APNE0F0002732020
Presented on : 16-10-2020 Registered on : 16-10-2020 Decided on : 27-02-2026 Duration : 5 years, 4 months, 11 days
IN THE COURT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE (JUNIOR DIVISION): AT:
SULLURPET :: SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT
Present: Miss P. SAMYUKTHA ,
Principal Civil Judge (Junior Division), Sullurpeta.
Dated, this the 27th day of February, 2026
OS.No.43/2020
Between:
Vatambeti Munikrishnaiah @ Vatambedu Munikrishnaiah, S/o late Jagadeeswara Pillai, Aged about 51 Years, R/o Meezuru Village & Post, Doravarisatram Mandal, SPSR
Nellore District.... Plaintiff
And
1.Vatambedu Munisubramanyam, S/o Vatambedu Munuswamy @ Munuswamy Pillai, Aged about 40 Years,
2.Vatambedu Munuswamy @ Munuswamy Pillai, S/o Doraswamy Pillai, Aged about 65 Years,
Both are residents of Isukamitta, Near railway substation, Sullurpet Town and Mandal, SPSR
... Defendants
Nellore District.
This suit coming for final hearing before me on 13-02-2026 in the presence of Sri S. Sreeramulu Yadav- Advocate for the plaintiff, and of Sri. A. Raja Manikyam – Advocate for the defendants No.1 and 2, and the matter having stood over for consideration till this day, this Court delivered the following— // JUDGMENT //
1.This is a suit filed by the plaintiff against the defendants for grant of permanent injunction restraining the defendants and their men and agents from interfering with the plaintiff’s peaceful possession and enjoyment of the plaint schedule property and for costs.
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2. The brief averments of the plaint are as follows:-
The Plaintiff submits that the suit schedule property in Khatha No.213,
S.No. 140-P1 and extent of Ac.2.00 cents of Meezuru village of D.V. Satram
Mandal assigned by government to the plaintiff on 12.01.2004 in FDC No.2/1414 as he is land less poor person and also he obtained Pattadhar Pass Book and
Title Deed on 19.11.2004 and his name is also mutated in revenue records. As such plaintiff became absolute owner of plaint schedule property and he is in uninterrupted possession and enjoyment of suit schedule property. He also paid cist.
(ii) The plaintiff further submits that plaintiff also availed crop loan in
State Bank of India, Sullurpet Branch in account bearing no.11069786071, KCC no.0031811885673 and raising paddy crops in it regularly in rainy season. As such original title deed is in the custody of said bank.
(iii)The plaintiff further submits that total extent of the land in S.No.140 is an extent of Ac.12.44 cents, out of it an extent of Ac.2.00 cents was allotted to plaintiff, an extent of Ac.2.22 cents was allotted to Vatambedu Munihari, an extent of Ac.2.00 cents was allotted to Vatambedu Latha, an extent of Ac.0.50 cents was allotted to Vatambedu Suseelamma, an extent of Ac.1.00 cents was allotted to
Vatambedu Vasanthamma and an extent of Ac.1.00 cents was allotted to
Vatambedu Munisubramanyam who is 1st defendant herein.
(iv)The plaintiff further submits that defendants are financially sound and numerically strong and highhandedly encroached into the remaining land of nearly
Ac.3.72 cents in S.No.140 and now also trying to grab the plaint schedule property through their political influence and muscle power.
(v)The plaintiff further submits that while so on 06.09.2020 at about 5.30 pm when plaintiff is doing agriculture works 1st and 2nd defendants came with their men and tried to interfere with possession and enjoyment of suit schedule 2
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Veeraraghavaiah intervened. Then they openly proclaimed that they will dispossess the plaintiff from plaint schedule property for which they are no way connected to suit property are trying to grab the suit property for wrongful gain.
Therefore plaintiff lodged a complaint against the defendants before SHO of D.V.
Satram P.S. & Tahsildar D.V. Satram true copies of the same were filed herewith.
