BHARAT SINGH Vs. VLLLTH A D J KANPUR NAGAR
LAWS(ALL)-1997-5-30
HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Decided on May 27,1997

BHARAT SINGH Appellant
VERSUS
VLLLTH A D J KANPUR NAGAR Respondents

JUDGEMENT

- (1.) R. K. Mahajan, J. This is a writ peti tion filed under Article 226 of the Constitu tion in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 28-2-97 passed by Respondent No. 1 in Civil Revision No. 123/95 Kishori Lal v. Man Mohan, contained as Annexure-3 to the writ petition.
(2.) FACTS giving rise to this petition are that Kishori Lal filed an Execution Petition No. 98of 1968 Kishori Lal v. Man Mohan for execution of a decree of eviction passed in Original Suit No. 988 of 1966 regarding accommodation situate in premises No. 34/88 Ahata Sawai Singh, Kanpur that during the pendency of the aforesaid execution case the decree-holder Kishori Lal and Man Mohan Lai, the Judgment-debtor had died; that respondent Nos. 2 to 15 are the legal representatives of the decree holder; that a request was also made by way of filing a substitution application for substituting the sons of late Man Mohan Lal alongwith the petitioner and the respondent Nos. 16 to 18; that petitioner and respondent Nos. 16 to 18 filed objections regarding their sub stitution. Learned Munsif allowed the sub stitution application substituting the heirs of Mohan Lal but rejected the substitution of the petitioner, respondent No. 16 to 18 and Krishna Kumar (now deceased ). It ap pears that some revision petition was filed challenging the order of the Munsif before the District Judge. Learned District Judge passed an order dated 28-2-97 by way of setting aside the order of the lower court and asked the decree-holders to take steps to bring on record the legal representatives of the deceased by way of amendment in the revision within 10 days. This order has been attacked in the writ petition. It is submitted by the learned coun sel for the petitioner that the impugned order of the learned District Judge is illegal as he could not give the direction suo moto to the decree-holder to bring on record the legal representatives of the deceased Krish na Kumar. It is further submitted that the substitution application has been filed after 7 years. He further submitted that the find ing of the District Judge that doctrine of abatement does not apply to revision proceedings arising out of the order passed in-execution proceeding is erroneous and contrary to law. He has further submitted that the decree of eviction is indivisible and if it abates against one judgment-debtor then in that even it abates as a whole. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and I am of the view that the learned District Judge has arrived the con clusion correctly and there is no jurisdic tional error. It may be mentioned that Order XXII, Rule 12 of C. P. C. says that nothing under Rules 3, 4 & 8 shall apply to proceedings in execution of a decree or order. There is difference between the ex ecution proceeding and decree. The execu tion proceeding is a procedural matter to get it implement the rights adjudicated in a decree and merely the parties died does not mean that the rights adjudicated and vested cannot be persuaded by the legal repre sentatives. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is untenable.
(3.) I also do not agree that the revision proceeding arising out of the execution has also abated. If the proceeding for execution of decree would not abate then how it can be imagined that the revision arising out of execution proceeding would also automat ically abate. The court can suo moto take cognizance of matter in revision petition. This argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner is also too fragile to accept and is rejected forthwith. I do not find juris dictional error in the order of the learned District Judge or abuse of process of law or is without jurisdiction and dismiss the writ petition at the preliminary stage. Petition dismissed. .;


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