defendant was the owner who purchased the property through the Ex.A2 but the defendant counsel contending that the Ex.A1 is executed by making false representation that it is General Power of Attorney to sell the suit property to third parties through the plaintiff i.e. PW1 but instead of that by cheating, the plaintiff got executed Ex.A1 as an Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of attorney and also in which it is mentioned that the entire sale consideration is paid, so without paying sale consideration then the plaintiff executed the
Ex.A1, so it is false document. But, as per the contents of Ex.A1 it is named as Agreement of Sale-cum-General Power of attorney and the contents at page No.2 and 3 of this document goes to show that the vendor is the absolute owner and possessor of the schedule property and he offered to sell for a total sale consideration of Rs.40,000/- and accordingly the vendor who is the defendant accepted and also received the entire sale consideration of
Rs.40,000/-, therefore as per this document it is deemed as a Sale Deed but unfortunately it is named as an Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of
Attorney but the body of the document is to be considered. As per the contents the entire sale consideration is paid to the defendant by the plaintiff
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and the defendant also accepted to register the property to the plaintiff or to any other third parties, so that the entire contents are seems to be of the
Sale Deed but the defendant counsel contending that there is no delivery of the property, therefore the physical possession is in the hands of the defendant. But, admittedly it is a house site through the registered document of Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney which means that title follows possession because there will be no physical possession.
The document itself follows the possession of the parties why because if there is any structure then the possession follows the title of the parties. But, admittedly it is an open plot, if it is an open plot then the title of the parties will follow the possession, therefore the defendant cannot say that he is in physical possession of the property.
(d). As per the entire averments of the written statement and also evidence of PW1 the plaintiff was introduced to the defendant by one Venkat
Rao working as Ticket checking Inspector in Central Railway and he acted as a mediator between the plaintiff and defendant and at the time of registration on Ex.A1 also the said Venkat Rao was accompanied with the defendant but the defendant counsel contending that the plaintiff is not having any legal knowledge about the execution of Ex.A1. Therefore, he thought that Ex.A1 is General Power of Attorney but instead of that it is executed by the plaintiff by suppressing the fact as Agreement of sale-cum-
General Power of Attorney, therefore the counsel for the defendant submitting that it is not a valid document, so document is cancelled by the defendant himself through the Ex.A3. As per the evidence and also documents under Ex.A1 to Ex.A3 the occupation of the defendant is mentioned as Doctor. So, defendant is not a layman, he is working as a
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Doctor, so that he should have known the contents, atleast about the sale consideration mentioned in Ex.A1 document but now he is saying that he has not received entire sale consideration of Rs.40,000/-. If the defendant i.e.
DW1 has not received entire sale consideration why he put his signature in
Ex.A1 without reading the contents of Ex.A1, but the defendant counsel contending that there is no delivery of possession mentioned in Ex.A1 but
Ex.A1 is silent with regard to the delivery of possession, so it does not mean that the possession is in the hands of the defendant. It may be true that the contents of Ex.A1 is not disclosing with regard to the delivery of possession but the defendant cannot take that objection that there is no delivery of possession, so that the defendant who is vendor under Ex.A1 is in possession and however any document which is registered one is to be cancelled bilaterally only and the party who intends to cancel the document he should issue notice to the opposite party but without giving any notice to the plaintiff and without knowledge of the plaintiff, the document under Ex.A1 cannot be cancelled through Ex.A3. The contents mentioned in Ex.A3 at page No.2 mentioned that the DW1/defendant executed the Ex.A1 in favour of the plaintiff but the plaintiff failed to pay consideration and also not looked after the schedule property even after lapse of one year, so that he cancelled unilaterally, but when we consider the contents of the document with regard to the consideration amount in Ex.A1, the entire consideration is paid, therefore how in the document under Ex.A3, it is mentioned that the plaintiff who is the vendee under Ex.A1 not paid the sale consideration, so that the
Ex.A1 was cancelled through Ex.A3. Ex.A2 document is admitted by both parties, therefore there is no dispute with regard to Ex.A2 but the defendant counsel further submitting that in written statement of the defendant he has taken a plea that after execution of Ex.A1 in the year of 2001 itself the
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defendant sold property to the third parties but the plaintiff has not made the third party as a party to the suit because he is necessary party. To support the same the defendant has not given any particulars of the document or the person to whom the defendant alleged to be sold the property after execution of Ex.A3 and the defendant also not filed the alleged sale deed alleged to be executed in favour of the third parties after execution of Ex.A3, therefore without giving particulars of the person to whom the defendant alleged to be sold or the document through which the defendant registered the property, then how the plaintiff can take steps and why the said party has become the necessary party to the suit. Therefore, the plea taken by the defendant is not sufficient and the further contention of the defendant is that Ex.A3
Cancellation of Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney is executed in the year of 2001 itself, therefore the plaintiff would have to file the suit within three years i.e. in the year of 2003 or 2004 i.e. from the date of execution of Ex.A3 but Ex.A3 is is executed unilaterally, so the plaintiff has no knowledge with regard to the execution of Ex.A3 but he is submitting that in the year of 2015 he came to know about the execution of Ex.A3 through one real estate broker by name Krishna, then immediately obtained Certified copy of Ex.A3 and filed the suit, therefore the limitation is to be calculated from the date of knowledge, then if it is considered that the plaintiff had knowledge in the year of 2015, so that the plaintiff has to file the suit within limitation period but the contention of the plaintiff counsel is that any document which is registered one is to be cancelled bilaterally, if not the document itself is void. Therefore the plaintiff counsel relied on the decision of the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh in between Haji Mohammed
Ahmed Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh, Citation 2011 Law Suit (AP) 853. As per point No.2 it is clearly mentioned that if any document which is registered
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one intends to be cancelled by either of the parties, the only remedy is by way of Civil Suit for Cancellation or with the consent of both parties i.e.