(vi)The plaintiff submits that the plaintiff is unable to resist the high handed acts of defendants. The defendants are having political influence and muscle power and backed by anti social elements. As such plaintiff is unable to resist the high handed acts of defendants and constrained to file this suit. Plaintiff is having prima facie case in favour of the plaintiff, balance of convenience is also in favor plaintiff and if injunction is not granted plaintiff will be put to serious loss and hardship. Hence plaintiff constrained to file this suit. Hence the Suit.
3.After receipt of summons, Defendant No.1 filed written statement and adoption memo filed by Defendant No.2 through their advocate Sri. A. Raja
Manikyam.
4. Brief averments of the written statement filed by the Defendant
No.1:-
This defendant No.1 denies all the allegations except those that are specifically admitted herein to be true and put the plaintiff to strict proof of the same
(ii)The defendant submits that basically the Survey No.140 of Meejuru
Village is an extent of Ac.12-44 cents of dry land pertaining to Government. So far the Government has not allotted any type of patta to the plaintiff, the plaintiff himself made this fake patta and filed this false suit for wrongful gain by showing 3
Fair in OS.No.43/2020, dt.27-02-2026 wrong boundaries. The plaintiff showed in the plaint schedule boundaries that eastern boundary is S.No. 123 pertaining to Vakati Subramanyam Reddy and others, but actually his eastern boundary is his wife’s land by name Vatambeti
Latha. The patta which is in the name of Vatambeti Latha is also a fake patta.
The plaintiff voluntarily showed his eastern boundary is S.No.123, which this defendant is in cultivation and it is own patta of his grand father. This plaintiff suppressed the facts and filed this false suit and hence he is not entitled to any discretionary relief of permanent injunction or temporary injunction.
(iii)The defendant further submits that the Survey No.140 of Meejuru
Village is not sub-divided so far, for that this defendant is filing FMB (Field
Measurement Sketch) Mee-Seva copy, which is nothing but Certified copy and the same is very clear.
(iv)The defendant further submits that neither the plaintiff nor the plaintiff’s wife Smt. Latha are cultivating any land covered by S.No.140 of Meejuru
Village. Whereas, this defendant and his brother by name Munihari are cultivating
Ac.4-49 cents in the said Survey No.140 of Meejuru Village, in support of that this defendant is filing enjoyment sketch given by the Mandal Surveyor of Meejuru
Village of Doravarisatram Mandal. This defendant also filed a suit for Permanent
Injunction against some 23 persons in the year 2016 vide OS.No. 95/2016 on the file of this court against some third persons for the same Survey No. 140 of
Meejuru Village when the third persons tried to enter and interfere in the said land.
Further this defendant also filed the rough sketch of cultivating and non cultivating parts of land covered by S.No.140 of Meejur Village and the same may be taken into consideration along with this written statement.
(v)The defendant further submits that these defendants are bonafide cultivators of the land covered by S.No.140 of Meejuru Village of D.V. Satram
Mandal, and they are not encroaching the land pertaining to the plaintiff and his 4
Fair in OS.No.43/2020, dt.27-02-2026 family members, further they are also not encroaching the vacant land covered by the same survey number of Meejuru Village. Further the plaintiff voluntarily showed wrong boundaries with a second thought that he wants to grab some portion of the land in S.No.123 which belong to the defendants, further the entire boundaries mentioned in the plaint schedule are wrong and mentioned the same with an ulterior motive, for which he is not entitled for any discretionary relief of injunction. Further the said survey number of Meejuru Village is already adjudicated and the same comes under Res-judicata. Further there is no prima facie case, no balance of conveyance and there is no irreparable loss to the plaintiff if injunction is not granted by way of temporary or permanent.
(vi)The defendant further submits that the plaintiff is a news reporter and he used his power and obtained a fake patta and created fake sub-divisions in the
S.No. 140 of Meejuru Village of D.V. Satram Mandal.
