{"id":29319,"date":"2008-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-karnataka-by-its-vs-sri-manjappa-so-obayya-on-16-december-2008"},"modified":"2017-08-11T19:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:59:44","slug":"the-state-of-karnataka-by-its-vs-sri-manjappa-so-obayya-on-16-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-karnataka-by-its-vs-sri-manjappa-so-obayya-on-16-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Karnataka By Its vs Sri Manjappa S\/O Obayya on 16 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The State Of Karnataka By Its vs Sri Manjappa S\/O Obayya on 16 December, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V.Jagannathan<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF' KARNATAKA AT BANGAL{&gt;uf?eE\nDated the 16\"\" day of December 2008     \n:BEFORE: _7 A,\nTHE HONBLE MRJUSTICE : v.JAGA1s::mj*:5;,Ar*;::: ._\n\nREGULAR SECOND APPEAIv.'{VNo'.'\"1.'SO6 \/-:20:Q6_  F.\n\nBETWEEN :\n\n1. The State of Kaxnataka,\nby its Chief Secretaxy,\nVidhana Soudha,  \nBangalore -- 560 001; _ 7\n\n2. The Range Forest Q\ufb01eer, V * . \nForest D1i';(se_,\"_Jagz\u00e9.:Iu1j, _V   f\n3. The Dis11*iet1'\u00a7',e11:;erv9it:)r of Fo\ufb01ests,\nDi\u00e9t\ufb01e-t  {)f\u20acice,\"- H \" '  '\nChitxadzu-ge..:  -- '\n ' '    \" ...ApPe11ams\n\n  (-B3}? szi'55'.;a...\"~eewdar, H.C..G.P. )\n\n *'3ii'3*4an\u00a7.aPPa:{\" .\n' L-S\/o_e.Oir::1\u00a7?3z;;'1,\"  about 52 years,\n\n--V ChitradU11'ga'Dist1'i&lt;:t.\n\nR} Q &#039;\u00a7{e1agote..V{t1lage,\nJagajur  4 5?&#039;? 528,\n\n.. . Respondent\n\nM  ~&#039;Regu1ar Seccmd Appeal \ufb01led under Section 100 of the\n\n  against the judgxznent and decree dated 12.4.2005\n\nV passed in R.A.No. 26912004 (URA 9\/ 2000) on the \ufb01ie of the\n\nPr}. Civil Judge {Sr.[}11.), I)avat1agere, dismissing the appeal\n\nand con\ufb01rming the judgment and decree dated 5.10.1999\n\n\n\n2\n\npassed in O.S.No. 41\/199?&#039; 011 the \ufb01le of the Civil Judge\n\n(Jr.D11.), Jagalur.\n\nThis appeal coming on for hearing this \n\ndelivexed the following :\n \u00bb\n\nHeard the learned Gove1*rl_vmer1fA.   \n\nappellants and the respondent, llthotlgh 1   ,\n\nremained unrepresented.\n\n*2.  lapprellants-State is that the\nlower   the appeal filed by it\n\nquestier1\u00a71lg\u00bbtl3e  of the trial court and in doing\n\n &#039;~   S\u20ac}, ilewer af)fpe11.ate court only considered the delay\n\n  by the appellants and on that score\n\naloxjlel  \ufb01led for condonation of delay was\n\n l&#039;V.,dismis$ed and consequently, the appeal was also\n\n   In other words, the lower appellate court\n\n.   dial not go into the merits of the ease at all and, as such,\n\n the submission made by the learned Government\n\nPleader is that the suit of the plainti\ufb01 being one for\n\npermanent; i11j:mction and as the suit property belongs\n\nJr\u00bb\n\n-6-&#039;\n\n\n\n3\n\nto the Government in the sense it is forest area, \n\ncourt could not have decreed the suit of  H\n\nwithout the revenue authorities being me:}.e&#039;pa1&#039;%:ies as&quot;  \n\nthe piainti\ufb01 has based his claim on a  7\n\nto have been issued in his\u00ab.