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Yellappa S/O. Sanjeevappa vs Virupaxappa S/O. Mallappa Angadi
2025 Latest Caselaw 4908 Kant

Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 4908 Kant
Judgement Date : 11 March, 2025

Karnataka High Court

Yellappa S/O. Sanjeevappa vs Virupaxappa S/O. Mallappa Angadi on 11 March, 2025

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                                                              RSA No. 5409 of 2010
                                                          C/W RSA No. 5410 of 2010



                                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,
                                            DHARWAD BENCH
                                DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025
                                                 BEFORE
                                 THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE E.S.INDIRESH
                           REGULAR SECOND APPEAL NO.5409 OF 2010 (DEC/INJ-)

                                                  C/W

                                REGULAR SECOND APPEAL NO.5410 OF 2010


                      IN RSA NO.5409/2010
                      BETWEEN:

                      YELLAPPA S/O. SANJEEVAPPA ,
                      AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
                      R/AT: KOWL-BODUR, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.
                                                                          ...APPELLANT

                      (BY SRI. SHRIHARSH A. NEELOPANT, ADVOCATE)

                      AND
                      1.    VIRUPAXAPPA S/O. MALLAPPA ANGADI,
MOHANKUMAR                  AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
B SHELAR
                            R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.
Digitally signed by
MOHANKUMAR B
                            SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LR'S.
SHELAR
Location: HIGH
COURT OF
KARNATAKA
DHARWAD BENCH
                      1(A) NIRMALA W/O. VIRUPAXAPPA ANGADI,
                           AGE: 62, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
                           R/O: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.
                           SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LR'S.


                      1(B) SHEKAVVA D/O. VIRUPAXAPPA ANGADI,
                           AGE: 34 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
                           R/O: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.
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                                       RSA No. 5409 of 2010
                                   C/W RSA No. 5410 of 2010



1(C) SMT. JAYASHRI
     W/O. CHANDRASHEKHAR PATTANASHETTY,
     AGE: 42 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
     R/O: H.NO.250, DFA TOWNSHIP,
     DANDELI-581325, TQ: HALIYAL,
     DIST: UTTARKANNADA.


1(D) SMT. MALA W/O. SANGAPPA MENTAGERI,
     AGE: 35 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEWIFE,
     R/O: UPPAR ONI, SINDHANOOR-584123,
     TQ: SINDHANOOR, DIST: KOPPAL.
     (RESPONDNETS NO.1 AND 1(A) EXPIRED
     AND R1(B) TO (D) ARE THE LEGAL HEIRS)


2.   SMT. AMARAMMA W/O. SHIVAPPA ANGADI,
     AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
     R/O: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.


3.   VEERESH S/O. SHIVAPPA ANGADI,
     AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
     R/O: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.


4.   MISS. KALAKAMMA D/O. SHIVAPPA ANGADI,
     AGE: MINOR, OCC: STUDENT,
     R/O: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI, DIST: KOPPAL.
     BEING MINOR IS REPRESENTED THROUGH
     HER NEXT FRIEND, MOTHER
     SMT. AMARAMMA W/O. SHIVAPPA ANGADI,
     THE RESPONDENT NO.2.
                                               ...RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. P.G. MOGALI, ADVOCATE FOR R2-R4, R1(B, C & D)

      THIS REGULAR SECOND APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION
100 READ WITH ORDER XLII, RULE 1 OF C.P.C PRAYING TO SET
ASIDE THE JUDGMENT & DECREE DATED 22ND FEBRUARY 2010
PASSED BY THE LEARNED PRESIDING OFFICER, FAST TRACK
COURT-I, KOPPAL, IN R.A.NO.1/2002, AND FURTHER BE PLEASED TO
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                                      RSA No. 5409 of 2010
                                  C/W RSA No. 5410 of 2010



RESTORE THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 4TH JANUARY 2002,
PASSED BY THE LEARNED SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE, KOPPAL, IN O.S.
NO.57/1994, ON HIS FILE, AND BY DECREEING THE SAID SUIT AS
PRAYED, BY ALLOWING THIS APPEAL, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE
AND EQUITY AND ETC.