(vii)The defendant further submitted that there is no cause of action for filing the suit, since the defendant are entering into the alleged land covered by
S.No.140-P1, and not interfering with the vacant land covered by same Survey
Number, further he has not filed any plaint plan, thus he cheated the court and diverted the matter in a wrong route and suppressed all the material facts and hence he is not entitled for any discretionary relief of permanent or temporary injunction and hence the suit may be dismissed with costs.
(viii)The defendant further submits that the plaintiff voluntarily filed this suit against the defendants with a view to encroach the land belonging to the defendants in S.No.123, which is in the name of the grand father of the 1st defendant and father of the 2nd defendant, hence the plaintiff did not came to the court with clean hands and is not entitled for the benefit of any permanent or temporary injunction which is a discretionary relief. Hence prays to dismiss the suit with costs.
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5.The plaintiff in support of his contentions got examined PW1 and
PW2 and marked Exs.A1 to A7. On the other hand, DW1 to DW3 were examined on behalf of the defendants and got marked Ex.B1 to B7.
6.Heard the arguments from both sides. Perused the record.
7.Now the point for determination is that:
1. Whether the eastern boundary of plaint schedule property is true?
2. Whether there is sub division in S.No.140 of Meejuru Village?
3. Whether the plaintiff is entitled to the relief of permanent injunction as prayed?
4. To what relief?
POINT:-
Issue Nos.1 :-
8.The important question to be decided in this suit is with regard to the eastern boundary in dispute which is paramount in identifying the suit scheduled property for proper adjudication. The burden of proving the correctness of the eastern boundary rests upon the plaintiff who filed the suit seeking the relief of in- junction. In a suit for permanent injunction, particularly where title is disputed and subdivision is in dispute, clear identification of the suit property is crucial. Unless the identity and boundaries are established with certainty, the Court cannot grant equitable relief of permanent injunction. The plaintiff’s case is that he was as- signed Ac.2.00 cents in Survey No.140-P1 and that the eastern boundary of his land is Survey No.123 belonging to one Vakati Subramanyam Reddy. However, on careful scrutiny of the documentary and oral evidence serious inconsistency regarding the existence of Survey No.140/P1 itself became questionable and consequently, the correctness of the eastern boundary.
9.Firstly, Ex.A1, the D-Form Patta, which is the fundamental document of assignment of the land in favour of the plaintiff mentions only Survey No.140 6
Fair in OS.No.43/2020, dt.27-02-2026 measuring Ac.2.00 cents. There is no mention of any subdivision such as 140/P1.
If the Government had assigned a specific sub division, it would clearly be re- flected in the assignment patta itself which is a material detail about the specific land assigned in his favour. Further on careful perusal of Ex.A2, the Original pat- tadar passbook contains the mention of “140/P1,” but it is can be observed that “P1” is written in pencil which draws attention to the authenticity of such an entry.
An official revenue document is expected to contain permanent entries, whereas, a pencil entries raises suspicion regarding its authenticity. Moreover, The plaintiff has not produced any official proceedings showing lawful subdivision of Survey
No.140 into 140/P1. No revenue authority has been examined to prove when and how such subdivision was effected. In the absence of proof of official subdivision of the survery number the description of the property as 140/P1 becomes doubt- ful.
10.Furthermore, the oral evidence on the side of the plaintiff is also in- consistent. PW1 states that the eastern boundary is Survey No.123 and the west- ern boundary is Pulicat Lake. However, PW2 gives an entirely different version during the cross examination, stating that the eastern boundary is Pulicat Lake and the western boundary is land of Durgaiah which is a material inconsistency in identification of the suit scheduled property. It is important that the boundary recitals must be consistent and clear otherwise the discretionary relief of injunc- tion cannot be given on uncertain suit scheduled boundaries. Moreover, it is cru- cial to note that PW1 admitted in cross-examination that Survey No.140 is not yet subdivided. This admission directly contradicts his pleading that the survery no 140 was allotted as 140/P1 in his favour. If no subdivision has been officially ef- fected, the very basis of identifying a specific portion abutting Survey No.123 does not stand strong. Without subdivision, Survey No.140 remains a larger undivided extent of Ac.12.44 cents, and the plaintiff must show by cogent evidence where 7
Fair in OS.No.43/2020, dt.27-02-2026 exactly within that extent his 2.00 acres lies which is nothing but the suit sched- uled property.
