{"id":258987,"date":"1969-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1969-08-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/municipal-corporation-vs-sri-niyamatullaii-so-masitulla-on-21-august-1969"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T08:10:50","slug":"municipal-corporation-vs-sri-niyamatullaii-so-masitulla-on-21-august-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/municipal-corporation-vs-sri-niyamatullaii-so-masitulla-on-21-august-1969","title":{"rendered":"Municipal Corporation vs Sri Niyamatullaii S\/O Masitulla on 21 August, 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Municipal Corporation vs Sri Niyamatullaii S\/O Masitulla on 21 August, 1969<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 1971 AIR 97, 1970 SCR (2)\t 47<\/div>\n
Author: A Ray<\/div>\n
Bench: Ray, A.N.<\/div>\n
           PETITIONER:\nMUNICIPAL CORPORATION\n\n\tVs.\n\nRESPONDENT:\nSRI NIYAMATULLAII S\/O MASITULLA\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT:\n21\/08\/1969\n\nBENCH:\nRAY, A.N.\nBENCH:\nRAY, A.N.\nHEGDE, K.S.\n\nCITATION:\n 1971 AIR   97\t\t  1970 SCR  (2)\t 47\n 1969 SCC  (2) 551\n CITATOR INFO :\n RF\t    1976 SC1207\t (102)\n\n\nACT:\nIndore Municipal Act, 1909, s. 135-Suit declaring  dismissal\nillegal-Dismissal   order  without   jurisdiction-Limitation\nspecial plea not pleaded.\nLimitation-Special plea, whether must be pleaded.\n\n\n\nHEADNOTE:\nThe  respondent--an employee of\t the  appellant-Municipality\nfiled  a  suit for declaring his dismissal  illegal  as\t the\norder\tof  dismissal  was  not\t passed\t by  the   Municipal\nCommissioner  as required by s. 13 of the  Indore  Municipal\nAct, but was made by one G, who was then acting in place  of\nthe  Municipal Commissioner.  The trial court  accepted\t the\nrespondents  plea and decreed the suit.\t The District  Judge\nin  appeal  set aside the decree holding that the  suit\t was\nbarred by limitation as under s. 135(2) of the Act a suit in\nrespect\t of any act done under the Act by an officer of\t the\nMunicipality  had  to  be filed within\tsix  months  of\t the\nactual\tof  the\t cause\tof  action.   The  special  plea  of\nlimitation under s. 135(2) was not taken in the trial court,\nthough\tin  general terms a plea of limitation\twas  raised.\nThe:  High Court set aside the decree of the District  Judge\nand restored that of the trial court.  The High Court on the\nevidence  came\tto  the\t conclusion that  no  order  of\t the\nGovernment was produced to show that G, was appointed to act\nin  place of the Municipal Commissioner, and that the  order\nof  dismissal was passed by G, Dismissing the  appeal,\tthis\nCourt,\n    HELD: On the findings. the dismissal order passed by  G,\nwas beyond his jurisdiction.  The provisions contained in s.\n135  of the Act will be applicable to things done under\t the\nAct.   Since the order of  dismissal passed by G was  beyond\nhis  jurisdiction, it was, therefore, not an act done  under\nthe Act. [50 D---E]\n    If\tany special plea of limitation is a defence  such  a\ndefence\t of  limitation should be pleaded.  In\tthe  present\ncase  the Municipal Corporation did not plead s. 135 of\t the\nIndore\tMunicipal Act, 1909 as a defence.  Such a  plea\t was\nnot  taken  in the pleadings or in the trial court  and\t the\nDistrict Judge should not have entertained such a plea.\t [50\nC  D]\n    Bharat  Kala  Bhandar Ltd.,\t v.   Municipal\t  Committee,\nDhamnangaon<\/a>, [1965] 3 S.C.R. 499, followed.\n\n\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 1733 of 1966.
\n   Appeal  by  special leave from the  judgment\t and  decree
\ndated  March  30, 1966 of the  Madhya  Pradesh\tHigh  Court,
\nIndore Bench in Second Appeal No. 341 of 1964.
