High Court Punjab-Haryana High Court

Shahri & Others vs Bhup Singh & Another on 27 January, 2009

Punjab-Haryana High Court
Shahri & Others vs Bhup Singh & Another on 27 January, 2009
R.S.A. No. 3335 of 2008 (O&M)                                                  -1-

IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT
              CHANDIGARH
                               R.S.A. No. 3335 of 2008 (O&M)
                               Date of Decision : 27.1.2009

Shahri & others
                                                              .......... Appellants
                               Versus

Bhup Singh & another
                                                              ...... Respondents

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. SHARMA

Present :   Mr. Ajit Sihag, Advocate
            for the appellants.

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VINOD K. SHARMA, J. (ORAL)

This regular second appeal is directed against the judgments

and decree dated 18.9.2007 and 25.9.2008 passed by the learned Courts

below vide which suit filed by the plaintiff-respondents seeking permanent

injunction has been ordered to be decreed.

The plaintiffs brought a suit for permanent injunction on the

plea that their father was a tenant over the property in dispute and after his

death on 12.2.1980 the plaintiffs succeeded to the tenancy.

The suit was contested on the plea that the plaintiff-respondents

were not in possession of the property in dispute, as the father of the

plaintiffs-respondent had surrendered possession in favour of the

appellants-defendant.

The learned Courts below have recorded a concurrent finding

of fact that no document produced or proved on record, showing the
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surrender of possession.

The entries in the khasra-girdawari has been rejected by the

learned Courts below as these came in existence after filing of the suit and,

therefore, could not be relied upon.

The learned counsel for the appellants contends that the

following substantial questions of law arise for consideration by this Court

in this appeal :-

1. Whether in view of revenue entries the suit for injunction
could be decreed ?

2. Whether the judgments and decree passed by the learned
Courts below are outcome of misreading of evidence ?

However, on consideration of the matter I find that no

questions of law arise for consideration in this appeal as it is well settled

law that in absence of proof of surrender of possession plea of the

defendant-respondents that father of the plaintiffs had surrendered

possession can not be believed.

Once it was admitted position that father of the plaintiffs-
respondent was statutory tenant under the defendant-appellants, their
tenancy stood proved by way of inheritance. In absence of proof of
surrender or any order of eviction, plaintiffs were entitled to injunction.

The findings recorded by the learned Courts below, therefore, is

in consonance with the well settled law. No substantial question of law, as

framed, arise for consideration by this Court.

No merit.

Dismissed.

27.1.2009                                           ( VINOD K. SHARMA )
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