JUDGEMENT
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(1.) This misc. appeal has been preferred by the appellant being aggrieved with the order
dated 16.11.2015 passed by Additional District
Judge No.2, Bikaner (for short 'the trial court'
hereinafter), whereby the application filed by
the appellant under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 read
with section 151 CPC has been dismissed.
(2.) Brief facts of the case are that the appellant filed a suit for specific performance
of contract before the trial court while
alleging that deceased Gavara Devi wife of
Poonam Chand was the owner of agricultural land
situated in Khasra No.483 measuing 45 Bighas and
(3.) Biswas in village Mahajan. During her life time, as she was in need of money for her family
requirements, she had sold the above mentioned
agricultural land to the appellant for a
consideration of Rs.72,250/ - and for that, she
had executed an agreement on 08.09.1993. It is
also stated that the consideration amount was
paid in cash and the possession of the above
land was also handed over to the appellant. It
is claimed that Gavara Devi died on 16.12.1996
and thereafter her husband Poonam Chand also
agreed to execute the agreement to sell the
land, however, on 21.05.2008, some unknown
persons along with brokers visited the said
agricultural land and informed the appellant
that they are negotiating with the original
Khatedars to purchase the above mentioned
agricultural land. When the appellant contacted
the respondents and asked them to get the sale
deed executed as also the agreement dated
08.09.1993, they refused and threatened him to dispossess him from the land. The appellant
prayed for issuing decree of specific
performance of contract directing the
respondents to execute the sale deed of the
above mentioned land in his favour. Along with
the suit for specific performance of contract,
an application for granting temporary injunction
has also been filed by the appellant, however,
the trial court, after hearing the counsel for
the parties, has rejected the application vide
impugned order. Hence, this appeal.
3. Learned counsel for the appellant has argued that the trial court has grossly erred in
observing that prima facie case does not exist
in favour of the appellant though the appellant
had filed the suit on the basis of agreement
executed by Gavara Devi in his favour and he is
in possession of the land since the execution of
the said agreement i.e. from 08.09.1993. It is
further argued that the trial court has
dismissed the application filed by the appellant
for granting temporary injunction solely on the
ground that the appellant has filed the suit
for specific performance of contract in the year
2008 i.e. after 14 years of the execution of the agreement dated 08.09.1993. The learned counsel
for the appellant has argued that even if there
is any inordinate delay in filing the suit for
specific performance of contract, the trial
court should have at least restrained the
defendants from further alienating that
property. In support of the above contentions,
learned counsel for the appellants has placed
reliance on decisions of Hon'ble Supreme Court
in Ravi Prakash Agarwal & Ors. vs. Rajesh Prasad
Agarwal & Ors., 2008 AIR SCW 7407 and Eshwarappa
& anr. vs. Vishalakshamma & Ors., 2009(1) CT(SC)
29. The learned counsel for the appellant has also placed reliance on decisions of this Court
in Peer Gulam Naseer vs. Peer Gulam Jelanee, RLR
1988(2) 871 and Smt. Lad Kanwar vs. Shri Ladu & Ors., 2015 WLC (Raj.) UC 740.;
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