ORDER Newbould, J. - These two appeals have been heard together as the point on which they both depend is the construction of a clause in a kabuliyat which is common to both the suite. This clause has been translated in the judgment of the learned Additional District Judge of the 24Parganas against whose decision Appeal No. 2645 of 1919 is preferred, as follows: If at every transfer in any way, of the lands under this kabuliyat one fourth of the proper value of the land be not deposited in the office of yourself your heirs and successors in-interest, such transfer will not be recognised and to this no sort of plea or objection by any of us will be allowed. If we, the vendor and the vendee both jointly or each of us separately and our heirs and legal representatives do not pay amicably that amount to you, your heirs and representatives, you will be entitled to take a khas possession of the land under this kabuliyat or if you so desire, you can realise the money by suing the transferor or the transferee either jointly or separately. 2. The tenure in respect of which this kabuliyat, was given, was sold in execution of a money-decree and was purchased by the second defendant in each of these suits. In his suits, in addition to other reliefs, the plaintiff claimed different sums as due as chouth salami under this clause. Both the Courts in each of these suits have held that this clause gives the lessor no right to chouth salami after a sale in execution of a decree. 3. On behalf of the appellant two points have been taken. The first is that the words of the kabuliyat are wide enough to cover an involuntary sale; and secondly that the sale in execution of a decree stands on the same footing as a voluntary sale. 4. As regards the first point, the lower Courts in interpreting the document have given great weight to the Bengali words used for "transferor" and "transferee." These words are and it appears that these are the words commonly used in documents of voluntary sales.
4. As regards the first point, the lower Courts in interpreting the document have given great weight to the Bengali words used for "transferor" and "transferee." These words are and it appears that these are the words commonly used in documents of voluntary sales. Each of these suits was heard by different Munsifs and each appeal was heard by different Judges, Three of these four officers are Hindu gentlemen and I am not prepared to hold that they have wrongly interpreted the meaning of the Bengali words in the kabuliyat. Further it has been repeatedly held by this Court that a condition in a lease restraining transfer is not applicable to a case of involuntary transfer unless there are words in the covenant which clearly makes it applicable to such transfer. 5. We therefore hold that so far as the first point of the appellant's argument is concerned, the lower Courts were right and the words in the kabuliyat are not wide enough to cover an involuntary sale. As regards the second point, the argument is based on a remark of the learned Chief Justice in the case of Dwaraka Nath Roy Chowdhury v. Mathura Nath Roy Chowdhury (1916) 24 C.L.J. 40 = 34 I.C. 833 = 12 C.W.N. 117. But in that case the covenant especially provided for the case of a sale by auction and also what is more important, in connection with point now in consideration, the transfer in that suit was by sale in execution of a mortgage decree. A sale in execution of a mortgage-decree stands on a different footing from a sale in execution of a money-decree. 6. In the Full Bench case of Dayamayi v. Anande Mohun Roy Chowdhury (1914) 42 Cal. 172 = 27 I.C.61 = 18 C W.N. 971 = 20 C.L.J. 52, it has been decided that "a sale is made involuntarily, where it is in execution of a money-decree but not of a decree founded on a mortgage or charge voluntarily made." 7. Other authorities might be cited, if necessary in support of the same view. Here the transfer was in execution of a money-decree, and it cannot be treated as on the same footing as a voluntary sale. 8. We therefore hold that the lower Courts were right and dismiss both these appeals with costs. Suhrawardy, J. 9. I agree.