High Court Kerala High Court

A.Gopalakrishnan vs N.Sivaraman on 28 May, 2010

Kerala High Court
A.Gopalakrishnan vs N.Sivaraman on 28 May, 2010
       

  

  

 
 
  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

RP.No. 239 of 2010(D)


1. A.GOPALAKRISHNAN, AGED 52 YEARS,
                      ...  Petitioner

                        Vs



1. N.SIVARAMAN, AGED 71 YEARS,
                       ...       Respondent

                For Petitioner  :SRI.KAPPILLIL ANILKUMAR

                For Respondent  : No Appearance

The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN

 Dated :28/05/2010

 O R D E R
             S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, JJ.
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                    R.P.No.239 of 2010
                in W.P.(C).NO.9488 of 2008
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        Dated this the 28th day of May, 2010

                       O R D E R

Review petitioner is the respondent in the

writ petition, which was disposed by judgment dated

29.1.2010. The writ petition was filed by the decree

holder in a suit for money challenging the order of the

execution court fixing the upset price and settling the

proclamation over the attached property of the judgment

debtor. The writ petition was disposed, after hearing

both sides, directing the execution court to complete the

execution proceedings within the time limit fixed.

Though no tenable ground was seen made in the

memorandum of review petition to sustain the prayer for

review of the judgment rendered in the writ petition,

considering the persuasive submissions made by the

learned counsel for the review petitioner seeking

indulgence of this court for a further opportunity to

discharge the entire decree debt by payment within a

time limit agreed upon and on the undertaking given by

the review petitioner, as borne out by the affidavit sworn

to by him dated 10.3.2010, that he will deposit Rs.2

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lakhs before the court below on 15.3.2010 and the

entire balance amount under the decree to the decree

holder within two months from 10.3.2010. I have passed

an order on 15.3.2010 directing the court below to defer

the confirmation of the sale, which had already taken

place, for a period of three months from the date of the

order. After obtaining such favourable orders from this

court in the review petition, review petitioner has now

filed I.A.No.220/10 with some documents stating that he

has entered into an agreement of sale for sale of a

portion of the property covered by the sale and lifting of

the attachment ordered over that property is essential

for collecting the sale price, to discharge the liability

due to the decree holder. The attachment has already

culminated in sale of the property and what now remains

is only confirmation, which has been deferred on the

undertaking given by the judgment debtor that he would

discharge the entire liability due to the decree holder

within three months from 15.3.2010, as ordered by this

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court. He has deposited Rs.2 lakhs within the time limit

fixed by this court under the above order in no way

relieves him from fulfilling and honouring the

undertaking made for deferring the confirmation of the

sale over the property. I find no merit in

I.A.No.220/2010 seeking a direction to the court below

to lift the attachment of the property which had already

been proceeded with in sale by the execution court.

I.A.No.220/2010 is only to be dismissed.

Though there is a direction in the order dated

15.3.2010 for posting the review petition after three

months, taking note of the stand taken by the review

petitioner/judgment debtor tantamounting to the

undertaking given before this court that he would

discharge the liability within a period of three months, I

find no further consideration of the review petition is

called for. In case the revision petitioner fails to

discharge the decree debt within the time limit, as

undertaken by him and given expression to in the order

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dated 15.3.2010 of this court, the court below shall take

appropriate steps for confirmation of the sale, in

accordance with law.

Review petition is dismissed, subject to the

above directions/observations.

I.A.No.220/2010

Petition is dismissed.

Sd/-

(S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN)
JUDGE

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P.S. to Judge.