High Court Karnataka High Court

A K Keshavachar vs Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Rep … on 26 August, 2008

Karnataka High Court
A K Keshavachar vs Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Rep … on 26 August, 2008
Author: Arali Nagaraj
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANG.ALC§E'.Evv.'

DATED THIS THE 25:23 DAY OF AUGUSfi'%f_f%D0%§T3AL$Lj&&&  x 

BEFORE   

THE HONBLE MR..JUs'1f1cE  '  

CIVIL REVISION Ir3ETI"I'i£' §V:'I~:'.I\I0." ?2 3;2ods%f  k

BETWEEN:

Sri. A.K. Keshavachar,
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Bazlgaloree 560$:-35.   _ . : Peflfioner

(By Sri.  Bayyarareddy, Advocates)

                

B3;*"_£_g:'5l§_)i"@ Mgrggmagara Palike,
Rsp1'e":sc1_f:tc{i «ijy __i1:s' Cenrunissiencr,

     corporation 
  Sq1iarcé,B'az1ga1orc~2. : Respondent

.1 ip fflagaraju, Advocate)

Civil Revision Petitimiz is filad U/S. 18 cf tbs

V Small Causes Courts Act against tins Judmcnt
A and decree dated 02.06.2005 passed in S.C.No.862/2604 on
the flit: 0f 1211*:-: 111 Additional Judge, Court of small causes,

r__<""-~–~…_,,»,

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Bangalore {SCCH No.18), dismissing the suit for recovery of
money.

This pefition coming on for dictating orders;

the Court. made the f011owin§:-

The petitioner, who was the . }311

the file of the Ccurlz of 8113331

Bangalore, has challenged the ficxiffc-zcmeéhs Qt anti’ V

order of dismissal of the said sm§J.1– r.:.a¥1:§e..?Acase “that was filed by

him against the responde’fi’i’.’éA’f- Palike –

scieking recovery bis; .ss_1i:.t;1 “R5.5f~.,234/- with interest thereon {:33
12% per annixmé; _

2. ; ”fl1éV’a1*fguments of the learned Counsel fer

fiviai*i:ies”t11fle arises for my detemxm ation in ibis

Ieséisién» is; .. = ” V

é ‘*¥€;h’e.ther the learned Small Causes Judge was

jusfiifiéd in dismisfiing the suit of the pe’£ii.ioner~

holding that the respendeut — Corporation was

3 “right in recovering from him a sum of Rs.3,334/–

” _ improvement cxpcnscs at the time of

. 7 tfai1sferriI1g katizxa in the name of the petitioner –
in respect of the pmpcrtjz in qucstion?”

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3. My findings on this point is in the ‘xzewtivgef

fo210W3’_I1g

4. The ease of the pefitioner,;”:as?::v~erz’ed i1′: 11i,e

in the said case is as under:

:.-1) The plaintiff ha$.beenAtE1e”LveW’ner (if the heuse
bearing No.4E5l..V:e” siLiL1a:§;ev’. Cross,
V.}:I.Co1I1p_i_ex, ‘Ward
N954, he filed an
applicatiefiie-?:aifereV:T–fl:1’e Vrésf§endent~Corporati0n
Hiafrespeet of the said
Iv._:1ou$eA A’i.ii”.hi:S1’~fa:r}e¥urf . Whfle Considering the
‘a;3piieé,fi0.fi’ *~ respondent–Corpora.tien
a sum of Rs.3,334/- as

4-:.,cV§);*z<iixtiof1" };:ree_edent for efieefing katha in his
respect of the said house; similar

V -teas made against other persons who

" had. similar applicatiens and therefore,

% ;1ie«;_petitioner~plajntifi" and also the said ethers
Q * eeeemed their Writ Petition N0511422 to 1441 of
V' " "@001 before this Court and this Court, Whiie
aliewing the said Writ petitions following the
decisien of this Court in the ease of Asian

5. The said ease of the plajntifi” was contested

respondent-Corporatien by filing its w1*itten3V.:’..’é’té§tLe1;i1etit

eentending that the petitioner-p1a3’11tit1′ t’e,pa_.yu

the imprevemeflt expenses as pmvi’ded–.’_’_’uIide1*.

and 467 of the KaI’nataka”t.Ztf’m;2ieij§a1__ Qcdt*§ti~t:a;’t*;e:1§ Act V L’

(hereinafter eeferred te gs ‘fer eilort) as
authorised by the ” the Corporation
anfi therefore the respendent»
Corporation amount from the
pefitienerfpléthfitifififi ha: eoritended in the Saici
written steitefiitent had to make the payment

of balance a1fi€.e1t1t.of ifx11:irf)ve1″neI1t expensee since he had

:.’f’iiiade tot’ ijiipzwfement expenses in part instead of

as per Sections 466 and 46? ef the

t gag: such the demand for the payment cf

” ~ 5 1 iniprevezfierlt expenses was jusfified.

Sri C.B.Si’iI1iV8.SaI1, the learned counsel for the

“jpeti.tiesner-plaitltifl’, Strongly centended that despite the order

” eftuus Court in the said Writ petitions that the eelleetien of

t”‘””r_\’\”‘\…«–.

is directed to refund the said amount cf f~2s.3,334/- to the

petitiencr-plaintiff’ with interest therctorz at the rate 91*’ per

aflnum from the date of filing of the said

till actual paymc11t. Decree shall be Qrawn u

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