bilateral cancellation. But, in this suit the DW1 clearly admitted that as the plaintiff cheated him, so that he cancelled Ex.A1 through the Ex.A3 document. But, to support this version that the unilateral cancellation is valid, if there is no coercion, threat or misrepresentation for the cancellation but whereas the plaintiff counsel clearly taken a plea and submitted the above said decision of the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh, it is clearly attracting with regard to the aspect of cancellation.
(e).The defendant counsel simply submitted that the entire transaction taken place in presence of one Venkat Rao and DW1 also admitted his presence and stated that Venkat Rao accompanied him to the Registration office at the time of execution of Ex.A1. Therefore, when the both persons are literate and well educated persons, how they can take such plea that they do not know with regard to the legal terminology, so that the defendant i.e.
DW1 put his signature on Ex.A1 as he thought that it is General Power of attorney and if the Ex.A1 is Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of
Attorney but not only GPA, then would have to examine the attestors or witnesses to Ex.A1 but he did not do so and also not examined the said
Venkat Rao who is the friend of the DW1 and also who knows the entire facts since from the date of execution till today. But, in cross examination of DW1 he simply stated that he do not have legal knowledge therefore he put his signature on Ex.A1 and later he came to know that Ex.A1 executed by cheating the defendant that it is an Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of
Attorney. Therefore, the plea taken by the defendant is not sufficient and except the DW1 there are no other witnesses examined to support his
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version.
(f).The PW1 who is plaintiff is examined, he clearly stated that in the year of 2015 he came to know about the existence of Ex.A3 but the entire cross examination of the PW1 by the defendant counsel is not useful to the defendant why because at that time there will be less market value but the sale consideration may be more than the market value, therefore as per offer and acceptance the parties can purchase the property, so as per Ex.A1 the defendant offered the property for sale consideration of Rs.40,000/- even though the market value is less, then the plaintiff agreed to purchase the same as per the sale consideration, the plaintiff paid registration and stamp duty, therefore at this stage the defendant cannot take such plea that there is no such market value of Rs.40,000/- at the time of selling property in that locality. PW2 who is third party has also supported the version of PW1, but in entire cross examination of DW1 through the Advocate Commissioner he stated that he himself and his friend Venkat Rao who accompanied him went to the registration office, they both are education and he admitted that he has not issued any legal notice for cancellation of Ex.A1 at the time of Ex.A3.
Ex.A3 contents also not disclosing with regard to the mischief or fraud alleged to be played by the plaintiff. Ex.A3 is disclosing that as the plaintiff has not paid sale consideration within time, so that the document was cancelled. If really the plaintiff has not paid sale consideration after execution of Ex.A1 it is duty of the defendant to issue legal notice by intimating the same to cancel the document, therefore the pleas taken by the defendant is not proved but whereas the plaintiff proved his case that the
Ex.A1 is executed by the defendant and without notice he cancelled Ex.A1 through the Ex.A3 unilaterally, therefore, the plaintiff is entitled to cancel the
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Ex.A3 document. As per the discussion above, this issue is answered accordingly in favour of the plaintiff.
8. ISSUE NO.2:
As per the discussion at issue No.1, the plaintiff has proved his case, hence he is entitled for cancellation of Ex.A3 vide document No. 2240 of 2001 dated 20-03-2001.
9.In the result: the suit is decreed by canceling the Cancellation of
Agreement of sale-cum-General Power of Attorney bearing document No.
2240/2001 dated 20-03-2001 registered at SRO, Medchal, in respect of the suit schedule property. No costs.
Typed to my dictation by the Stenographer, corrected and pronounced by me in the open court on this the 11 th day of March, 2020.
Prl. Junior Civil Judge, Medchal, RR District
APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
Witnesses examined on behalf of
Plaintiffs PW-1: Mulagiri Srinivas Chary/Plaintiff PW-2: D.Shanker/Witness Defendant DW-1: K.Subba Rao/Defendant
Exhibits marked on behalf of For Plaintiffs Ex.A1 Certified Copy of Agreement of sale-cum-GPA bearing document No.5129/1999 dt. 03-09-1999 Ex.A2 Certified copy of sale deed doc.No.988 of 1987 dt. 10-12-1987 Ex.A3 Certified copy of Agreement of sale-cum-GPA document bearing No.2240/2001 dt.20-03-2001
For Defendant -NIL- Prl. Junior Civil Judge, Medchal, RR District
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