\nM.C. Bhandare and P.C. Bhartari, for the appellant.
\n    S.K.  Mehta,  A.P.\tTayal  and  K.L.  Mehta,   for\t the
\nrespondent
\n48<\/span>
\nThe Judgment of the Court was delivered by
\n    Ray, J.  This is an appeal from the judgment dated\t30th
\nMarch,\t 1966 of the High Court of Madhya  Pradesh   (Indore
\nBranch) allowing the appeal and setting aside the decree  of
\nthe  lower appellate court and restoring the decree  of\t the
\ntrial court with costs.\n<\/p>\n
    The\t plaintiff’s  suit  against  the  Indore   Municipal
\nCorporation was for a declaration that the dismissal of\t the
\nplaintiff  was illegal and that the plaintiff was  still  on
\nthe  post of Removal Sub Inspector and a decree against\t the
\ndefendant  for Rs. 7,488\/- on account of salary at the\trate
\nof  Rs.\t 104\/- p.m. from 15th April, 1953 till the  date  of
\ninstitution  of the suit, viz., 15th April, 1959  and  other
\nreliefs.   The\ttrial  court decreed the  suit.\t  The  lower
\nappellate  court  set  aside the  decree.   The\t High  Court
\nrestored the decree passed by the trial court.
\n    The\t case  of  the plaintiff Niyamatulla  was  that\t the
\nplaintiff  was\tsuspended  by the  order  of  the  Municipal
\nEngineer  dated\t 15th April, 1953.  One Shri  Ghatpande\t who
\nacted in place of the Municipal Commissioner in the month of
\nMay  1953  directed  the dismissal of  the  plaintiff.\t The
\nplaintiff contended that the dismissal could have been\tonly
\nunder  the  orders  of\tthe  Municipal\tCommissioner.\t The
\nplaintiff  further contended that there was  no\t opportunity
\ngiven to the plaintiff against the proposed dismissal.
\n    The\t defence of the Municipal Corporation was  that\t the
\nplaintiff  preferred  a\t review petition  to  the  Municipal
\nCommissioner   who   rejected  the  same.    The   plaintiff
\nthereafter  preferred an appeal to the Appeal  Committee  of
\nthe Municipal Corporation which was dismissed.\t Thereafter,
\na  revision  petition  against the order was  heard  by\t the
\nMinister-in-charge  of the Government of Madhya\t Bharat\t and
\nthe  same was rejected in the month of September,  1955.  It
\nwas, therefore, contended that the plaintiff had no right to
\nfile the suit.\tAnother defence was that the suit was barred
\nby limitation.\n<\/p>\n
    Counsel  for  the  appellant  canvassed  three  grounds.
\nFirst,\tthat  the  order of dismissal  was  valid  and\tShri
\nGhatpande  had jurisdiction to pass the order of  dismissal.
