{"id":28057,"date":"2008-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shivappa-vs-b-thippanna-on-26-september-2008"},"modified":"2014-01-29T19:53:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:23:43","slug":"shivappa-vs-b-thippanna-on-26-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shivappa-vs-b-thippanna-on-26-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Shivappa vs B Thippanna on 26 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Shivappa vs B Thippanna on 26 September, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: V.Jagannathan<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF' KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDated the 26*' day of September 2008\n: B E F' O R E :\nTHE HONBLE MRJUSTICE : V.JAGANNATHAN_ '\nREGULAR SECOND APPEAL No. 531 1 2007:\n\nBETWEEN :\n\n1. Shivappa,   \nAged 50 years. 1 '\n\n2. Siddappa,\nAged 47 ycaxs.\n\nBoth s\/0 late Easappa,\nShivaganahaily    -- \nDavanagere 'Ta11i1\u00a7F'-5777 Gm;  .\n\n =   Sr. Advocate. )\nA N D:  \"\n\n =  V\n\n V'  . Aged 63 yams, S\/tf\ufb01\u00e9erappala\n'SiddaP13a,--.Baiiur village.\n\n  \"'pava:;::ge:e' fgiiuk -- 577 001.\n\n... Respondent<\/pre>\n
 ..  Second Appeai \ufb01led under Section 100 of the<\/p>\n
 nC;’..”P.CV.”agai11st the judment and decree dated 16.12.2066
\n”   in R.A.No. 77\/ 2001 on the \ufb01le of the Add}. Sessions
\n‘Judge, Fast Track Court~E, Davanagerc, dismissing the<\/p>\n
‘”appeal and con\ufb01rming the judgment and decree dated<\/p>\n
20.4.2001 passed in C}.S.No. 56\/1992 on the \ufb01le of the Prl.
\nCivil Judge (Jr. 1331.), Davanagtzrc.<\/p>\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
defendants tried to cause damage to the band, he,
\napprehending irreparable damage that would be caused
\nto his land, approached the trial eouxt for the felgief of<\/p>\n
declaration to the effect that he is ‘tip<\/p>\n
possession of suit ‘A’ schedule  h t’  <\/p>\n
injunc\ufb01on against the  :4<\/p>\n
them from destroying ti1eVb.Lu’1d,’Vu*1_1:ichis   >’<\/p>\n
schedule as ‘ABCD’. The    on the
\nsale deeti under
\nby him in theeyear   one ‘  @<\/p>\n
:61″  on 27.10.1975.\n<\/p>\n
It is  {render had raised a loan of<\/p>\n
R.-:~:.;1;.’5_O()    Cmoperative Agriculturai<\/p>\n
 ”   Bank Ltd., Davanagere, by<\/p>\n
I   land measuring 9 acres and 16 guntas<\/p>\n
arm folzagving the loan being discharged, the suit<\/p>\n
   A.ptjepe11::y was subsequentiy sold by the aforesaid vendor<\/p>\n
‘  Hax\ufb01umanthappa in faveur of the plainti\ufb02’.<\/p>\n
‘ V  The defendants contested the said suit by taking<\/p>\n
up the contention that while it is not in dispute that the<\/p>\n
plaintiff is the owner of the land in S.No. 24\/2, but the<\/p>\n
\u00ab$3<\/p>\n
4<\/span>
\nsaid land measiares only 8 acres and not 9 acres and 13<\/p>\n
guntas as claimed by the plaintiff and, therefoxi\ufb01. the<\/p>\n
plaintiff is making an unlawful claim to  \u00ab.1<\/p>\n
acre and 13 guntas of land which   <\/p>\n
defendants’ property. It was alsofj. t1,1e’:  X ‘<\/p>\n
defendants that the f1rst,riefen(l\u00e9lnl:”s  L,<\/p>\n
purchased 5 acres of  2   on
\n17.11.1972 and i3t’oi1i\u00ab.o:1e  6 acres and
\n32 guntas on 5.6.   one Doddappa<\/p>\n
2 acres of    these purchases<\/p>\n
   under registered sale
\ndeeds} Thercfo1;e,’\u00abil”1e_:”iotaI extent of land belonging to<\/p>\n
