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Ravi S/O Govindraddi Budihal vs Sri Tirakreddy S/O Yallareddy Budihal
2025 Latest Caselaw 4338 Kant

Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 4338 Kant
Judgement Date : 24 February, 2025

Karnataka High Court

Ravi S/O Govindraddi Budihal vs Sri Tirakreddy S/O Yallareddy Budihal on 24 February, 2025

Author: Suraj Govindaraj
Bench: Suraj Govindaraj
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                              IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,
                                       DHARWAD BENCH
                          DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025
                                            BEFORE
                         THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ
                         WRIT PETITION NO. 100035 OF 2025 (GM-CPC)
                 BETWEEN:

                 RAVI S/O. GOVINDRADDI BUDIHAL,
                 AGE: 56 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE AND ADVOCATE,
                 RESIDENT OF SHISHWINHALLI,
                 TQ: NAVALAGUND, DISTRICT: DHARWAD-581209.
                                                                 ...PETITIONER
                 (BY SRI. D.L. LADKHAN, ADVOCATE)
                 AND:

                 1.     SRI. TIRAKREDDY S/O. YALLAREDDY BUDHIHAL,
                        SINCE DECEASED HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES
                        ALREADY ON RECORD AS PETITIONER NO.2 AND 3


                 2.     SMT. KASTURIBAI W/O. TIRAKAREDDY BUDIHAL,
                        SINCE DECEASED HER LEGAL
                        REPRESENTATIVE ALREADY
                        ON RECORD AS PETITIONER NO.3.
ASHPAK
KASHIMSA
MALAGALADINNI
                 3.     SMT. SHASHIKALA @ YALLAMMA
Location: HIGH
COURT OF
                        W/O. ASHOK PATIL,
KARNATAKA
DHARWAD
                        AGE: 59 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK,
BENCH
                        R/O. C/O. ASHOK A. PATIL,
                        HOUSE OF ASHOK A. MATHAD,
                        WARD NO.5, ANANDNAGAR, MUDHOL,
                        DISTRICT: BAGALAKOT- 587313.

                 4.     SMT. YAMUNAVVA W/O. GOVINDRADDI BUDHIHAL,
                        AGE: 76 YEARS, OCCUPATION: HOUSEHOLD WORK,
                        RESIDENT OF SHISHWINHALLI,
                        TQ: NAVALAGUND,
                        DISTRICT: DHARWAD-581209.
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5.    RITIKA D/O. TIMMARADDI INAMATI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCCUPATION: STUDENT,
      RESIDENT OF SHISHWINHALLI,
      TQ: NAVALAGUND, DISTRICT: DHARWAD- 581209.

6.    SILPA D/O. TIMMARADDI INAMATI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCCUPATION: STUDENT,
      RESIDENT OF SHISHWINHALLI,
      TQ: NAVALAGUND,
      DISTRICT: DHARWAD- 581209.

7.    SMT. SUMANGALA @ SUMA
      W/O. KRISHNARADDI CHAPPARADAR,
      AGE: 52 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK,
      RESIDENT OF NEGALUR,
      TQ & DIST: HAVERI- 581213.

8.    SMT. SHASHIKALA
      W/O. HANAMRADDI GANGARADDI,
      AGE: 34 YEARS, OCCUPATION: HOUSEHOLD WORK,
      RESIDENT OF YARGATTI,
      TQ: SAUNDATTI, DISTRICT: BELGAUM-591129.

9.    SRI. SRINIVAS S/O. GOVINDRADDI BUDIHAL,
      AGE: 48 YEARS, OCCUPATION: AGRICULTURE,
      RESIDENT OF SHISHWINHALLI,
      TQ: NAVALAGUND, DISTRICT: DHARWAD- 581209.

10.   SMT. PADMAVATI
      W/O. HANAMANTGOUDA JEEWANGOUDAR,
      AGE: 68 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK,
      RESIDENT OF MAIDUR,
      TQ: RANEBENNUR,
      DISTRICT: HAVERI - 581115.

      SINCE DECEASED HER LEGAL
      REPRESENTATIVE ON RECORD AS
      RESPONDENT NO.11 TO 15.