___favoi5_1* V&#039; by  .1feve_nue  v\n\nauthorities. Therefore,    the\njudgment of the ma}  he that of the lower\nappellate  the matter\nneeds to      Yet another\nsubmission&#039;&quot;::osLei\u00a7:::_is  was issued to the\nGovernment  Section 80 of the C.P.C.\n\nand this  Venotherrfactor which ought to have ied\n\n V.  to  &quot;either suit by the trial court.\n\n   of the above submissions made and\n\n  the materiat on record and the\n\ncreasonsti gassigied by the lower appellate court, the\n\nA &#039;*?f&quot;sii&#039;:osta1&quot;itia1 questions of law which have been raised for\n\n  consideration needs to be answered and the said\n\n questions are as under:\n\ni) Whether the suit of the plainti\ufb01&#039; could not have\nbeen held to be maintainable in the absence of\n\n3*\n\n...I\n\n\n\n4\n\nnotice under Section 80 of the C.P.C. being iseued\nto the appellants? V \n\nii) Whether the lower appellate court vgas  \n\ndismissing the appeal on the   \nwithout considering the Ifeesons    \n\nappellants for the delay?\n\n4. A perusal of the judgments of  &quot; L&#039;\n\ndog not indicate as tn 80vv.no1loe was\nissued by the plaiI1ti\ufb02&quot;kto\u00e9&quot;&quot;and, therefore,\nWithout there   as to the\n   of a notice\nunder  trial court could not\nhave   the plaintiff and the lower\n\nappellate  alfso  the very same error in\n\n V&#039; &quot;&#039;not&quot;&#039;:teilciIi=g into  the Ieqtlirement of Section 80 of\n\n   &quot;   the \ufb01rst question of law is\n\n.    the View taken by the courts below.\n\n &quot;5,   as the dismissal of the appeal is concerned,\n\nA   of the judgment of the lower appellate court\n\n%    that the application \ufb01led by the State to condone\n\nA V  the delay was rejected as the delay was held to be not\n\nsatisfactorily explained and consequent to the dismissal\n\n\ufb01r\n\n..\n<\/pre>\n<p>responsibility and decisions are leisurely ta.ke_11__ at<\/p>\n<p>various levels and, therefore, it is not uneommoit<\/p>\n<p>delay would be deliberately caused in    <\/p>\n<p>revision by the Government.\n<\/p>\n<p>7. In the light of the arox\u00a7esa1di\u00ab1axarl_ia3dids\u00a7wn hm I4<\/p>\n<p>Apex Court, the lower appellsttf&#8217;-couit&#8217;sz(ssV  &#8216;V<\/p>\n<p>in refusing to condone&#8221;&#8221;tlie   ;x:Vii*s:fet11&#8217;nl&#8217;g&#8221;&#8221;&#8216;tlie appeal<br \/>\nand more so in a &#8216;V of  where the<\/p>\n<p>appellants have'{qj1est;ione:i&#8217;l  of<\/p>\n<p>the suit itse1f._l-44&#8243; taken by the lower<\/p>\n<p>appellate   in law is the answer<\/p>\n<p>to the second qtiesltio1i&#8217;of&#8217;lV;:a\\a*, for consideration.<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;*-hi &#8220;i:*;liei.~.&#8221;tres1;lt, &#8220;tliie&#8221;&#8221;eppeal is allowed and the<\/p>\n<p>jud\ufb01inentsl &#8216;  below are set aside and the<\/p>\n<p>   l  to the trial court for fresh<\/p>\n<p>  e eaispasal in eeoordanee with law.<\/p>\n<p>Sol ~51<br \/>\nJudge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court The State Of Karnataka By Its vs Sri Manjappa S\/O Obayya on 16 December, 2008 Author: V.Jagannathan IN THE HIGH COURT OF&#8217; KARNATAKA AT BANGAL{&gt;uf?eE Dated the 16&#8243;&#8221; day of December 2008 :BEFORE: _7 A, THE HONBLE MRJUSTICE : v.JAGA1s::mj*:5;,Ar*;::: ._ REGULAR SECOND APPEAIv.'{VNo&#8217;.'&#8221;1.&#8217;SO6 \/-:20:Q6_ F. 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