{"id":111154,"date":"2008-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/man-mohan-ors-vs-mohd-mohinuddin-ali-khan-dead-on-9-may-2008"},"modified":"2017-12-09T09:09:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T03:39:32","slug":"man-mohan-ors-vs-mohd-mohinuddin-ali-khan-dead-on-9-may-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/man-mohan-ors-vs-mohd-mohinuddin-ali-khan-dead-on-9-may-2008","title":{"rendered":"Man Mohan &amp; Ors vs Mohd.Mohinuddin Ali Khan (Dead) &#8230; on 9 May, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Man Mohan &amp; Ors vs Mohd.Mohinuddin Ali Khan (Dead) &#8230; on 9 May, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: H S Bedi<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Tarun Chatterjee, Harjit Singh Bedi<\/div>\n<pre>                                                      REPORTABLE\n\n\n            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n             CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n             CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5539 OF 2001\n\nMan Mohan &amp; Ors.                      ....Appellants\n\n\n               Versus\n\n\nMohd. Mohinuddin Ali Khan (dead)\nby L.Rs.                              ....Respondents\n\n\n\n                      JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>HARJIT SINGH BEDI, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>1.   This appeal is directed against the judgment of the<\/p>\n<p>Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 17th February, 1999<\/p>\n<p>whereby the plea of the appellant to re-claim the status of a<\/p>\n<p>protected tenant under Section 45 of the    Andhra Pradesh<\/p>\n<p>(Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950<\/p>\n<p>(hereinafter referred to as &#8220;the Act&#8221;) has been rejected. The<\/p>\n<p>facts are as under:\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                              2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2.   Dilawar Ali Khan was the original land owner. He filed<\/p>\n<p>an application under Section 44 of the Act for determination<\/p>\n<p>of the protected tenancy of the predecessor in interest of the<\/p>\n<p>appellants, one Ramalingam who was a protected tenant. The<\/p>\n<p>said application was allowed in the year 1967, the tenancy<\/p>\n<p>terminated and the land holder was put in possession thereof.<\/p>\n<p>The appellants as successors of Ramalingam who died in<\/p>\n<p>1973, filed an application under Sections 45 and 46 of the Act<\/p>\n<p>for restoration of possession alleging that Dilawar Ali Khan<\/p>\n<p>and on his death, his successors, had failed to cultivate the<\/p>\n<p>land in question as contemplated by Section 45 of the Act and<\/p>\n<p>they were thus, entitled to a restoration of the possession. The<\/p>\n<p>said petition was resisted by the land holders and it has<\/p>\n<p>claimed that after the termination of the tenancy under<\/p>\n<p>Section 44 of the Act, Dilawar Ali Khan had      cultivated the<\/p>\n<p>land by investing a huge amount thereon and that after his<\/p>\n<p>death his heirs had cultivated the land with the assistance of<\/p>\n<p>one Gopaiah and Hanumaiah by paying their wages in kind.<\/p>\n<p>It was also pleaded that Ramalingam had died issueless and<\/p>\n<p>that Man Mohan one of the applicants who claimed to be his<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>adopted son was in fact not so and as such the application<\/p>\n<p>was not maintainable. The Revenue Officer called for evidence<\/p>\n<p>from both parties and after a analysis thereof allowed the<\/p>\n<p>application, both on the question of maintainability and also<\/p>\n<p>on facts.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.   Aggrieved thereby, the applicants preferred an appeal<\/p>\n<p>before the Joint Collector. This officer found that the<\/p>\n<p>applicants were indeed the legal heirs of Ramalingam and that<\/p>\n<p>Dilawar Ali Khan nor his successors had cultivated the land<\/p>\n<p>after it had been restored to them on an application under<\/p>\n<p>Section 44 of the Act.   The appeal was accordingly allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Aggrieved thereby the land owners filed a revision petition<\/p>\n<p>under Section 91 of the Act before the High Court. The court<\/p>\n<p>in its judgment dated 17th February, 1999 observed that the<\/p>\n<p>tenancy in the hands of Ramalingam had been terminated<\/p>\n<p>under Section 44 in the year 1967 and though Ramalingam<\/p>\n<p>had lived upto 1973 he had not raised any question with<\/p>\n<p>regard to the cultivation by the land owners. The court also<\/p>\n<p>observed that there was clear doubt as to the claim of<\/p>\n<p>adoption made by Man Mohan as the dependant certificate<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                              4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>which had been issued by the Revenue Officer accepting his<\/p>\n<p>claim as the adopted son of the Ramalingam had no value, as<\/p>\n<p>it was the civil court alone that could give such a declaration.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Court observed thus:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          &#8221; I am of the opinion that there is no<br \/>\n          evidence   to establish       that the<br \/>\n          respondents are the legal heirs and<br \/>\n          successors of late Ramalingam and<br \/>\n          consequently they are not entitled to file<br \/>\n          an application U\/ss 45 and 46 of the<br \/>\n          Act&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>4.   