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Delhi High Court<\/div>\n
Sukhcharan Singh vs Sh. Harbans Singh And Others on 21 April, 1998<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 1998 IIIAD Delhi 509, 73 (1998) DLT 283<\/div>\n
Author: L Prasad<\/div>\n
Bench: L Prasad<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
ORDER<\/p>\n
 Lokeshwar Prasad, J.<\/p>\n
 1.     This  order  shall  govern the disposal of an  application,  filed  on behalf  of  defendant  No.1  under  Section  151  of  the  Code  of   Civil
\nProcedure,1908(hereinafter  referred  to  as ‘the CPC’),  praying  for  the dismissal of the suit, filed by the plaintiff, on the ground that the  same stands abated due to the default on the part of the plaintiff in not bringing  on record the LRs of deceased defendant No.14, namely, Mrs.  Gurbachan Kaur within the prescribed time limit.\n<\/p>\n
 2.   The  facts relevant for the disposal of the above  mentioned  application, briefly stated, are that one Shri Jit Singh was a member of the  East Punjab  Railway  Refugee  Rehabilitation and  House  Building  Co-operative Society  Limited. He was allotted a piece of land on account of  his  being member of the above mentioned Society. The plaintiff Shri Sukhcharan  Singh has  filed  the present suit claiming himself as one of the  successors  of said Shri Jit Singh. The plaintiff, in the present suit has prayed for  the following reliefs:-\n<\/p>\n
      a)  that  a  decree for declaration be passed in  favour  of  the plaintiff  and against the defendant thereby declaring  that  the sale  deed\/lease deed dated 5.3.75 which was  executed  favouring the defendant No.1 by defendant No.4 and\/or defendant No.6 relating to plot No.B-16, Block-II, E.P.R. Refugee Rehabilitation  and House  Building  Society, and known as also Greater  Kailash  Enclave-II, New Delhi is illegal, ultra-vires, ineffective, bad-in-law  cannot  be enforced and in any manner does  not  confer  any lease hold rights or any other right on defendant No.1 or  otherwise the same is not binding on the plaintiff and defendants No.7 to 16;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      b)  that a decree for mandatory injunction be  passed  thereafter thereby  directing  the defendant No.4 and\/or 6  to  execute  the proper and requisite sale deed in favour of the plaintiff to  the extent of his share i.e. 50% alongwith either the defendants No.7 to  10 or 11 to 16 having granted the decree for declaration  for cancellation of the sale deed favouring defendant No.1;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      c) that a decree of possession be passed in favour of the  plaintiff  against  the  defendants No.1 to 3  and  also  be  effected against  defendants  No.4 to 6 while directing therein  that  the actual  and  physical possession of the plot No.B-16,  Block  II, E.P.R.  Refugee  Rehabilitation and House Building  Society,  and known as also Greater Kailash Enclave-II, New Delhi be  delivered to the plaintiff to the extent of their share;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      d)  that a decree of permanent injunction be passed in favour  of the  plaintiff and against the defendants No.1 to 3  thereby  restraining  permanently to make any construction or to  raise  any further  construction or otherwise to enter upon any contract  or otherwise to transfer the title or in any manner transfer possession except to the plaintiff and defendant No.7 to 10 or 11 to  16 or to raise any construction or to create any encumbrance on the plot bearing No.B-16, Block II, E.P.R. Refugee Rehabilitation and House  Building  Society, and known as also Greater  Kailash  Enclave-II, NewDelhi;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      e)  that a decree of mandatory injunction be passed in favour  of the  plaintiff and against the defendants No.1 to 3  thereby  directing to demolish and remove all sort of construction whatsoever has been raised on their risks and costs;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      f)  that the costs of the suit be also awarded to the  plaintiff; and <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      g)  Any other relief which this Court may deem fit and proper  in the  circumstances of the case may also be granted to the  plaintiff.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
 3.   The  claim of the plaintiff in the present suit, has been resisted  by defendants  1,2,3,4,6,12  & 13 who have filed written  statements.  On  the pleadings  of the parties the learned predecessor of this Court vide  order dated 6.8.84 has framed the following issues:-\n<\/p>\n
      1) Whether the suit has been properly valued for the purposes  of Court  fees  and  jurisdiction and for the relief  claim  by  the plaintiff? OPD-1(Onus objected to)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      2) Whether the present suit is within time? OPD-1 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      3) Whether the suit is bad for non-joinder of parties as per  the preliminary objection taken by defendant No.1? OPD <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      4) Whether the suit is liable to be dismissed for want of  notice under Section 53(A) and (B) and Section 90 of the Delhi Co-opera-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     tive Societies Act and if so to what effect? OPD-1 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      5)  Whether the plaintiff has a locus standi to file the  present suit? If, not to what effect? OPD-1 (Onus objected to)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      6) Whether the defendant No.1 is the adopted daughter and nominee of Jeet Singh? If, so to what effect? OPD-1 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      7) Whether the plaintiff is entitled to the relief claimed in the suit?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      8) Relief.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
 4.   Smt.  Mohinder Kaur, who initially was defendant No.1 expired and  her legal  heir Shri Harbans Singh has been brought on record vide order  dated the 15th November, 1994, passed by the learned predecessor of this Court in IA 9114\/92 and IA 9115\/92.\n<\/p>\n