\nSecondly,  the suit was barred by limitation.  Thirdly,\t the
\nprovisions of section 135 of the Indore Municipality Act was
\na plea in bar of the suit.\n<\/p>\n
    The authority of Shri Ghatpande to dismiss the plaintiff
\nwas  based on the provisions contained in section 13 of\t the
\nIndore\tMunicipal  Act,\t 1909.\tSection\t 13  of\t the  Indore
\nMunicipal Act, inter alia, reads as follows:\n<\/p>\n
      “(1) The Municipal Commissioner for the City of Indore
\nshall, from time to time, be appointed by the Government.\n<\/p>\n
49<\/span><\/p>\n
\t\t     (2) (a) Leave of absence may be granted
\n\t      to  the  Commissioner,  from  time  to   time,
\n\t      according\t  to   the  Indore   Civil   Service
\n\t      Regulations.\n<\/p>\n
\t\t     (b)   During   such  absence   of\t the
\n\t      Commissioner  the Government may\tappoint\t any
\n\t      person  to act as Commissioner.  Every  person
\n\t      so  appointed  shall exercise the\t powers\t and
\n\t      perform  the duties conferred and\t imposed  by
\n\t      the Act or by any other enactment at the\ttime
\n\t      in  force,  on  the  person  for\twhom  he  is
\n\t      appointed to act, and shall be subject to\t the
\n\t      same liabilities, restrictions and  conditions
\n\t      to  which the said person is liable and  shall
\n\t      receive\tsuch  monthly  salary  as   may\t  be
\n\t      determined by the Government.\n<\/p>\n
In  order  to rest the defence on section 13 of\t the  Indore
\nAct,  it  has  to  be  first found  out\t that  there  is  an
\nappointment  by\t the  Government of any\t person\t to  act  as
\nCommissioner.  The finding of fact by the High Court is that
\nno  order of the Government was produced to show  that\tShri
\nGhatpande was appointed to act in place of Shri Rao who\t was
\nthe then Municipal Commissioner. The further finding of\t the
\nfact  was  that the order of dismissal was  passed  by\tShri
\nGhatpande.\n<\/p>\n
    The\t  defence  of  limitation  pleaded  by\tthe   Indore
\nMunicipal  Corporation was in general terms that  this\tsuit
\nwas  barred  by\t limitation.  The plaintiff  in\t the  plaint
\nalleged\t that the cause of action arose on 15th April,\t1953
\nand  on ist May, 1953 when the plaintiff was dismissed\tfrom
\nservice and on 11th January, 1954 when it was passed by\t the
\nAppeal\tCommittee of the Indore Municipality.  At the  trial
\nthe  plaintiff contended that the suit was well\t constituted
\nand  was  governed  by Article 120<\/a> of  the  Limitation\tAct<\/a>,
\n1908.\n<\/p>\n
    At\tthe  time of the hearing of the\t appeal\t before\t the
\nDistrict Judge,\t Indore,  the Municipal Corporation,  Indore
\ncontended that under section 135(2) of the Indore  Municipal
\nAct, 1909 a suit in respect of any act done or purporting to
\nbe  done  under\t the Act by an officer\tor  servant  of\t the
\nmunicipality or by any person acting under the order of\t the
\nGovernment  was to be filed within six months from the\tdate
\nof  the actual of the cause of action.\tThe  District  Judge
\naccepted the plea.  The alternative contention on behalf  of
\nthe Municipal Corporation before the District Judge was that
\nArticle\t 115<\/a> of the Limitation Act<\/a>, 1908 will apply  if\t the
\nspecial\t period of limitation prescribed by the Act did\t not
\napply.\tThe District Judge did not accept that contention on
\nthe reasoning that the plaintiff was not under any  contract
\nof  service  and  Article 115<\/a> applied  to  compensation\t for
\nbreach of
\n50<\/span>
\ncontract.   The District Judge held that Article 14<\/a>  of\t the
\nLimitation Act<\/a>, 1908 would apply when an order of an officer
\nin his official capacity was set aside and no special period
\nof limitation was prescribed.\n<\/p>\n
  In  the High Court the Municipal Corporation repeated\t the
\nplea  under section 135 of the Indore Municipal\t Act,  1909.
\nThe High Court, however, repelled that contention by holding
\nthat Shri Ghatpande was not the Commissioner when he  passed
\nthe   order,  and,  therefore,\tthe  order   being   without
\njurisdiction, the provisions contained in section 135(2)  of
\nthe   Indore  Municipal\t Act  were  inapplicable   and\t the
\nplaintiff’s  suit  was\tgoverned  by  Article  120<\/a>  of\t the
\nLimitation Act<\/a>, 1908.\n<\/p>\n
The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure enjoin that if
\nany  special plea of limitation is a defence such a  defence
\nof  limitation should be pleaded.  In the present case,\t the
\nMunicipal  Corporation\tdid  not plead section\t135  of\t the
\nIndore\tMunicipal Act, 1909 as a defence.  Such a  plea\t was
\nnot  taken  in the pleadings or in the trial court  and\t the
\nDistrict Judge should have not entertained such a plea.\t The
\nprovisions contained in section 135 of the Indore  Municipal
\nAct  will be applicable to things done under the Act. It  is
\nmanifest  that\tin the present case the order  of  dismissal
\npassed by Shri Ghatpande was beyond his jurisdiction
\nand is therefore not an act done under the Act.