the xiefenulests  13 acres and 32 guntas of land.<\/p>\n
–    admitted the existence of band<\/p>\n
   side of the plaintiffs land and also<\/p>\n
piit 11;)’  contention that the bund was put up by the<\/p>\n
   udefentia\ufb01nts for the purpose of pumpset water channel<\/p>\n
“‘.3?\u00a2E;ieh Water channel or canal is situated in the<\/p>\n
 ” ” ” iclefendants’ land.\n<\/p>\n
4. The aformaid pleadings led the trial court to frame<\/p>\n
necessary issues and, after oonsidering the evidence<\/p>\n
%<\/p>\n
5<\/span><\/p>\n
piace\u00e9 by the parties, the trial court eaame to the<\/p>\n
eonciusion that the defendants’ total extent of land<\/p>\n
could not be more than 12 acres and 16  of<\/p>\n
the orignal extent of 24 acres and 32 <\/p>\n
half of the said extent was sold   in <\/p>\n
respect of the mortgage   \u00e9byfouevoof ‘<\/p>\n
the defezldants  Ma11.*1tie\u00a7{apf.ia,,_  The;e:’o;~e., ma; ,<\/p>\n
court accepted the case of   decreed the
\nsuit as mentioned   appe\ufb01ate court<\/p>\n
concurred with the   thc appeal<\/p>\n
prefej\ufb01ea  the 3 V  V\n<\/p>\n
5.  have t   “}eaI’ned senior counsel Shri<\/p>\n
C.’\u00a7’eganaiasi\ufb011ha .’i?*-arm the appellants and the soie<\/p>\n
 \u00ab:espoii(ie_\u00a31’i:,_ though served, has remained absent and is<\/p>\n
 .V_ti’-ms  I have aise perused the records of<\/p>\n
t\ufb01is ca.se’.v ”\n<\/p>\n
“it: E The substantial question of law that is raised by<\/p>\n
   this court for consideration is as under:<\/p>\n
“Whether the courts below were justi\ufb01ed in
\ndeclaring the titie ef the plainti\ufb02’ over the<\/p>\n
$64′<\/p>\n
6<\/span><\/p>\n
suit schedule property in excess of 10 acres<\/p>\n
55\/; guntas acting on the basis of the
\nmeasurement gven in the sale certi\ufb01eate
\nthough in the registered partition A’
\nthe brothers the property which has
\nhis share is 10 acres 5% guntas ?_’.’~.\u00ab. ‘tie   .<\/p>\n
7. The learned senior co1_insel’_’ T fer <\/p>\n
submitted that both the  e1’i’ed__   the L’<\/p>\n
fact that the actua1;..extente.–et’i_wl1leh~wa:\u00a7 available
\nfor the ceurt aectieh “L.  it.) acres and 5%<\/p>\n
guntas, whj1ch;W.i_s  .__of \ufb02lalmdevappa, and<\/p>\n
folloxveing ”    _ etltered into between the
\nmembe:_s’a:’  1952, Mahacievappa was<\/p>\n
giveiz _1() uuaetjes   guntas of land towards the<\/p>\n
 f’pQrtiorl’mei; S.No. 24 and Basappa was given 7<\/p>\n
K    of land to the SGL1th6I’I} side of the<\/p>\n
said sway Imntxber and Hanumanthappa was given 7<\/p>\n
  as a<:__I'esV"'1..2-"\/4 guntas of land and thus the total extent of<\/p>\n
l  measuring 24 acres and 32 guntae was divided as<\/p>\n
l V'  the above portions being allotted te each one of<\/p>\n
them. Therefore, the property which had fallen to the<\/p>\n
share of Mahadevappa was not 10 acres and 5% guntas<\/p>\n
%<\/p>\n
7'
\nof land and it was this extent of land that was the
\nsubject matter of the court sale in O.S.No. 14\/195152<\/p>\n
filed by the mortgagee for recovery of the amewoiiie. due<\/p>\n
from the mortgagor. Therefore, the actual e:CLei1[t<\/p>\n
that was actually brought to sale was oI1}.\u00a7,r,_'4_:f\u00a7{)V   <\/p>\n
5% guntae of land and not more:.th\u00e9:1i' 4'  '<\/p>\n
trial cour'i as well as the.\u00bbio\ufb015._7er aappe\ufb02atee.'ee}q:Ei;_V.Ver'\u00a7\u00a7'edd  u<\/p>\n
not noticing this fact but  gene end':  record their