The Court then examined the basis on which the claim<\/p>\n<p>had been made and observed that from the evidence it<\/p>\n<p>appeared that Dilawar Ali Khan had indeed invested huge<\/p>\n<p>amounts of money for the installation of a pump and electric<\/p>\n<p>motor and though admittedly he and his successors had taken<\/p>\n<p>the help of Gopaiah and Hanumaiah in the cultivation of the<\/p>\n<p>land a perusal of their evidence showed that they were being<\/p>\n<p>paid on &#8220;Batai&#8221; basis i.e. a share of the crops and as such the<\/p>\n<p>land was deemed to be under the self cultivation of the land<\/p>\n<p>owners. The Court also relied for its conclusion on a<\/p>\n<p>clarificatory Circular No. 650 dated 30th March, 1951, issued<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                  5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>by the Board of Revenue, Hyderabad to the effect that if a land<\/p>\n<p>owner and one or more persons cultivated the land jointly<\/p>\n<p>sharing the expenses as well as the yield, the question of the<\/p>\n<p>creation of a tenancy at will did not arise.        The High Court<\/p>\n<p>accordingly set aside the order of the Joint Commissioner and<\/p>\n<p>restored the order of the Revenue Officer.             It is in this<\/p>\n<p>circumstance, that the tenants are before us.<\/p>\n<p>5.   Mrs. K. Amareswari, the learned Senior counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>tenants &#8211; appellants has argued that though Man Mohan&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>adoption by Ramalingam had been proved on record but even<\/p>\n<p>assuming for the moment that his adoption had not been<\/p>\n<p>proved yet, the fact that the other three claimants Erramma,<\/p>\n<p>Yadaiah and Eshwaraiah           were his legal heirs was admitted<\/p>\n<p>and they were accordingly entitled to maintain the application<\/p>\n<p>under Sections 45 and 46 of the Act.              It has also been<\/p>\n<p>submitted that as per Section 45, if the land owner did not<\/p>\n<p>cultivate the land within the time fixed in the said provision,<\/p>\n<p>the tenants were entitled to a restoration of the land on<\/p>\n<p>an application made        for   this   purpose   and as   the   final<\/p>\n<p>court   of   fact   i.e.    Joint       Commissioner   had   clearly<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                              6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>opined that neither Dilawar Ali Khan nor his successors had<\/p>\n<p>cultivated the land, the appellants were entitled to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>6.   The learned counsel for the respondents have however<\/p>\n<p>pointed out that the order of the Tahsildar granting            an<\/p>\n<p>adoption certificate with respect to Man Mohan was wholly<\/p>\n<p>without jurisdiction and as there was no proof as to when<\/p>\n<p>Gopaiah and Hanumaiah had been engaged for cultivating the<\/p>\n<p>land by Dilawar Ali Khan or his successors, the appeal was<\/p>\n<p>liable to be dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.   We have gone through the arguments advanced by the<\/p>\n<p>learned counsel for the parties. We are of the opinion that we<\/p>\n<p>are not really called upon to examine Man Mohan&#8217;s status as<\/p>\n<p>the adopted son of Ramalingam in the light of the fact that<\/p>\n<p>the application for restoration of possession filed under<\/p>\n<p>Sections 45 and 46 of the Act is maintainable at the instance<\/p>\n<p>of the other three claimants who are admittedly the heirs of<\/p>\n<p>Ramalingam. It is true, as has been contended by the learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel, that Ramalingam lived upto the year 1973 but did<\/p>\n<p>not choose to make an application in terms of       Sections 45<\/p>\n<p>and 46 during his life time and left it to his successors to do<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>so after his death. We find from a perusal of the Act that there<\/p>\n<p>appears no impediment to the maintenance of such an<\/p>\n<p>application, and a perusal of Section 40 of the Act on the<\/p>\n<p>contrary clarifies that the rights of protected tenants are<\/p>\n<p>heritable with a few exceptions      which are of no concern in<\/p>\n<p>this matter.\n<\/p>\n<p>8.   In this background the substantive issue would be as to<\/p>\n<p>whether Dilawar Ali Khan or his successors had cultivated the<\/p>\n<p>land in terms of Section 45 of the Act and on a failure to do so<\/p>\n<p>the consequences thereof . Section 45 and 46 are re-produced<\/p>\n<p>below:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          &#8220;45. Landholder to restore possession if<br \/>\n          he fails to cultivate within one year:- (i) If<br \/>\n          upon the termination of tenancy under<br \/>\n          section 44 the landholder &#8211;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>               (a)   does not within one year from the<br \/>\n                     date on which he resumed<br \/>\n                     possession of the land, or<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>               (b)   having      commenced         such<br \/>\n                     discontinues the same within ten<br \/>\n                     years of the said date, he shall<br \/>\n                     forthwith restore possession of the<br \/>\n                     land to the tenant whose tenancy<br \/>\n                     was terminated by him unless he<br \/>\n                     has obtained from the tenant his<br \/>\n                     refusal in writing to accept the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                           8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>               tenancy on the terms and<br \/>\n               conditions prevailing before the<br \/>\n               termination of the tenancy or has<br \/>\n               offered   in   writing   to   give<br \/>\n               possession of the land to the<br \/>\n               tenant on the said terms and<br \/>\n               conditions and the tenant