JUDGEMENT
Tarun Kumar Gupta, J. -
(1.) Today Sri K. L. Samanta, Government pleader, files his memo of appearance
in this case on behalf of O.P. /defendant Nos. 1 and 2 and let it be kept with the
record.
(2.) This revisional application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is
directed against order No.62 dated 21.12.2004 passed by learned Civil Judge (Junior
Division), 2nd Court, Asansol in Title Suit No.171 of 2000. By the impugned order
learned Trial Court allowed the petition dated 07.12.2004 filed by the respondent
Nos. 1 and 2 for admitting certain documents after closure of evidence of D.W.1.
Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with said order the instant revisional
application has been filed by the petitioner / plaintiff alleging that plaintiff filed said
Title Suit No.171 of 2000 praying for declaration of his title in suit property with a
further declaration that R.S. record of right showing the predecessor in interest of
defendant Nos. 3 to 8 as having permissive possession in the suit land was erroneous
and baseless with a further prayer for permanent injunction against state authority
being defendant Nos. 1 and 2 from settling the said land to any person.
The respondent /defendant State started to contest the said suit by filing written
statement denying material allegations of the plaint and contending inter alia the suit
plot was rightly recorded in favour of Gopal Chandra Nandi and others as
intermediary under B.H. Roy and that said plot was vested and recorded in R.S.
Khatian during R.S. operation and that the noting of R.S. Khatian recording
permissive possession of some persons was correct etc.
(3.) It further appears that O.P. / defendant/ State filed a list of documents in the
Trial Court in 07.12.2004 together with a petition for receiving those documents and
evidence from the side of defendant/State on 21.12.2004. It further appears that in
spite of submission of written objection dated 21.12.2004 by petitioner / plaintiff
learned Trial Court allowed O.P./ defendant/State to produce those documents by
recalling D.W.1. According to learned Court, D.W.1 deposed that the documents
were lying in the office and that he would be able to file those documents if time was
given, and that in spite of due diligence defendant/State could not produce those
documents earlier and that those documents should be permitted to be produced
under Order 18 Rule 17 A C. P. C. for proper adjudication of the case.
During hearing learned Advocate Mr. Probal Mukherjee for the petitioner /
plaintiff has submitted that Order 18 Rule 17 A has since been deleted by Code of
Civil Procedure Amendment Act of 2002 with effect from 1st July, 2002 and hence
learned Trial Court has exercised jurisdiction which was not vested in him by law
and the impugned order should be set aside by this Court of revision. It was further
submitted that said petition of O.P./defendant/State was not also in proper form
having no verification even.;
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