High Court Karnataka High Court

Thimmegowda vs Muniyappa on 9 November, 2010

Karnataka High Court
Thimmegowda vs Muniyappa on 9 November, 2010
Author: B.S.Patil
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W? 34344/ 2009

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 09TH DAY or NOVEMBER..2.¢_:T.C$"_~" 
BEFORE ' A  'V' A A 
THE HONBLE MR.JUSTICE'B.«SV.PA'l?IiM'   V_
W.P.No.34344/2009'A:{£}B:}i'.C?C)§'b'v'.L'T . «. " 
BETWEEN: A   A

Sri Thimmegowda,

S / 0 late Ramaiah,

Aged about 51 years,   :
Neralaghatta Village,  _  '
Hanabe Post, Kasaba'-H01:-_1i, V 
Doddaba11apura3__Tal}i,1i<, .  1 A

 PETITIONER
{By Sri  

AND:

1.

Sri Muaiyappa;

S/0 late HsaTieL1_maiah’,.. ” ,
Aged. about years,

Srifatalappa, H “”” ”

. S/,0 i3._teuLakS1f1maiah,

years,

3.
S /6* late Lakshmaiah,

Aged ‘about 56 years,

A’
S 70′ late Lakshmaiah.

Aged about 49 years,

_ Sri Sonnappa,

S / 0 iate Krishnappa,
Aged about 54 years,

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6. Smtfianumakka,
W/o late Channegowda,
Aged about 64 years,

All are residing at
Addiganahalli Village,
Hessarghatta Hobli,

Bangalore North Taluk. .;..§1’RESt*ctN1ir:i$i”rS

(By Sri Ravikumar, Adv. for R1. 3 c’2z__5,
Smt.Amrutha Sindhu, Adv. for ”

Sri P.I~I.Virupakshaiah, Adv. for R6′; ‘ _
R3 8: 4 – served)

This Writ Petition is filed unrier Articles’ 226 & 227 of the
Constitution of India pray1jrVigV.VVto__ quashv Vthe-. -impugned order
dated 11.8.2009 épassedfabya the .4II’«..:Ac_ldl’.C’::;’i’il Judge [Sr.Dn.},
Bangalore Rural ‘Dis_t1ict, Bangalore,’ i11’O-.S’.No.1910/2005 vide
Anne-xure~E andletcl-.._.. ” A A” ‘ »

This at on VflPrelirnina1y Hearing– ‘B’
Group this day, vthe; ~C_ourt’rr_iad_e the following:

V K! ‘§REJER

this ‘petitiotl, petitioner is challenging the order

tby: thecozirt below rejecting the request for amendment

oflrhe ‘piainlt.u.”_”–..

V -2. lay ‘the”iaroposed amendment, the plaintiffs sought to

at at ‘ -lllincozporate certain pleadings and also an additional relief in the

_l_ipra_vler ‘column to the effect that the sale deed executed by one

a –:l.4:C’hennappa in favour of Anjinappa on 14.10.1959 and also the

sgfz/deed executed by Anjinappa in favour of Krishnappa on

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10.07.1967 and as also thg subsequent sale made by
Krishnappa in favour of Muniyappa in the year 1967, etc., be
declared as null and Void and not binding on the plaintiff. This

application was filed in the month of July 2008 while is

of the year 2005.

3. The plaintiff had contended in the application’–f.:tl1at ..

came to know about the registeredIgsale_,,’deed–s

written statement was filed by the defendants

sale deeds. He further contendedi’o’t:hat_if were
to be allowed, it will not ‘changed. of the suit or the

cause ofa_actio_n’ £3hé1’3:fOffi, for effective adjudication of the

lis, the arnendment._wais’required to be allowed.

f’*amenldr11ent__Hwas resisted by the defendants. The

_below_ dismissed the application holding that the

in the plaint that he was the owner of the

9 property the registered Will dated 12.01.1959 executed

Cri:3_Cl’lé1I1I1igappa S/o Rangappa. Defendant No.5 had filed

.l_iwrivt.ten’Astatement on 13.09.2006 two years prior to the filing of

-«l..:th’e”fpresent application seeking amendment of the plaint and

the court had framed issues on 19.09.2007 and therefore, at

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such a belated stage the amendment sought for could.–not be

granted .

5. I have heard the learned Counsel for_..t.he:”VVparties in

perused the pleadings and the :qf(;l>€’l\’Q..%I.:1′(i.VV
good ground to interfere with tghe_florder’- passed
the writ if jurisdiction. No illegali’t3t-I error of
jurisdiction is made out the court below.
The court below has taken factors while
rejecting the incorporate the relief

challenging ” Way back in the years

1959. l9?_f37 lii.+68. th.e’~«a_1nendment were to be allowed at

such belated stage .itl’\i..iiil1fp’1:¢jud’icially affect the interests of the

purchasers. no diligence or bonafides on the part of

lithe’ plaintiff in seeliingllthe amendment. Hence, this writ

peutitigon “d’ev_oi.d of merits is dismissed.

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