11.   HANAMANTGOUDA
      S/O. GOVINDAGOUDA JEEWANGOUDAR
      AGE: 81 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/O. MAIDUR, TQ: RANEBENNUR,
      DISTRICT: HAVERI - 581115.
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12.   RAJASHEKHAR GOUDA
      S/O. HANAMANTGOUDA JEEWANGOUDAR,
      AGE: 64 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      RESIDENT OF MAIDUR, TQ: RANEBENNUR,
      DISTRICT: HAVERI - 581115.

13.   RAGUGOUDA
      S/O. HANAMANTGOUDA JEEWANGOUDAR,
      AGE: 64 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      RESIDENT OF MAIDUR, TQ: RANEBENNUR,
      DISTRICT: HAVERI - 581115.

14.   SMT. GEETA W/O. LAXMARADDI SAWKAR,
      AGE: 60 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEWIFE,
      C/O. LAXMARADDI VENKARADDI SAWKAR,
      MANJUNATH NAGAR, OPP- N.V.HOTEL,
      TQ: RANEBENNUR, DISTRICT: HAVERI - 581115.

15.   SMT. SHASHIKALA W/O. RAVI BUDIHAL,
      AGE: 51 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEWIFE,
      C/O. RAVI GOVINDRADDI BUDIHAL,
      R/O. SHISHUVINHALLI, TQ: ANNIGERI,
      DISTRICT: DHARWAD. 581209.

16.   SUNIT S/O. HANAMARADDI KIRESUR,
      AGE: 30 YEARS, OCCUPATION: NOT KNOWN,
      R/O. SHISHUVINHALLI, TQ: NAVALAGUND,
      DIST: DHARWAD-581209.

17.   PRADEEP S/O. HANAMARADDI KIRESUR,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCCUPATION: STUDENT,
      RESIDENT OF SHISHUVINHALLI,
      TQ: NAVALAGUND, DISTRICT: DHARWAD- 581209.

18.   THE CHAIRMAN OF VPC
      (GRAMA PANCHAYAT)
      SHISHUVINAHALLI, TQ: NAVALAGUND,
      DISTRICT: DHARWAD- 581209.
                                                ...RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. N.P. VIVEKMEHTA, ADVOCATE FOR C/R3;
    R4-R18 NOTICE DISPENSED WITH)
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     THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE WRIT OR
ORDER OR DIRECTIONS SETTING ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 25-09-
2024, DISMISSING WITH COST OF RS.1,000/- ON I.A. NO.31 ON
APPLICATION FILED BY DEFENDANT NO.2/ PETITIONER HEREIN,
UNDER SECTION 151 OF C.P.C. IN FDP NO. 17/2013, VIDE
ANNEXURE-A; TO ISSUE WRIT OR ORDER OR DIRECTIONS SETTING
ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 27-11-2024 ON I.A. NO.32 DISMISSING
WITH COST APPLICATION FILED FOR REVIEWING ORDER DATED 25-
09-2024, FILED UNDER ORDER 47 R/W SEC.151 OF CPC, IN FDP
NO.17/2013, VIDE ANNEXURE-B; TO ISSUE WRIT OR ORDER OR
DIRECTIONS SETTING ASIDE THE ORDER ON I.A. NO.33 DATED 27-
11-2024 DISMISS APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF FINAL DECREE
PETITION, FILED UNDER SECTION 151 OF CPC. BY PLAINTIFF NO.3
VIDE ANNEXURE-C TO THE WRIT PETITION.


     THIS PETITION HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR
ORDERS ON 10.02.2025, COMING ON FOR PRONOUNCEMENT OF
ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:


                          CAV ORDER


1.   The petitioner is before this Court seeking for the

     following reliefs:

      a)   To issue writ or order or directions setting
            aside the order dated 25-09-2024, dismissing
            with cost of Rs.1,000/- on I.A. NO.31 on
            application filed by Defendant No.2/ Petitioner
            herein, under Section 151 of C.P.C. in FDP
            No.17/2013, vide ANNEXURE-A;

      b)   To issue writ or order or directions setting
            aside the order dated 27-11-2024 on I.A.
            No.32 dismissing with cost application filed
            for reviewing order dated 25-09-2024, filed
            under Order 47 r/w Sec.151 of CPC, in FDP
            No.17/2013, vide ANNEXURE-B;
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     c)     To issue writ or order or directions setting
             aside the order on I.A. No.33 dated 27-11-
             2024 dismiss application for amendment of
             Final Decree Petition, filed under section 151
             of CPC. by Plaintiff No.3 vide ANNEXURE-C to
             the writ petition

