High Court Rajasthan High Court - Jodhpur

Hari Singh vs Girdawari & Ors on 14 January, 2009

Rajasthan High Court – Jodhpur
Hari Singh vs Girdawari & Ors on 14 January, 2009
                                                  SBCWP No.210/2009
                                       Hari Singh Vs. Girdawari & Ors.
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                 SBCWP No.210/2009
         Hari Singh Vs. Girdawari & Ors.

DATE OF ORDER : - 14.1.2009

         HON'BLE MR. PRAKASH TATIA, J.

Mr.VK Bhadu,for the petitioner.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

The petitioner’s grievance is that the person-purchaser

of the property in dispute during the pendency of the first

appeal before the Revenue Appellate Authority,

Hanumangarh has been impleaded as party by the appellate

court vide order dated 18th June, 2008 by exercising power

under Order 41 Rule 20 CPC.

According to learned counsel for the petitioner, only

person who was party before the trial court and has not

been made party to the appeal then only that person can be

added as party respondent in the appeal under Order 41

Rule 20 CPC.

It is true that Order 41 Rule 20 CPC has its own

limited scope for adding party, but at the same time, the

person, who is claiming himself to be interested in the

decision of the suit by virtue of the devolution of the
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interest in the property during the pendency of the suit or

appeal can be added as party by exercising powers under

Order 22 Rule 10 CPC and also under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC.

Therefore, mere wrong mentioning of provision of law in the

application by the applicant or where the court has

jurisdiction under other provisions of law and has passed

the order under different provision of law then that itself is

not any illegality.

In the facts of the case when the applicant purchased

the property during the pendency of the first appeal and he

has been impleaded as party by the appellate court as

respondent, this Court is not inclined to exercise the

jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India to

interfere in the said order, which has not been passed

without jurisdiction of the court as the court had jurisdiction

though under different provision of law.

Hence, I do not find any merit in this writ petition and

the same is hereby dismissed.

(PRAKASH TATIA), J.

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