IN RSA NO.5410/2010
BETWEEN:

YELLAPPA S/O. SANJEEVAPPA ,
AGE: YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
R/AT: KOWL-BODUR, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
DIST: KOPPAL-583236.
                                               ...APPELLANT


(BY SRI. SHRIHARSH A. NEELOPANT, ADVOCATE)
AND

1.    BASAPPA S/O. SHANKRAPPA ANGADI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
      DIST: KOPPAL-583236.


2.    SMT. PARVATEVVA W/O. ERAPPA ANGADI,
      AGE: 68 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
      DIST: KOPPAL-583236.


3.    SHARANAPPA S/O. ERAPPA ANGADI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
      DIST: KOPPAL-583236.


4.    SHIVARUDRAPPA
      S/O. CHANNAVEERAPPA ANAGADI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
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                                       RSA No. 5409 of 2010
                                   C/W RSA No. 5410 of 2010



      DIST: KOPPAL-583236.

      DEAD BY HIS LR'S.
4A.   MISS. KALAKAMMA D/O. SHIVAPPA ANGADI,
      AGE: 65 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD,


4B.   VEERESH S/O. LATE SHIVARUDRAPPA ANGADI,
      AGE: 45 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,


4C.   SMT. RATNAMMA D/O. SHIVARUDRAPPA ANGADI
      W/O. MALLAPPA GULAGOUDAR
      AGE: 43 YEARS,


4D.   SMT. SHIVAGANGA D/O. SHIVARUDRAPPA ANGADI,
      W/O. CHANDRAKANT ANGADI,
      AGE: 41 YEARS,


4E.   CHANNAVEERAPPA S/O. SHIVARUDRAPPA ANGADI,
      W/O. DODDABAAPPA BUDIHAL,
      AGE: 39 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,


4F.   SMT. SHANTA D/O. SHIVARUDRAPPA ANGADI,
      W/O. DODDABASAPPA BUDIHAL,
      AGE: 35 YEARS,

      ALL ARE R/O. VANGAERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI.


5.    BAYAPPA S/O. SHIVAPPA LAMANI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
      DIST: KOPPAL-583236.


6.    NANAPPA S/O. SHIVAPPA LAMANI,
      AGE: MAJOR, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
      R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
      DIST: KOPPAL-583236.


7.    SMT. NEELAMMA W/O. VEERBHADRAPPA ANGADI,
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                                       RSA No. 5409 of 2010
                                   C/W RSA No. 5410 of 2010



     AGE: 43 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE,
     R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
     DIST: KOPPAL-583236.
8.   CHANNAVEERAPPA S/O. VEERBHADRAPPA ANGADI,
     AGE: 24 YEARS, OCC: STUDENT & AGRICULTURE,
     R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
     DIST: KOPPAL-583236.


9.   MISS. GUNDAVVA D/O. VEERBHADRAPPA ANGADI,
     AGE: 15 YEARS, OCC: STUDENT,
     R/AT: VANAGERI, TQ: KUSHTAGI,
     DIST: KOPPAL-583236.
     RESPONDENT-9, BEING MINOR IS REPRESENTED
     THROUGH HER NEXT FRIEND MOTHER
     SMT. NEELAMMA W/O. VEERBHADRAPPA ANGADI,
     RESPONDENT NO.7.
                                              ....RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. P.G. MOGALI, ADVOCATE FOR R1-R3, R4(A-C) & R7-R9;
    R5 & R6-NOTICE DISPENSED WITH)

      THIS REGULAR SECOND APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION
100 READ WITH ORDER XLII, RULE 1 OF C.P.C PRAYING TO SET
ASIDE THE JUDGMENT & DECREE DATED 22ND FEBRUARY 2010
PASSED BY THE LEARNED PRESIDING OFFICER, FAST TRACK
COURT-I, KOPPAL, IN R.A.NO.2/2002, AND FURTHER BE PLEASED TO
RESTORE THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 4TH JANUARY 2002,
PASSED BY THE LEARNED SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE, KOPPAL, IN O.S.
NO.54/1994, ON HIS FILE, AND BY DECREEING THE SAID SUIT AS
PRAYED, BY ALLOWING THIS APPEAL, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE
AND EQUITY AND ETC.