     .
2.   The petitioner is aggrieved by;

     2.1.    The   dismissal    of        I.A.No.31    filed   by   the

             petitioner in FDP No.17/2013, vide order dated

             25.9.2024. The said application under Section

             151 of CPC was filed for dropping of the final

             decree proceedings in view of the judgment

             and decree passed in RFA No.4034/2013 and

             other connected matters;


     2.2.    Order dated 27.11.2024 passed on I.A.No.32

             filed under Order XLVII read with Section 151

             of    the   Code        of     Civil     Procedure     for

             reconsideration    of        the   order    passed     on

             I.A.No.31 dated 25.09.2024;


     2.3.    Order dated 27.11.2024 passed on I.A.No.33

             allowing the application under Order VI Rule
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            17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, permitting

            the petitioner in the final decree proceedings

            to amend the FDP.


3.   The facts in brief are as under;


     3.1.   The   plaintiff   had    filed   a   suit    in        O.S.

            No.197/2001       for   partition    and     separate

            possession, which was decreed on 13.11.2012,

            granting   1/3rd share of immovable property

            by way of partition and separate possession by

            metes and bounds.


     3.2.   The said judgment and decree was challenged

            in RFA No.4023/2013, RFA No. 4160/2013,

            and RFA No.10069/2014.            The plaintiff had

            also filed cross-objections in RFA CROB No.

            100003/2016,      all   of   which    came        to    be

            disposed of vide order dated 08-12-2022,

            wherein the decree was modified.
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3.3.   After the modification of the decree and

       disposal of the aforesaid RFAs, the petitioner,

       who was Defendant No.2, had filed I.A.No.31

       under   Section    151   of    the   Code    of   Civil

       Procedure   in    the    FDP     proceedings,      for

       dropping of the final decree proceedings in

       view of the judgment passed in the aforesaid

       matters by the Division Bench of this Court.


3.4.   Since the said application was dismissed,

       I.A.No.32 was filed for the review of the said

       order, on the ground that the mandate of the

       judgment in the RFAs will have to be followed

       by the Final Decree Court.


3.5.   In   the meanwhile,      the plaintiff      had   filed

       I.A.No.33 under Order VI, Rule 17 of CPC for

       amendment of the final decree petition by

       introducing certain properties.
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     3.6.   The petitioner contends that those properties

            have been excluded by way of the judgment in

            the RFAs and could not have been included. As

            such, it is contended that the final decree

            proceedings are required to be dropped and

            the amendment order passed is required to be

            set aside.


4.   Shri   D.   L.   Ladkhan,      learned    counsel    for   the

     petitioner, would submit that the Final Decree Court

     is bound by the judgment passed in the RFAs. It was

     for the Final Decree Court to consider the judgment

     in appeal rather than implement the judgment

     passed by the Trial Court. If that were to be

     considered, then the final decree proceedings were

     required to be dropped, there being nothing more to

     be done in the final decree proceedings.


5.   Sri. N. P. Vivekmehta, learned counsel appearing for

     the respondent No.3/petitioner in the final decree

     proceedings      would   however         contend    that   the
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     properties which are sought to be added to the final

     decree proceedings by way of an application under

     Order VI Rule 17 of CPC is in furtherance of the

     judgment passed in RFA No.4034/2013 and it is

     those properties which have been added to the final

     decree proceedings in terms of annexures to the

     application under Order VI Rule 17 of CPC. The fact

     that those properties are to be divided among the

     parties   would     indicate     that    the   final   decree

     proceedings would have to be continued and as such,

     I.A.Nos.31 and 32 have been rightly dismissed and

     I.A.No.33 for amendment has rightly been allowed

     by the Trial Court.


6.   Heard Sri. D. L. Ladkhan, learned counsel for the

     petitioner,   and   Sri.   N.    P.   Vivekmehta,      learned

     counsel for the respondent No.3.               Perused the

     papers.