11.On the other hand, DW1 and DW2 have categorically denied the plaintiff’s boundary version. They contend with the strength of their own pattas in
Survey No.140 and denied that the eastern boundary is as pleaded by the plain- tiff. It can be clearly seen that the defendants denied the case of the plaintiff from its roots and denied their evidence, from their cross examination no evidence has been elicited from them in support of the plaintiff’s case regarding the eastern boundary. It is also significant that no commissioner’s report or official survey number demarcation has been placed before the Court to identify the exact physi- cal identification of the alleged 140/P1 suit scheduled property. In disputes involv- ing survey numbers and sub divisions, especially when subdivision itself is in question, official demarcation carries plays an important role. In suits for injunc- tion, the Court must be satisfied that the property is clearly identified and that the plaintiff is in possession of that specific, identifiable property for which the discre- tionary relief of injunction is claimed. When the documentary evidence i.e., Ex.A1 and Ex.A2 does not clearly establish subdivision, and when oral evidence regard- ing boundaries is contradictory, the plaintiff cannot be said to have discharged the burden of proving the correctness of the eastern boundary.
12.Upon overall consideration of the absence of subdivision in Ex.A1, the pencil entry of “P1” in Ex.A2, the admission of PW1 in cross examination that
Survey No.140 is not subdivided, and the material contradiction between PW1 and PW2 regarding boundaries of the suit scheduled property this Court is con- strained to hold that the plaintiff has failed to establish that the eastern boundary of the plaint schedule property is Survey No.123 as pleaded by him. Accordingly, it is can be concluded that the plaintiff has not proved that the eastern boundary of 8
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Issue No.2, 3:-
13.Now, another important aspect for deliberation is whether there is sub division in S.No.140 of Meejuru Village. The defendant has pleaded that Survey
No.140 of Meejuru Village was already the subject matter of adjudication in O.S.
No.95 of 2016, and that the said suit was decreed in their favour. They have marked Ex.B3 certified copies of the decree and judgment in the said suit in sup- port of their contention. On that basis, it is argued that the suit in hand is barred by the principle of res judicata and that the plaintiff is not entitled to any relief. At this point it is necessary to analyse the applicability of the said doctrine under Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For the applicability of the said doctrine, certain conditions must be satisfied such as (i) the matter directly and substantially in is- sue in the subsequent suit must have been directly and substantially in issue in the former suit; (ii) the former suit must have been between the same parties or between parties claiming under them; (iii) the matter must have been heard and fi- nally decided by a competent court. From the evidence of DW1 and DW2, it is ad- mitted that the present plaintiff was not a party to O.S. No.95 of 2016. DW1 him- self admits that the plaintiff in the present suit was not a party to that earlier suit and that the decree therein would not bind him. The decree in O.S. No.95 of 2016 was obtained against certain third parties in respect of a portion of Survey No.140 measuring Ac.3.22 cents. Therefore, the essential requirement of identity of par- ties is absent. In the absence of the present plaintiff being a party to the former suit, or claiming under a party, the principle of res judicata does not operate against him. A judgment between parties binds only the parties and their privies, but not third parties; as such, it cannot operate against a stranger to the earlier 9
Fair in OS.No.43/2020, dt.27-02-2026 proceedings. Therefore, the decree in O.S. No.95 of 2016 does not bar the present suit on the ground of res judicata.
14.However, the marking of the decree and judgment in O.S. No.95 of 2016 cannot be brushed away as irrelevant. Though it may not operate as res ju- dicata, it is a circumstance that demonstrates that disputes regarding Survey
No.140 were earlier litigated and that the defendants had attained an injunction decree in respect of a portion of the same survey number. This fact lends some weight to the defendants’ assertion of possession over portions of Survey No.140, particularly when read in conjunction with their plea that they are cultivating spe- cific extents of land in the said Survey Number. Moreover, the present suit is con- fined to the plaintiff’s alleged portion of Ac.2.00 cents described as 140/P1 as to whether the plaintiff has established his right to claim permanent injunction. In a suit for permanent injunction, the plaintiff must prove that he has lawful posses- sion of the suit property as on the date of filing of the suit and there is interfer- ence by the defendants.