     THIS APPEAL HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED ON
05.03.2025 MARCH, 2025 COMING ON FOR PRONOUNCEMENT OF
JUDGMENT, THIS DAY, DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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                                           RSA No. 5409 of 2010
                                       C/W RSA No. 5410 of 2010



CORAM:     THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE E.S. INDIRESH

                             CAV JUDGMENT

1. RSA No.5409 of 2010 is filed by plaintiff No.2

challenging the judgment and decree dated 22.02.2010 passed

in R.A.No.1 of 2002 on the file of the Fast Track Court-I,

Koppal, allowing the appeal and setting aside the judgment and

decree dated 04.01.2002 passed in O.S.No.57 of 1994 on the

file of the Civil Judge, (Sr.Dn.), Koppal, decreeing the suit of

the plaintiffs.

2. RSA No.5410 of 2010 is filed by plaintiff No.2

challenging the judgment and decree dated 22.02.2010 passed

in R.A.No.2 of 2002 on the file of the Fast Track Court-I,

Koppal, (for short "the First Appellate Court") allowing the

appeal and setting aside the judgment and decree dated

04.01.2002 passed in O.S.No.54 of 1994 on the file of the Civil

Judge, (Sr.Dn.), Koppal, (for short "the Trial Court") decreeing

the suit of the plaintiff.

3. Since question of law involved in these appeals

arising out of same parties and therefore, the appeals were

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clubbed, heard together and disposed of by this common

judgment.

4. For the sake of convenience, the parties in these

appeals shall be referred to in terms of their status and ranking

before the Trial Court.

FACTS IN RSA NO.5409 OF 2010:

5. The plaint averments are that, the land bearing

Sy.No.107/2, measuring 28 acres, 09 guntas, situate at

Vanageri Village, Kustagi Taluk, is a part of the Sy.No.107/A,

as per Khasara pahani. It is the case of the plaintiffs that the

schedule property is belonging to father of plaintiff No.1-

Mallappa Hoskeri and he died 50 years ago and thereafter, the

plaintiff No.1 being only daughter has succeeded to the suit

schedule property. It is also stated in the plaint that, on

account of family necessity, the plaintiff No.1 was residing at

Goa for sometime, however, used to visit Vanageri village

frequently. It is further stated that one Mallappa s/o. Shivappa

Angadi, (father of defendant No.1 and 2) was entrusted to

assist the plaintiff No.1 in agricultural operation and after the

death of said Mallappa, defendants being the sons of said

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Mallappa were assisting the plaintiff No.1 in cultivating the suit

land. Thereafter, the plaintiff No.1 left Goa permanently and

returned to native place to reside during the year April, 1994

and was personally cultivating the suit land. Thereafter, the

plaintiff came to know that name of the defendants was

incorporated in the record of rights in respect of the subject

land and as such, plaintiff has filed O.S.No.57 of 1994 seeking

relief of declaration and injunction and also alternatively sought

for relief of possession in respect of the suit property.

6. After service of summons, the defendants entered

appearance and filed detailed written statement denying the

averments made in the plaint. It is the case of the defendants

that the plaintiffs are not the owners of the suit land and

plaintiff No.1 is not the daughter of Mallappa and also stated

that, their father-Mallappa was cultivating the land in question

for decades and accordingly, defendants became the owners of

the land in question. Accordingly, sought for dismissal of the

suit.