\n\ufb01ndings based on'    which the<\/p>\n
plaintiff purchased the  ivj\ufb01anumantilappa,<\/p>\n
son  xi  theeefore, contended that when
\nthe  " in his pleadings that his<\/p>\n
langiand large at" {\ufb01e defendants are separated by a<\/p>\n
 jg: gamed; that the band beiongs to both the<\/p>\n
I   such, the extent of land upto the band to<\/p>\n
the eastegigside of the p1ai1'1ti\ufb01"'s1a:r1d alone could be the<\/p>\n
   eearea iii\ufb01regard to which the plainti\ufb01 can claim absolute<\/p>\n
'"'..vo'WI:1erst1ip but not in respect of the area which fails<\/p>\n
  ' V "ou1:s'1de the bund area and falling within the area of the<\/p>\n
defendants' land. Therefore, the courts beiow have not<\/p>\n
appreciated the evidence of the parties \ufb01om proper<\/p>\n
V<\/p>\n
3<\/span>
\nangle and have merely gone on by the documents
\nproduced by the plain\ufb01\ufb01’. The documents produced by
\nthe defendants particularly, the sketch maps E1;’s.D\u00ab-43<\/p>\n
and 1344 ixidicate that the land that is tzlaimgi-;d:<\/p>\n
plaintiff falls autside the bund area  4′ <\/p>\n
defandants’ property, which i.swr1pt ”  *{;_’rj1<'\u00e9u ' 1. <\/p>\n
piainti\ufb01' himself as could be seenkrrkanqj me \ufb01gs<\/p>\n
such, the fmdings of     L\u00bb<\/p>\n
perverse and cont1'a1<}{ to  \u00e9ii\ufb01r\ufb01ittsd f\u00e9,C'i;;=;. as: emerging<\/p>\n
fmm the pleadings  'ci' '\u00a3116.,  as such, the
\njudgm\u00e9\ufb01ts tmelg\ufb01\u00e9require to be modi\ufb01ed by<\/p>\n
h0ldi\ufb01gV__t\u00a71\u00a31t  at the most, be deciared<\/p>\n
as j:;"–:e_ owiiefii of  land extending upto the bund<\/p>\n
 "   tIt\u20acic:.g\u00a7aste:i;1;side and not bayond that.<\/p>\n
   " of the submissions mada and having<\/p>\n
c.\u20ac\u00a7;1**3fL1i13r-gone through the entire material on record, I<\/p>\n
   *\u00a7.I__1\u00a7I\u00a7 \u00e9tr\ufb01augh fares in the contentions put forward by the<\/p>\n
 '..VVl\u00e9ai'r1ed senior counsel far the appellants and this<\/p>\n
V' " " canciusion of mine is based on the following reasaning.<\/p>\n
%<\/p>\n
9<\/span><\/p>\n
9. The plaintiff himself has admitted in the course of
\nhis pleadhzgs that at paragaph-5 thus:<\/p>\n
“5. . . . . .. The plaintiff sizbmits that the st1i?t;*.t
\nproperty and the iands which are
\neastern side are separated by a   A
\nruns from north to south, _ _ V
\nabout one feet in height I:\n<\/p>\n
width. Towaxwis the eae’tez1*11_. side,.”_t’nf ”  V’
\nband, there is a’    ‘of:\n<\/p>\n
defendants prqvided \ufb02ow\u00bb of ivate; \ufb02ow
\nthere is  jaeragfe ‘in the land of<\/p>\n
the plaintiff.   the<\/p>\n
  fully aware of the
\n the eastern side of
\nthe Thus the bum is<\/p>\n
 h’ the  material of the property
\n Ehelexeging  plainti\ufb02’ and the defendant”<\/p>\n
  of the plaint, referring to the cause of<\/p>\n
aetierit the plaintiff has stated thus in iegard to the<\/p>\n
 .. ” exigsteiice of the band:\n<\/p>\n
“7. Cause of action for the suit has arisen
\nfrom 31.12.1991 when the defendant tried to
\ndestroy the band which is in between the
\nsuit property and property’ ef the defendants<\/p>\n
%.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a39<\/p>\n
and thereby tried to interfere with the
\npeaceful possession and enjeyme\ufb01t ef the
\nsuit pmperty by the plaintiff.  ….”<\/p>\n
10. alt is, therefore, very clear from the aboge<\/p>\n
of the plaintj\ufb01’ in his own plcmdmgs that V’ <\/p>\n