 5.   In  the application (IA 8052\/90) it is stated that after the filing  of the  suit  Smt.Gurbachan Kuar(defendant No.14) died somewhere in  the  year 1982  and as the plaintiff has not brought on record the legal  representatives  of Smt.Gurbachan Kaur(defendant No.14), the present suit,  filed  by the plaintiff, stands abated and the same be dismissed with costs.\n<\/p>\n
 6.   The plaintiff has filed a detailed reply to the above mentioned application.  In the reply, filed on behalf of the plaintiff, it is stated  that defendant No.14 has not filed any written statement and has also failed  to appear and contest the suit. It is stated in the reply that the above  said defendant  was  not  interested in contesting the suit or  to  oppose  the pronouncement of judgment in favour of the plaintiff. It is prayed that the plaintiff  may  be exempted from substituting the legal heirs  of  deceased defendant  No.14 and the application filed on behalf of defendant  No.1  be
\ndismissed with costs.\n<\/p>\n
 7.   I  have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have also  carefully  gone through the documents\/material on record. The  learned  counsel for  defendant No.1\/applicant, during the course of arguments, stated  that defendant No.14 Smt.Gurbachan Kaur died in the year 1982 and as the  plaintiff  has failed to brought on record the LRs of the above said  defendant, the  present  suit  filed by the plaintiff stands abated and  the  same  is liable  to be dismissed with costs. On the other hand the  learned  counsel for  the plaintiff stated that defendant No.14 Smt.Gurbachan Kaur  has  already  been proceeded ex-parte in the present proceedings vide order  dated 4.3.82  and  she  has not filed any written statement and as  such  is  not opposed to the pronouncement of judgment in favour of the plaintiff. It was stated  by him that no relief in the present proceedings has  been  claimed against  the  above  said defendant. It was submitted by him  that  in  the presence  of the above facts this Court may exempt the plaintiff from  substituting the legal heirs of deceased defendantNo.14 and the above application,  filed on behalf of defendant No.1,be dismissed being devoid of  substance.\n<\/p>\n
 8.   The  only question for the consideration before this Court is  whether sub-rule (4) of Order 22 Rule 4 CPC, which empowers the Court to exempt the plaintiff from the necessity of substituting the legal representatives of a non-contesting  defendant can be invoked in the facts and circumstances  of the present case. The above said sub-rule has been inserted by the Code  of Civil  Procedure (Amendment) Act 1976, which was based on  the  recommendations  of  the Civil Justices Committee. The Civil Justices  Committee  had recommended  that  after the trial had commenced it should be open  to  the Court to absolve the plaintiff from the necessity to substitute the  representative  of the defendant who did not, in his life time filed  a  written statement  or who having done so did not appear to contest at the  hearing. It  was considered as device to avoid useless substitution  of  representatives on the death of a party.\n<\/p>\n
 9.   The words “whenever it thinks fit” occurring at the beginning of  subrule (4) are comprehensive enough to take within its sweep any stage of the suit for exercise of the discretion vesting in the Court under it till,  of course, the judgment is delivered and there is no apparent reason to  limit or curtail the scope of these words. It is a cardinal rule of  construction of  statutes that they should be construed according to the  intention  expressed in the Acts themselves. If the words of the statute are  themselves precise and unambiguous then no more can be necessary than to expound those words in their ordinary and natural sense. The golden rule of  construction as enunciated by Lord Wensleydale is that in constructing wills, and indeed statutes and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in  which case the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words may be modified so  as to  avoid the absurdity and inconsistency, but no further. (See  Craies  on Statute Law, 7th Edition at pages 84-85).\n<\/p>\n
 10.  In  my opinion, the Legislature has put two conditions while  applying the  provisions of O.22 R.4(4) CPC, and they are – (1) that  the  above said provision  will  apply  in a case where a defendant has failed  to  file  a written statement, or he having filed it, has failed to appear and  contest the  suit at the hearing, and (2) that this provision will apply  where  no order  of abatement has been recorded in the case. If the  abatement  order has already been recorded by the Court, then the provisions of O.22, R.4(4) CPC shall not apply. However if the aforesaid conditions are fulfillled, the Court can apply provisions of O.22 R.4(4) CPC at any time before the delivery of judgment.\n<\/p>\n
 11.  In the present suit, filed by the plaintiff, it is not in dispute  that deceased defendant No.14 Smt.Gurbachan Kaur has already been proceeded  exparte  vide  order dated 4.3.82 passed by the learned predecessor  of  this Court.  It  is also not in dispute that the above said  defendant  has  not contested the claim of the plaintiff as no written statement on her  behalf has  been  filed in the present proceedings. Moreover, no relief  has  been claimed in the present proceedings by the plaintiff against the above  said defendant.  In the presence of the above facts the correctness of which  is not  disputed by the parties, there is no escape from the  conclusion  that deceased  defendant No.14 Smt. Gurbachan Kaur was least interested in  contesting  the suit and, therefore, in my opinion, it is a fit case  for  the exercise  of discretion in favour of the plaintiff and exempt him from  the necessity of substituting the legal representatives of the deceased defendant No.14.\n<\/p>\n
 12.  In  view of the above discussion the question of the abatement of  the present  suit  does not arise and the application (IA  8052\/90),  filed  on behalf  of defendant No.1, deserved to be dismissed. Accordingly, the  same is  dismissed  with no order as to costs. The plaintiff  is  exempted  from substituting  the  legal representatives of the  deceased  defendant  No.14 Mrs.Gurbachan  Kaur  in the present proceedings. Let the  amended  memo  of parties be filed within four weeks.\n<\/p>\n
      IA stands disposed of in above terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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