G.Varadharajan(Died) v. S.Pradeep

O R D E R The present Civil Revision Petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, against the fair and executable Order dated 13.08.2019 made in I.A.No.1 of 2019 in O.S.No.38 of 2012 on the file of the learned Additional District Judge, FTC, Theni.

¶2The first petitioner is the proposed 77th defendant and the first respondent is the plaintiff before the Court below.

¶3The brief facts which give rise to the present Civil Revision Petition are that the first petitioner is the third party to a partition suit. According to the petitioner, he submits that he is a tenant of the vacant land of the suit in item Nos.6 and 8 of the property, and that they have put up superstructure over the said vacant land and that they have been in possession and enjoyment over the same since 1950. Therefore, he would submit that by virtue of Tamil Nadu City Tenants Protection Act, their rights have to be protected. Therefore, they are necessary and proper party in the proceedings.

¶4However, the said contention was objected by the learned counsel appearing for the first respondent who is none other than the plaintiff. The learned counsel appearing for the plaintiff would submit that this is only a suit for partition and that the proposed parties are only claiming a tenancy rights. For adjudicating the division of property the tenant's presence is not required, and that the tenant is not a proper and necessary party. Therefore, he prayed to confirm the order passed by the Court below.

¶5This Court has given anxious consideration to the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the first respondent.

¶6It is well settled principle of law that necessary party is one without whom no effective decree and judgment could be passed. Similarly, the proper party is one, whose presence is necessary for complete and final adjudication. In this case, as rightly submitted by the learned counsel for the first respondent, the presence of the proposed parties is no way necessary for deciding the partition suit. However, the learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that since the tenant of the vacant site is having right over the superstructure, he may be construed as a proper party and prayed to implead in this case.

¶7But, this Court is not in a position to agree with the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners. Because, a tenant who claims right under the Tamil Nadu City Tenants Protection Act, would surface only when the owner of the property is filing the eviction suit.

¶8Here no eviction is sought for against the proposed party or against the persons those who are occupying in item Nos.6 and 8 of the suit property. Therefore, this Court is of the view that the petitioner is not even a proper party.

¶9In view of the above findings, this Court could not find any material irregularity with the order passed by the Court below.

¶10In the result, this Civil Revision Petition is dismissed. However, the dismissal of the present impleading application will in no way affects the rights of the petitioners to file a similar application at the final decree proceedings. If such an application is filed, the Court below is directed to dispose of the same according to law without being influenced by the observation of this Court. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.

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¶1The Additional District Judge, FTC, Theni. C.KUMARAPPAN,J. ebsi C.R.P(MD)No.1519 of 2019

15.09.2023

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 15.09.2023 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN C.R.P.(MD)No.1519 of 2019 and C.M.P(MD) No.7980 of 2019 1. G.Varadharajan (Died) ... Petitioner/Petitioner/ Proposed 77th Defendant 2. B.Gnanarani 3. R.Bhavani 4. S.Kavitha ... Proposed Petitioners (Petitioners 2 to 4 are brought on record as Legal Heirs of the deceased sole petitioner vide order of this Court dated 17.11.2022 made in C.M.P(MD) No.1262 of 2022 in C.R.P(MD) No.1519 of 2019 -vs- 1. S.Pradeep .... 1st Respondent/Plaintiff K.S.Thangapandian (Died) 2. K.S.T.Sivarajan Pandian @ Mohanrajapandian 3. K.S.T.Navaneetha Krishnan 4. K.S.T.Shanmugaraja @ Jeyakumar 5. K.S.T.Krishnakumar 6. R.Nagarani 7. K.Brinda 8. A.Praveena 9. V.Vijayaranga Muthulakshmi 10. V.Sivaramakrishnavijayan 11. V.Jayachandran 12. R.Senthilkumari 13. S.Duruvan 14. C.Mahalakshmi Thai 15. C.Siva Rangaraja 16. C.Siva Nagaraja 17. C.Siva Thaniraja 18. C.Sivakrishnaraja 19. S.Geetharani 20. Sivaponnurani 21. R.N.Jegadeesan 22. N.R.Manivannan 23. L.Kamalakannan 24. N.Palanikumar 25. N.Senthilkumar 26. A.Vairavan 27. G.Muralidharan 28. R.Saravanakumar 29. R.Shanmugam 30. R.Satyamoorthy 31. R.Kalyanasundaram 32. E.Arulsaravanan 33. R.Indra 34. V.Rajiv Kumar 35. V.Pathibakumar 36. N.Suganya 37. N.Muthurenganathavijayan 38. S.Abarna 39. Minor K.Vaishnavai through guardian Krishnakumar D/o. Krishnakumar 40. Minor K.Adhishree through guardian Krishnakumar D/o. Krishnakumar 41. S.Ramakrishnaveni @ Baby 42. Minor S.Sivaswarya through guardian Geetha Devi, D/o. Geetha Devi 43. G.Chandran 44. R.Sureshkumar 45. P.Radhakrishnan 46. P.Ponnusamy 47. P.Pandiaraj 48. V.Packiam 49. S.G.Natarajan N. Vijayalakshmi (Died) 50. K.Dharmarajan 51. D.Sakthimayil 52. K.Selvarajan 53. S.Jeyapriya 54. L.Soundar 55. S.Ananth 56. S.Gokul 57. Murugan 58. Amtuha 59. Pandiarajan 60. C.Kumaresan 61. Saranya 62. K.Ravi 63. M.Indira 64. Sree Balaji Trading Company Through Sri Iaguvararu Seenivasa Rao Krishnamoorthy and Shree Jalagnathi Shreenivasa Rao, D.No.19-7-668, Sagadigunta, Guntur – 522003, Andhrapradhesh. 65. Nageswara Rao 66. Kalavai Guruprasad Rao 67. Sri Kothavenkatasubba Rao 68. Sri Kothavenkata Varaprasada Rao 69. Sri Kotha Sambasiva Rao 70. Srinivasa Rao 71. Sri Gundavenkata Narasimha Rao 72. Sree Vijayasai Cotton Traders Through Vemulasambasiva Rao & Atukari Srinivasa Rao and Sri Gundu Venkata Bramhanda Rao, D.No.4-1-15, Ramanna Petta 1st Line, Opp., Rammanna Towers, Guntur – 522 003, Andharapradhesh. 73. Nageswara Rao 74. Sooripeda Srinivasa Rao 75. V.Murugan ... Respondents 2 to 75/Respondents/ Defendants (Respondents 2 to 75 notice not necessary as given up) PRAYER: Civil Revision Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, against the fair and executable Order dated 13.08.2019 made in I.A.No.1 of 2019 in O.S.No.38 of 2012 on the file of the learned Additional District Judge, FTC, Theni. For Petitioners : Mr.R.Suriyanarayanan For Respondents : Mr.B.Rajesh Saravanan – for R1 : Given up – for R2 to R75