the hand between his   else \u00bb7 AV<\/p>\n
defendants is admitted a31d_ fm\ufb023ef,._the  <\/p>\n
that his iand exists ts the””eTa:\u00a7s$em si\u20ac3_.e’  b1mdV
\nand beyond that is   :.~-glefe\ufb01\ufb01iaiits. Now,
\nthe question is as te_W_vFw1t  land that the<\/p>\n
p1ajx;zj\ufb01e;*;.\u00a7g;\u00ab;.se    the plaintiff is that the<\/p>\n
exterft 9 ‘e1\u00a7d\u00ab of land. The faetum of<\/p>\n
pa1ftiti012L’I;ajri;1g’V–ta&};.;\u00a7f1.– 331333 among the members of the<\/p>\n
   fs’jiiii3J”‘iVs not disputed and in the partition<\/p>\n
    on 24.3.1952, the shares aiiotted to each<\/p>\n
one of .th_e\u00a7,-{fires family members were as under:<\/p>\n
 A Mahsqlevappa – 18 acres — 5% games {northern portion)<\/p>\n
 Bssappa -\u00bb 7 acres -14 guntas {southern portion)<\/p>\n
   _ ._ Hanumappa<\/p>\n
7 acres —– 123\/: guntas<\/p>\n
Total ~ 24 acres —-~ 32 guntas<\/p>\n
G<\/p>\n
11<\/span><\/p>\n
Thus, the total extent; of land avaiiable in S.N0. 24
\ncomes tr: 124 acres and 32 guntas in 22:11. It is  an<\/p>\n
admitted fact that following the moxtgage deed’ <\/p>\n
by Mahade:va.ppa, the interest of Mahadeveig\ufb01pa\u00e9e <\/p>\n
224 was brought to sale and aisjjer   1 i <\/p>\n
the extent of land that was the  mdt\u00a7:e:’\u00bb.0f <\/p>\n
proceeding was mentionedd’-dhalfyhof _thed :.%:o1i”a1’V’e5:tVent of
\nland in S.No. 24. I\ufb02~9the1*’iiz\u20acefdSV,””it_’was; deexieuued that
\nMahadevappa’s interesizd  \u00a30 _.t.\u00a7ieA.’.:e\u00a7\u00a7Lent of 12 acres<\/p>\n
and 16 gu:i:t;z\u00a7_e:fr3f   the sale teak<\/p>\n
place    Changed hands and
\nu1tiII1z:{t.e_1jr’,11   ims that he purchased from<\/p>\n
one “1-Ianuarrxaxjt\ufb01apdvpaundel” a regstered sale deed, 9<\/p>\n
   “L3  cf iand on 27.10. 1975.\n<\/p>\n
 ._  ” d.\u00a73fe11dan\u00a3s have also relied on Various sale<\/p>\n
deeds._fo’eentend that the total extent of land purchased<\/p>\n
 A. by the defendants was 13 acres and 32 guntas and this<\/p>\n
 is -arm ed at on the basis of the foliowing<\/p>\n
1′ “dpurehases. The defendants’ brether Siddappa<\/p>\n
gaurchased 5 acres from one Thippaiah under a<\/p>\n
registered sale deed dated 17.11.1972. The very same<\/p>\n
V<\/p>\n
defen\u00e9ants’ brother purchased 6 acres and 32 guntas
\nfrom {me B.G.Tl1ippesWa:my wider a registered sale deed<\/p>\n
dated 5.6.1985. The same person also  2<\/p>\n
acres from one Doddappa under a registered’   <\/p>\n
dated 5.9. \u00a3980. Thus, the totzfai”e>tte1’1t-‘_4’0f\u00bbi;oVV ‘ j x<\/p>\n
13 acres and 32 guntas cf   all<\/p>\n
12. in the face of the  evlr1er1ee~.  the
\ntrial court; was in error  tllllevextejllt of land
\navailable to the  vllt;:.ere than 12 acres<\/p>\n
and 15 gum.as;a~\u00abr%.To:’ lar1d.:: ems  of the trial com<\/p>\n
is en’ “that, during the sale, 50% of
\nthe totele’-e\ufb01itexlt  was brought to sale and thus,<\/p>\n
acre’S’eLn.d*32 gurutae in S.N\u20ac).24, 12 acres and<\/p>\n
 L’ eecame the subject matter of the sale. This<\/p>\n
‘i33fereneef’i._of’ the trial court: is totally erreneous an\u00e9<\/p>\n
 contrery to the very documents produced by the<\/p>\n
A “if rlefendants. When the extent of land that fell to the<\/p>\n
V.   Vl\u00e9share of Mahadevappa was er\ufb02y 10 agree and 5%<\/p>\n
gunizas of land, there seas no ques\ufb01on of the said extent
\nof land going beyond that \ufb01gure and it could not have<\/p>\n