7.   The question that would arise for consideration in the

     present matter is:
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          "Whether the properties sought to be
          brought       on    record     by    way    of    an
          application under Order VI Rule 17 of
          CPC in I.A.No.33, are in consonance
          with the judgment of this Court in RFA
          No.4034/2013?


8.   In order to provide an opportunity to both the

     petitioner   and   the    respondents       to   make      their

     submission    as    regards       the    judgment     in    RFA

     No.4034/2013 and its impact, both the petitioner and

     respondents counsel were permitted to file their

     respective memos detailing, in brief, the properties

     which are available for partition as held in RFA

     No.4034/2013. Sadly, the memos filed by both

     counsel are self-serving and filed with an intention to

     overreach the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013 and

     are so filed contrary to the said judgment.


9.   In view of the matter, those memos are required to

     be rejected with a specific observation as regards the

     conduct of the parties in filing such memos in a
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brazen manner to try and negate the judgment in

RFA   No.4034/2013.      Particularly,    the   conduct   of

respondent No.3 is required to be deprecated,

inasmuch as, even after rejection of the claim of

respondent No.3, who was plaintiff No.3 and the

mother of plaintiff No.2 and wife of the deceased

plaintiff No.1, has sought to once again assert her

rights over the properties which had been negated in

the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013. In fact, the

amendment application, which had been filed by

plaintiff No.3 in I.A.No.33 in the FDP proceedings, is

also a complete abuse of the process of court

through misinterpretation of the judgment in RFA

No.4034/2013.     The        properties     described     in

Annexure-A to the said application are sought to be

included in the FDP proceedings with description of

the properties by referring to the judgment given in

a completely improper manner.            It is not only the

plaintiff No.3 who can be blamed for the same, since

the said application is a well-drafted application
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      interpreting the orders passed in RFA No.4034/2013

      and is a deliberate attempt made by plaintiff No.3 to

      abuse the process of the court.


10.   It is for that purpose that, this Court is constrained

      to refer to the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013 and

      other connected matters, which would make clear

      the abuse of process resorted to by plaintiff No.3.

      10.1. At Paragraph 67, this Court has held that no

            relief for setting aside the partition of the year

            1954 and the mutation entries carried out

            thereafter had been challenged and as such

            held that the partition having taken effect in

            the year 1954 and acted upon, there being a

            severance, it is only the properties which are

            allotted    to    plaintiff    No.1    under     the    said

            partition   deed which          would      enure   to    his

            benefit,    and     after     him,    to   his   wife   and

            daughter, that is plaintiffs No.2 and 3. This
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      Court went on to deal with all the properties in

      detail from para 68 onwards.


10.2. Para 68 deals with property in Block No. 164

      and as such held that the said property was

      purchased in the name of Seetawwa and

      constituted    her   self-property   in   terms   of

      Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, and as

      such, held that the said property cannot be

      said to be a joint family property and was the

      individual property of Seetawwa, which she

      had dealt with by a Will bequeathing the same

      to defendant No.8, who in turn sold it to

      defendants No.9 and 10, and as such, held

      that the plaintiffs were not entitled to said

      property.     In that background, including the

      said property in Block No.164 in Schedule-A is

      completely     misconceived   and    a    deliberate

      misrepresentation made by plaintiff No.3.
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10.3. Insofar   as   property   covered     under    Block

      No.247/1 and 247/2 described in Sl.Nos.2 and

      3 of Annexure-A, this Court has held that, the

      property covered Block No.247/1 is owned

      jointly by defendant No.2 and Plaintiff No.1.

      Thus, it is from the half share of Plaintiff No.1

      in the said properties that a claim could be

      made by Plaintiffs No.2 and 3.


10.4. Insofar   as   property   covered     under    Block

      No.247/2 is concerned, the said property

      having been gifted to a school by Plaintiff No.1

      during his lifetime, this Court has categorically

      held that the said property cannot be the

      subject matter of partition.


10.5. Insofar   as the property       in   Block    No.248

      described in Sl.No.4 of Annexure-A, this Court

      has held that the said property having been

      mutated in the name of plaintiff No.1, the

      deceased Govindraddi, and plaintiff No.3, it is
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      only as regards the share of plaintiff No.1 and

      plaintiff No.3 that they can have a right. There

      being no particular share prescribed in the

      partition, plaintiff No.1, deceased Govindraddi

      and plaintiff No.3 would have equal share of

      1/3rd each. Thus, it is only 2/3rd share in Block

      No.248 which would be available for partition.