15.In the present case, there is serious dispute with regard to the identity of the suit scheduled property. The subdivision of Survey No.140 into 140/P1 has not been sufficiently proved by the plaintiff. Ex.A1 reflects only Survey No.140 without subdivision. Ex.A2 contains the “P1” in written in pencil. Moreover, PW1 admitted that Survey No.140 is not yet subdivided as such there are several mate- rial contradictions between PW1 and PW2 regarding the boundaries. The eastern boundary itself has not been properly established. When identity of the property is uncertain,then possession cannot be proved on an uncertain property . Further, the defendants have produced evidence showing their earlier decree in respect of a Survey No.140 and have contended to have possession over certain extents in the said survey number. Though the decree does not bind the plaintiff, it reveals ongoing disputes and rival claims within the same survey number. In such circum- 10
Fair in OS.No.43/2020, dt.27-02-2026 stances, where title is clouded, subdivision is clearly uncertain due to inconsistent boundaries and possession is also disputed due to which a mere suit for bare in- junction is not the appropriate remedy. When the plaintiff’s title and identity of property are under cloud, the proper course would be to seek declaratory relief along with consequential relief. Therefore, the plaintiff has nevertheless failed to establish clear identity and lawful possession of a definite, demarcated portion of
Survey No.140. In view of the above discussions, consequently, he cannot be said to have proved his claim for the discretionary relief of permanent injunction.
Issue No.4:-
In the result, the suit is dismissed. No costs.
Typed to dictation by Personal Assistant, corrected and pronounced by me in Open Court on this the 27 th day of February, 2026.
Sd/- P. Samyuktha,
Principal Civil Judge (Junior Division),
Sullurpet.
APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
Witness Examined on behalf of Plaintiffs
PW1: Vatambeti Munikrishnaiah
PW2: Dudala Venkatesh
Witness Examined on behalf of Defendants
DW1: V. Munisubramanyam
DW2: Vatembeti Muni Hari
DW3: V. Babu Pillai
Documents marked on behalf of Plaintiffs
Ex.A1: Original D-Form Patta issued in the name of plaintiff, dated 12-01- 2004
Ex.A2: Original Pattadar Passbook stands in the name of the plaintiff,
dated 19-04-2004
Ex.A3: Original Cist Receipt paid by plaintiff, dated 14-07-2020
Ex.A4: No.3 Adangals issued through Meeseva for Fasli 1429, dated 10- 12-2019
Ex.A5: No.3 Adangals issued through Meeseva for Fasli 1430, dated 14- 09-2020
Ex.A6: 1B Namuna issued through Meeseva – 3 in number, dated 25-04- 2016, 03-12-2023, 14-09-2020 11
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Ex.A7: Land Title deed and pattadar passbook issued through Meeseva,
dated 15-05-2018
Documents marked on behalf of Defendants
Ex.B1: Mee-Seva Copy of Filed Measurement Sketch for Sy.No.:140 of Meejuru Village of D.V. Satram Mandal
Ex.B2: Settlement Register issued by the Deputy Tahsildar, DV Satram for Sy.No:123 stands in the name of Vakati Subramanaya Reddy and others
Ex.B3: Certified copy of Decree and Judgment in O.S.No.95/2016 on the file of PJCJ Court, Sullurpeta, dated 25.09.2018
Ex.B4: Office copy of legal notice, dated 24.09.2020 got issued by the defendant
Ex.B5: Office copy of Reply notice got issued by the plaintiff dated 08.10.2020
Ex.B6: Postal receipts (5 in number)
Ex.B7: Served Postal Acknowledgments (3 in number)
Sd/- P. Samyuktha,
Principal Civil Judge (Junior Division),
Sullurpet.
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