been taken as 12 acres and 16 guntae cf larid. Merely<\/p>\n
\ufb01g:\n<\/p>\n
because the documents subsequent to the auction sale<\/p>\n
by the court reflected that what was sold w.es:V:1″\u00a7\ufb02’eeres<\/p>\n
and 16 guntas of land, yet, the fact   <\/p>\n
more than 10 acres and 5% g7Li\ufb01tas\u00ab of’.-.’1antttV:co_1t}Vd~ithzsvfe ti’ <\/p>\n
been the subject matter of the <\/p>\n
extent that is shown in thesaile. cteedt   <\/p>\n
13. In the light of   it therefore
\nbecomes ciea;f”t.1:1at  extent of land
\ncomes to.    the claim of the
\n  9 acres and 18 guntas,
\ntherefore,”  in the face of the evidence
\nplaced  S  the Courts below committed<\/p>\n
s.e_f’io\u00a7  “ih11ot\u00ab’proper1y appreciating the case of the<\/p>\n
   of the stand taken by them and the<\/p>\n
5px*oduced by the respective sides. When<\/p>\n
the has stated categorically in his plaint that<\/p>\n
A “it  land extends enly upto the build and beyond the<\/p>\n
h   Hbund is the land of the defendants, and when both the<\/p>\n
parties have also produced necessaxy sketch aleng with
\ntheir pleadings, the question of the trial court declaring<\/p>\n
the plaintiff as the absolute owner in respect of an area<\/p>\n
:4
\nmeasuxing 9 acres and 13 gtmtas of land does not arise<\/p>\n
becauee, if that were to be accepted, then, <\/p>\n
land will extend beyond the bund   <\/p>\n
I between the land of the    of  <\/p>\n
defendants as indicated    <\/p>\n
Moreover, it is not the pleading of\u00bb tlle   L’<\/p>\n
land extends beyond the {he bund.
\nwhen such are the  the evidence on<\/p>\n
record, both’ jt;h__e  below xveyfe’ not justi\ufb01ed in<\/p>\n
declaring.    the extent of laad<\/p>\n
thatifelllvto  jvoialyialgadevappa was only 10 acres
\nand 5A%\u00e9i;..V_g’11;1tas_. not more than that.<\/p>\n
143 ~  has al$o’eofI.1e ‘on record from the evidence of the<\/p>\n
  outvdflll\ufb01 acres and 5% guntas of land ihat<\/p>\n
I    of Mahadevappa, 3 acres was sold and<\/p>\n
What  was only 7 aeree and 5% guntas of land<\/p>\n
   do e.\u00a5; tl1e”1l1ost. ‘Yherefore, even leaked from this angle, the<\/p>\n
llgioseibility of the plairlti\ufb01’-S total extent: of land covemg<\/p>\n
‘ V  area of 9 acres and 13 guntas cannot be accepted as<\/p>\n
a possibility from the over all pleadings and the evidence<\/p>\n
placed on record.\n<\/p>\n
f<\/p>\n
%”~ckb!9 T  *.\n<\/p>\n
1.5. For the aforesaid reasons, the substantial cf\ufb01es\ufb01on<\/p>\n
of law is answered in the negative  f fiiiac<\/p>\n
foilowing order:\n<\/p>\n
The appea} is ailowed.   \ufb01ie ‘<\/p>\n
courts below declaring Vtixfu   \u00ab.al\u00a7:\u00a3g.r\u00a71ut::\u00a75 L.<\/p>\n
owner of an extent cf 9 acf\u00e9s   “‘:cas ;of land in
\nS.No. 24\/2 is set as\u00a7\u00a7{::, tiV11t;_itl.iaili\u00e9di\ufb01ed by ebsezving
\nthat the plaintiif is  0}’ the land in the<\/p>\n
aforesaid  __.I}11i33En2_:i’ e_2s:Vt,c::_I:1’t:iiV.i*1g”‘ upto the bund on<\/p>\n
the    iand.\n<\/p>\n
Sd\/-&
\nJudge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Shivappa vs B Thippanna on 26 September, 2008 Author: V.Jagannathan IN THE HIGH COURT OF’ KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE Dated the 26*’ day of September 2008 : B E F’ O R E : THE HONBLE MRJUSTICE : V.JAGANNATHAN_ ‘ REGULAR SECOND APPEAL No. 531 1 2007: BETWEEN : 1. 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