\n    Furthermore, section 8(1)(b) of the Indore Act says that
\nthe Council shall bear the name of the Municipal Council  of
\nthe  Indore City and be a body corporate and have  perpetual
\nsuccession and a common seal and by such name may sue and be
\nsued.  A  distinction  is to be noticed\t between  suing\t the
\nMunicipal  Council  of the Indore City\tas  contemplated  in
\nsection\t  8(1)(b)<\/a>   of\tthe  Act  and  suits   against\t the
\nCommissioner  or any officer or servant of the\tMunicipality
\nor  any person acting under the direction of the  Government
\nor  the Commissioner as contemplated in section 135<\/a>  of\t the
\nsaid  Municipal Act.  One of the purposes of section 135  of
\nthe  Municipal\tAct  is to, afford  an\topportunity  to\t the
\npersons\t mentioned in the section to make amends within\t the
\nperiod\tof  notice. The suit that was filed in\tthe  present
\ncase  was not in respect of any act done or purported to  be
\ndone under the Act.\n<\/p>\n
    This  Court in the case of Bharat Kala Bhandar  Ltd.  v.
\nMunicipal  Committee, Dhamangaon<\/a>(1) examined the  provisions
\nof   section   48  of  the  Central  Provinces\t and   Berar
\nMunicipalities\tAct,  1922 which was to the effect  that  no
\nsuit  shall  be\t instituted against  any  Committee  or\t any
\nmember,\t officer  or servant thereof or\t any  person  acting
\nunder  the direction of any such committee, member,  officer
\nor  servant  for anything done or  purporting  to  be\tdone
\nunder the Act, until the expiration of two months next after
\nnotice
\n(1) [1965] 3 S.C.R. 499.\n<\/p>\n
51<\/span><\/p>\n
in  writing stating the cause of action, the name and  place
\nof abode of the intending plaintiff and the relief which  he
\nclaims.\t Section      48<\/a> of the said Central  Provinces\t and
\nBerar  Municipalities Act further provided that\t every\tsuch
\nsuit shall be dismissed unless it was instituted within\t six
\nmonths\tfrom the date of the actual of the cause of  action.
\nThe  appellant in that case contended that it was a case  of
\nrecovery  of  an illegal tax and therefore a claim  for\t its
\nrefund fell outside the provisions of section 48<\/a> of the said
\nAct. The respondent, on the other hand, contended there that
\nthe collection of tax was not without jurisdiction but\tonly
\nirregular  and therefore the suit would be in respect  of  a
\nmatter purporting to be done under the Act.  This Court held
\nthat where power existed to assess and recover a tax up to a
\nparticular limit the assessment or recovery of an amount  in
\nexcess was wholly without jurisdiction. To such a case,\t the
\nstatute\t under which action was purported to be taken  could
\nafford\tno  protection.\t On logic  and\tprinciple  the\tsame
\nreasoning applies to the provisions contained in section 135
\nof  the Indore Municipal Act, 1909 with the result that\t the
\nsuit  in  the  present case is not within  the\tmischief  of
\nsection 135 of the Indore Municipal Act.\n<\/p>\n
For these reasons, the appeal fails and is dismissed with
\ncosts.\n<\/p>\n
y.p.\t\t\t\t\t\t      Appeal\ndismissed.\n52<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India Municipal Corporation vs Sri Niyamatullaii S\/O Masitulla on 21 August, 1969 Equivalent citations: 1971 AIR 97, 1970 SCR (2) 47 Author: A Ray Bench: Ray, A.N. PETITIONER: MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Vs. RESPONDENT: SRI NIYAMATULLAII S\/O MASITULLA DATE OF JUDGMENT: 21\/08\/1969 BENCH: RAY, A.N. BENCH: RAY, A.N. HEGDE, K.S. 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