7. On the basis of the rival pleadings, the Trial Court

has formulated issues for its consideration.

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8. In order to establish their case, plaintiffs have

examined three witnesses as PW1 to PW3 and got marked 01

document as Exs.P1. On the other hand, defendants have

examined two witnesses as DW1 and DW2 and produced 15

documents as Exs.D1 to D15.

9. The Trial Court, after considering the material on

record, by its judgment and decree dated 04.01.2002 decreeing

the suit of the plaintiffs and being aggrieved by the same, the

defendants have preferred Regular Appeal in R.A.No.1 of 2002

on the file of First Appellate Court and the said appeal was

resisted by the plaintiffs. The First Appellate Court after re-

appreciating the facts on record, by its judgment and decree

dated 22.02.2010 allowed the appeal and set aside the

judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court in O.S.No.57 of

1994. Being aggrieved by the same, the appellants/plaintiffs

have preferred RSA No.5409 of 2010 under Section 100 of CPC.

FACTS IN RSA NO.5410 OF 2010:

10. The plaint averments are that, the land bearing

Sy.No.107/1, measuring 13 acres, 24 guntas, situate at

Vanageri Village, Kustagi Taluk, is a part of the Sy.No.107/A,

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as per Khasara pahani. It is the case of the plaintiff that the

schedule property is belonging to father of plaintiff No.1-

Mallappa Hosakeri and he died 50 years ago and thereafter, the

plaintiff No.1 being only daughter has succeeded to the suit

schedule property. It is also stated in the plaint that, on

account of family necessity, the plaintiff No.1 was residing at

Goa for some time, however, used to visit Vanageri village

frequently. It is also stated that one Channaveerappa

Veerabasappa Angadi, (father of defendant Nos.1 to 4) was

entrusted to assist the plaintiff No.1 in agricultural operation

and after the death of said Mallappa, defendants being the sons

of said Mallappa were assisting the plaintiff No.1 in cultivating

the suit land. Thereafter, the plaintiff No.1 left Goa

permanently and returned to native place to reside during the

year April, 1994 and was personally cultivating the suit land.

Thereafter, the plaintiff came to know that name of the

defendants was incorporated in the record of rights in respect

of the subject land and as such, plaintiff has filed O.S. No.54 of

1994 seeking relief of declaration and injunction and also

alternatively sought for relief of possession in respect of the

suit property.

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11. After service of summons, the defendants entered

appearance and filed detailed written statement denying the

averments made in the plaint. It is the case of the defendant

Nos. 2 to 6 that the plaintiffs are not owners of the suit land

and plaintiff No.1 is not a daughter of Mallappa and also stated

that, their father-Channaveerappa Angadi, was cultivating the

land in question for decades and accordingly, defendant Nos. 1

to 4 became owners of the land in question. Accordingly, he

sought for dismissal of the suit.

12. On the basis of the rival pleadings, the trial Court

has formulated issues for its consideration.

13. In order to establish their case, plaintiffs have

examined three witnesses as PW1 to PW3 and got marked 02

documents as Exs.P1 and P2. On the other hand, defendants

have examined two witnesses as DW1 and DW2 and produced

19 documents as Exs.D1 to D19.

14. The trial Court, after considering the material on

record, by its judgment and decree dated 04.01.2002 decreed

the suit of the plaintiffs and being aggrieved by the same, the

defendants have preferred Regular Appeal in R.A.No.2 of 2002

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on the file of First Appellate Court and the said appeal was

resisted by the plaintiffs. The First Appellate Court, after re-

appreciating the facts on record, by its judgment and decree

dated 22.02.2010 allowed the appeal and set aside the

judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court in O.S.No.54 of

1994. Being aggrieved by the same, the appellants/plaintiffs

have preferred RSA No.5410 of 2010 under Section 100 of CPC.

15. This Court, in RSA No.5409/2010, vide order dated

02.02.2016 formulated the following substantial question of

law.