has<br \/>\n               failed to accept the offer within<br \/>\n               three months of the receipt<br \/>\n               thereof:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>     (2)      After the tenant has recovered<br \/>\n           possession of the land under sub<br \/>\n           section (1) he shall, subject to the<br \/>\n           provisions of this Act, hold the same<br \/>\n           on the terms and conditions on which<br \/>\n           he held it immediately before the<br \/>\n           termination of his tenancy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>     (3)     If the land holder fails to restore<br \/>\n           possession of the land to the tenant as<br \/>\n           provided in sub section (1) he shall be<br \/>\n           liable to pay such compensation to the<br \/>\n           tenant as may be determined by the<br \/>\n           Tahsildar for the loss suffered by the<br \/>\n           tenant on account of the eviction.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Explanation: For the purposes of this section,<br \/>\nreferences to a protected tenant shall include<br \/>\nreferences to the heirs mentioned in the<br \/>\nExplanation to section 40.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>46. Application for recovery of possession by<br \/>\ntenant: &#8211; If at any time the tenant makes an<br \/>\napplication to the Tahsildar and satisfies him<br \/>\nthat the landholder has failed to comply within<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                  9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        a reasonable time with the provision of Section<br \/>\n        45, the protected tenant shall be entitled on a<br \/>\n        direction by the Tahsildar to obtain immediate<br \/>\n        possession of the land to such compensation<br \/>\n        as may be awarded by the Tahsildar for any<br \/>\n        loss caused to the tenant by his eviction and<br \/>\n        by the failure of the landholder to restore or<br \/>\n        give possession of the land to him as required<br \/>\n        by the said section.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>9.      A bare perusal of these provisions reveals that a tenant<\/p>\n<p>is entitled to the recovery of        possession in case the owner<\/p>\n<p>does not cultivate the land personally or having commenced<\/p>\n<p>such cultivation discontinues the same within ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Section 2 (g) reads as under:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>             &#8221; &#8220;To cultivate personally&#8221; means to<br \/>\n             cultivate on one&#8217;s own account &#8211;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre>(i)     by one's own labour, or\n\n\n(ii)    by the labour of any member of one's family,\n        or\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<blockquote><p>(iii)   by servants on wages payable in cash or kind,<br \/>\n        but not in crop share or by hired labour under<br \/>\n        one&#8217;s personal supervision, or the personal<br \/>\n        supervision of any member of one&#8217;s family.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                     10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     It appears to be the conceded position that the personal<\/p>\n<p>cultivation that was allegedly carried on by Dilawar Ali Khan<\/p>\n<p>and his successors does not fall under sub clause (i) or (ii) and<\/p>\n<p>the dispute pertains to the cultivation envisaged under sub<\/p>\n<p>clause (iii).   It is the case of the land owners that they had<\/p>\n<p>been cultivating the land through Gopaiah and Hanumaiah<\/p>\n<p>and were paying them wages in kind. Mrs. K. Amareswari, the<\/p>\n<p>learned Senior counsel, has contended that from the evidence<\/p>\n<p>on   record     including      the    statements     of   Gopaiah   and<\/p>\n<p>Hanumaiah both recorded on 24th January, 1974 it was clear<\/p>\n<p>that they had cultivated the land on behalf of Dilawar Ali Khan<\/p>\n<p>on &#8220;Batai&#8221; basis i.e. on half share of the produce almost from<\/p>\n<p>the date that Dilawar Ali Khan had taken possession of the<\/p>\n<p>land in 1967.        It is therefore apparent that as the land was<\/p>\n<p>being cultivated by these two persons by giving a share of the<\/p>\n<p>crop to the landowners, it would not amount to personal<\/p>\n<p>cultivation.    The clarificatory circular issued in 1951 is not<\/p>\n<p>applicable      as   it   is   nobody&#8217;s   case     that   Gopaiah   and<\/p>\n<p>Hanumaiah were also sharing the expenses of the cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover this circular would not over ride the statutory<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             11<\/span><\/p>\n<p>provision 2(g)(iii) which was incorporated in the Act in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>We, are therefore, of the opinion that the appellant must<\/p>\n<p>succeed on this basis. We accordingly set aside the judgment<\/p>\n<p>and order of the High Court, and restore the order of the Joint<\/p>\n<p>Collector dated 16th June, 1977. No order as to costs.<\/p>\n<p>                                    &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                    (TARUN CHATTERJEE)<\/p>\n<p>                                      &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                     (HARJIT SINGH BEDI)<br \/>\nNew Delhi<br \/>\nDated: May 9, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Man Mohan &amp; Ors vs Mohd.Mohinuddin Ali Khan (Dead) &#8230; on 9 May, 2008 Author: H S Bedi Bench: Tarun Chatterjee, Harjit Singh Bedi REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5539 OF 2001 Man Mohan &amp; Ors. &#8230;.Appellants Versus Mohd. 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