10.6. As regards the property in Block No.255 at

      Sl.No.5 is concerned, the same was subject

      matter of the partition and fell to the share of

      Govindraddi, as regards which, the plaintiffs

      cannot have any right.


10.7. As regards item Nos.6 and 7, relating to Block

      No.202/1 and 202/2, the properties having

      been mutated in the name of Govindraddi and

      Seetawwa,    this Court held that the plaintiffs

      cannot have any right in relation thereto.
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10.8. Similar is the finding of this Court in respect to

      Block Nos.67, 201, 198/1 and 198/2 described

      in Sl.Nos.8 to 11 of Annexure-A.


10.9. As regards Block No.84/1A, 84/2, 23/1 and

      23/2,   described         at   Sl.Nos.12   to   15   of

      Annexure-A, those properties also standing in

      the name of the defendants, this court has

      held that the plaintiffs cannot have any right in

      respect to the said properties.


10.10. As regards properties in Block No.880, 881,

      882 and 875, described at Sl.Nos.16 to 19,

      this Court in para 84 has held that the

      mutation entries cannot be disturbed and the

      plaintiffs will not have any right.


10.11. The Properties in Block No.164 is dealt with in

      para 74, Block 247 at para No.76, Block 247/2

      at para 78, Block 248 at para 79, Block 255 at

      para 80, Block 202/1 and 202/2 at para 81,
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      Blocks 67, 207, 198/1, 198/2 at para 82,

      Blocks 84/1A, 842/2, 23/1 and 23/2 at para

      83, Blocks 880, 881, 882, 872 at para 84.


10.12. Insofar as the house properties at panchayat

      No.110, panchayat No.04, panchayat No.05

      and the open sites in panchayat No.001,

      panchayat No.222 and panchayat No.002,

      described at Sl.No.22 and 25, this Court has

      not interfered with the Panchayat resolutions

      and as such held that the plaintiffs would not

      be entitled to any share therein contrary to

      the Panchayat resolution at para 85 of the

      judgment.


10.13. Insofar as the properties which had been

      allotted to Fakkiraddi under the partition deed

      of 1954, a Will having been executed by him

      and the Will not being disputed, it is only the

      bequest made under the Will which would

      have to be considered as regards the shares of
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      the plaintiffs No.2 and 3, claiming under

      plaintiff      No.1,      in    whose   favour     certain

      properties are bequeathed.


10.14. Insofar as the properties falling to the share of

      Yallaraddi under the partition of 1954, on his

      death,      his    properties      were     allotted    to

      Fakkiraddi were 202/1, 202/2, 880 and 875.

      Only these properties being subject matter of

      the    Will,    the     bequest    is   required   to   be

      considered in terms of the said Will as held in

      para 87 of the judgment.


10.15. As regards the properties falling to the share

      of Yallaraddi, under the partition deed of 1954,

      Plaintiff   No.1       Govindaraddi      and   defendant

      No.8, succeeded to the said properties in

      terms of Section 6 of the Hindu Succession

      Act.    The properties coming to the share of

      Plaintiff No.1 having been dealt with during his

      lifetime, those transactions were also not
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      disturbed by this Court in the judgment in RFA

      No.4034/2013 and it is only if any property

      has not been dealt with by plaintiff No.1

      during his lifetime as regards the properties of

      Yallaraddi succeeded to by plaintiff No.1 that

      the FDP Court would have to deal with.


10.16. Be that as it may, it is only 1/3rd of the

      properties of Yallaraddi that plaintiff No.1

      succeeded to and not the entire properties. It

      is only after ascertaining these properties in

      terms of the above, which come to the share

      of plaintiffs No.2 and 3 that, as regards those

      properties, an enquiry is to be held under

      Order XX Rule 12 of the CPC to determine the

      profits from those properties from the date of

      the suit till the date of the actual delivery of

      possession, in terms of para 98 and para (vii)

      of the operative portion of the judgment.
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11.   The above discussion would clearly and categorically

      indicate the abuse by plaintiff No.3 of the process of

      court as indicated above. Plaintiff No.3 by filing a so-

      called innocuous application under Order VI Rule 17

      of   the    CPC,     which     came   to   be   numbered      as

      I.A.No.33, has sought to include all the properties.,

      though by mentioning that the partition has to be

      made in terms of the modified decree in judgment in

      RFA No.4034/2013.             Plaintiff No.3 has sought to

      include     all   the   properties    which     is   completely

      malafide.