1) Whether the first appellate Court was right in dismissing the suit filed by the plaintiff by holding that the plaintiff is not the owner of the suit schedule property?

2) Whether the first appellate Court was right in declining to grant the consequential relief of possession to the plaintiff?

16. This Court, in RSA No.5410/2010, vide order dated

26.10.2016 formulated the following substantial question of

law.

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"Whether the judgment and decree of the first appellate Court is perverse in holding that the revenue entries are not documents of title when it is specifically pleaded that properties are ancestral in nature?"

17. I have heard Sri. Shriharsha A Neelopant, learned

counsel for the appellants, and Sri. P. G. Mogali, learned

counsel appearing for the respondent No.1(B), (C) & (D) and 2

to 4.

18. Sri. Shriharsha A Neelopant, learned counsel for the

appellants submits that, the First Appellate Court has

committed an error in not considering the fact that, the father

of the plaintiff No.1 was owner of the land in question and the

Khasara pahani produced at Ex.P1 would establish the legal

right of the father of the plaintiff No.1 as the owner of the land

in question and the said aspect of the matter was not

considered by the First Appellate Court. It is also argued by the

learned counsel appearing for the appellant that, the First

Appellate Court has committed an error in investigating into the

relationship of Sri. Mallappa-father of the plaintiff with plaintiff

No.1, without considering the revenue records for more than

five decades, which clearly establishes that the plaintiff No.1 is

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the daughter of Mallappa. In this regard, it is argued that the

First Appellate Court has ignored the evidence of PW3.

19. Nextly, it is contended by learned counsel Sri.

Shriharsha A Neelopant for the appellants that, Ex.D1 is only

the record of rights, which shows about the possessory title and

not the ownership in respect of subject land and that apart,

Ex.D1 indicates the name of Hosagerappa and the defendants

have not proved their relationship with the said Hosagerappa

and accordingly, sought for interference of this Court.

20. Based on the submission with regard to Ex.P1,

learned counsel appearing for the appellant places reliance on

the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Jt.

Collector, Ranga Reddy District and another v/s. D.

Narasing Rao and others1 and held that, the judgment and

decree passed by the Trial Court requires to be confirmed by

setting aside the judgment and decree of the First Appellate

Court.

21. Per Contra, Sri.P.G.Mogali, learned counsel for the

respondents submits that plaintiff No.1 is not the daughter of

AIR 2015 SC 1021

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Mallappa. He further contended that, the entries in RTC

Extracts does not confer title and it is the duty of the plaintiff

No.1 to make out a case based on the title and possession and

therefore, he argued that the finding recorded by the First

Appellate Court is just and proper, which does not call for

interference in these appeals. He also argued that, long course

of entries in the RTC extracts cannot be ignored as it stands in

the name of defendants and have presumptive value and

therefore, to buttress his arguments he places reliance on the

judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of

Prabhagiya Van Adhikari, Awadh Van Prabhag v. Arun

Kumar Bharadwaj (Dead) through L.Rs and others2 and in

the case of Sri.Bhimeshwara Swami Varu Temple v.

Pedapudi Krishna Murthi and others3 and accordingly,

sought for dismissal of the appeals.

22. In the light of the submissions made by the learned

counsel appearing for the parties, the plaintiff has filed

O.S.No.57/1994 and O.S.No.54/1994 against the defendants

seeking relief of declaration with consequential relief that the

AIR 2021 SC 4739

(1973) 2 SCC 261

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land bearing SY.No.107/2 measuring 20 acres 9 guntas and

land bearing Sy.No.107/1 measuring 13 acres 24 guntas at

Vanageri village, Kushtagi Taluk is part of Sy.No.107/A and

same was belonged to the father of the plaintiff-Mallappa

Hosakeri. On the other hand, the defendants contended that

the defendants were in possession of the land in question

continuously for more than two decades and the plaintiff is not

the daughter of Mallappa Hosakeri. The Trial Court after

considering the material on record, particularly referring to

Ex.P1-Khasara Pahani, held that the said document stands in

the name of the father of the plaintiff-Mallappa Hosakeri.

Accordingly, decreed the suit.

23. The First Appellate Court, set aside the judgment

and decree passed by the Trial Court on the ground that the

entry made in Ex.D1 shows that Hosagerappa, and the stray

entries in Ex.P1 cannot be considered to declare the title of the

property in question. In the backdrop of this aspect, I have

given my anxious consideration to the document produced at

Ex.P1, which is a Khasara Pahani of the land in question for the

year 1954, which reflects the name of Mallappa (father of the

plaintiff). Ex.D1 was prepared in the year 1954 wherein name

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of the plaintiff No.1 shown as the daughter of Mallappa or

Hosagerappa. Both Ex.P1 and D1 shows that one Hosagerappa

S/o.Mallappa and the name of the plaintiff No.1 was entered in

the year 1954. It is the case of the defendants that the name of

the defendants was entered in the possessory column of the

land records and the name of the plaintiff No.1 was

incorporated after 1954 in the revenue records and these

entries reflecting the name of the plaintiff No.1 do not confer

title to the plaintiff No.1. In the said aspect of the matter, I

have carefully considered the declaration of law made by the

Hon'ble Supreme Counsel in the case of D.Narasing Rao

(supra) wherein it is held that Khasara Pahani would serve the

purpose of deed of title when there is no other title deeds. It is

also to be noted that Khasara is a register recording the

incidents of tenure and is a historical record which would serve

the purpose of a deed of title, when there is no other title

deeds. In the said aspect of the matter, taking into

consideration the Ex.P1 and Ex.D1, I am of the view that the

contention raised by the learned counsel for the respondents

cannot be accepted. It is also to be noted that the judgments

referred to by the respondents herein indicate that the entries

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in the RTC does not confer title and the long entries in the

records of rights cannot be ignored. These aspects cannot be

imported for the factual aspects on record as the plaintiff has

produced the title deed, particularly, Ex.P1-Khasara Pahani,

which stands in the name of the father of the plaintiff-Mallappa.

It is also to be noted that the PW2 and PW3 have deposed that

the plaintiff No.1 is the daughter of Mallappa and therefore, the

said unimpeachable evidence corroborates the case of the

plaintiff No.1 and the said finding by the Trial Court cannot be

interfered with in these appeals. It is also pertinent to mention

here that as the name of the father of the plaintiff-Mallappa

was shown in the Khasara Pahani-Ex.P1, I am of the view that

the Trial Court on careful examination of the material on

record, rightly decreed the suit. However, the First Appellate

Court has committed an error in interfering with the well

reasoned judgments and decrees passed by the Trial Court and

further, the First Appellate Court has not re-appreciated the

material on record in the right perspective. Hence, the

substantial question of law framed above favours the plaintiffs

and as such, I pass the following:

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                                 ORDER


        i)    Both the appeals are allowed.

        ii)   The    judgment        and      decree     dated
              22.02.2010    in   R.A.No.1/2002         and   the
              judgment and decree dated 22.02.2010
              R.A. No.2/2002 passed by the Fast Track
              Court-I, Koppal, are hereby set aside.

        iii) The     judgment        and      decree     dated
              04.01.2002 in O.S.No.57/1994 and the

judgment and decree dated 04.01.2002 in O.S.No.54/1994 passed by the Civil Judge, (Sr.Dn.), Koppal, are hereby confirmed.

iv) Suit in O.S.No.57/1994 and suit in O.S. No.54/1994 on the file of the Civil Judge, (Sr.Dn.), Koppal, are hereby decreed.

v) In view of disposal of the appeals, pending interlocutory applications, if any, do not survive for consideration and are disposed of accordingly.

Sd/-

(E.S.INDIRESH) JUDGE YAN CT-MCK

 
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