12.   Apart therefrom, in the schedule to the application,

      there      are    several    properties    which     have   been

      described which are categorically stated to be "not

      suit properties".       If the properties were not suit

      properties, the question of including them in the FDP

      proceedings would not at all arise, that too by way of

      an amendment said to be made in furtherance of the

      modified judgment and decree in RFA No.4034/2013.
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13.   The FDP court, without considering these aspects, by

      its   order   dated   27.11.2024   on   I.A.No.33,   has

      permitted the petitioner to amend the petition with a

      direction to both the parties to cooperate with the

      Court for disposal. While allowing the said application

      for amendment, the FDP Court has held that, if the

      proposed amendment is not in consonance with the

      modified decree, then the petitioner would certainly

      not be entitled to any relief and this would be

      considered at the time of disposal of the case on

      merits, and has further gone on to hold that, if an

      amendment would be fatal to the case of the

      defendants, it cannot be allowed. Since it is not so,

      sufficient grounds have been made out and allowed

      the application.


14.   The general rule applicable to amendments would

      not apply to the amendment made in furtherance of

      a judgment of a Court. It was the duty of the FDP

      Court to consider the application for amendment in
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      terms of the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013 and

      only thereafter to consider the amendment, which

      could be allowed and which would have to be

      rejected.   The FDP Court could not have postponed

      the   consideration   of   the       amendment   being   in

      consonance with the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013

      to a later stage as that done by the FDP Court.


15.   When any right in a property has been denied in a

      suit, the said property cannot be included in an FDP

      proceeding,    requiring        an    enquiry,   evidence,

      appointment of the Commissioner and the like, as

      regards to said property. It was therefore required

      of the FDP Court to have considered I.A.No.33 by

      referring to the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013 and

      only allowed those amendments which were in

      consonance with the judgment in RFA No.4034/2013

      without postponing the same.


16.   The FDP Court has apparently been completely

      misled by plaintiff No.3 by contending that the
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      amendment is innocuous one and only the rights as

      per the modified decree in RFA No.4034/2013 would

      have to be determined by the FDP Court.


17.   In that view of the matter, I am of the considered

      opinion that the order passed on I.A.No.33 filed

      under Order VI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil

      Procedure, dated 27.11.2024, does not stand muster

      and is required to be set aside.


18.   Insofar as the application filed by the petitioner

      herein,   who   is   respondent     No.2   in   the   FDP

      proceeding, contending that the proceedings have to

      be dropped since the decree has been satisfied, it is

      again an abuse of the process of court. A bald

      allegation being made by defendant No.2 that the

      decree is satisfied. when specific directions have

      been issued in RFA No.4034/2013. is completely

      misconceived and is also an abuse of the process of

      court.
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19.   In that view of the matter, I am of the considered

      opinion that the rejection of the said application in

      I.A.No.31, filed under Section 151 of CPC, for

      dropping of the said proceedings and the order dated

      27.11.2024 on I.A.No.32 filed for review of the order

      dated 25.09.2024, have been rightly rejected by the

      FDP Court. It is for the FDP Court to determine the

      shares of the parties in terms of the judgment in RFA

      No.4034/2013, by holding necessary enquiry.


20.   In that view of the matter, I pass the following:


                             ORDER

i. The order dated 25.09.2024 on I.A.No.31

and order dated 27.11.2024 on I.A.No.32

at Annexures 'A' and 'B' to the writ petition

are not disturbed, and stand confirmed.

ii. The order dated 27.11.2024 in regard to

I.A.No.33 is set aside. The matter is

remitted for fresh consideration of the said

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application I.A.No.33 in terms of the above

observations and the judgment in RFA

No.4034/2013, as indicated above.

Sd/-

(SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE

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