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1963 DIGILAW 12 (ORI)

DINABANDHU BADU v. SOMANATH BADU

1963-01-31

MISRA

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JUDGMENT : Misra, J. - Plaintiff is the Appellant against the reversing judgment. The suit is for declaration of title and recovery of possession. Plaintiff purchased the disputed land from the father of the first Defendant in 1919. In Title Suit No. 33/351 of 1951/50 Plaintiff prayed for declaration of title, confirmation of possession or in the alternative recovery of possession. That suit was decreed by all the Courts in favour of the Plaintiff for declaration of title and recovery of possession. Plaintiff's case is that on mutual consent of parties, possession was delivered by the Defendants to the Plaintiff on October 12, 1953. Defendants trespassed again on February 4, 1957 and so this suit is filed for recovery of possession. 2. The defence case is that there was no delivery of possession on mutual consent in pursuance of the previous decree. In the absence of execution of the previous decree, the present suit is barred u/s 47, Code of Civil Procedure. It may be noted that the plea was not specifically taken u/s 47 CPC in written statement. 3. Both the Courts below concurrently found that the Plaintiff's story of delivery of possession on mutual consent was not true. The trial Court decreed the suit on the theory that the Plaintiff having title could bring a suit within 12 years from the date of declaration of title for recovery of possession. The lower Appellate Court reversed the decree of the trial Court on the finding that a fresh suit was not maintainable u/s 47, Code of Civil Procedure. 4. Mr. G.B. Patnaik contends that the Plaintiff can have a fresh cause of action on the basis of settlement entry being wrongly made in the names of the Defendants despite the previous decree in favour of the Plaintiff. There is no substance in this argument. Section 47, CPC clearly lays down that all questions relating to the execution, discharge and satisfaction of the decree must be decided by the Executing Court and not by a separate suit. The question of giving delivery of possession is an integra part of the decree itself and that must be determined by the Executing Court. It is possible to conceive another branch of law where on the basis of a different cause of action a fresh suit may lie. But this suit does not come within such a class. The question of giving delivery of possession is an integra part of the decree itself and that must be determined by the Executing Court. It is possible to conceive another branch of law where on the basis of a different cause of action a fresh suit may lie. But this suit does not come within such a class. The position of law has been well settled in a series of decisions of the Patna High Court. It would be sufficient to refer to Sovani Jena v. Bhima Roy AIR 1922 Pat 407 and Tribeni Prasad Singh and Others Vs. Ramasray Prasad Chaudhari and Others. A passage in the Full Bench decision is instructive as it brings out very clearly the principle involved and it runs as follows: Now there is a distinction between the execution of a decree which directs the delivery of 'any property specifically decreed' and the execution of a decree for sale under a mortgage or a simple money decree. In the former case the delivery of possession is an integral part of the execution of the decree (Vide Section 51(a) and Rule 11(j)(1), Order 21) and the decree is not satisfied until possession is delivered to the decree-holder under Rule 35 or Rule 36, Order 21, and as such it would relate to the execution, discharge and satisfaction of the decree u/s 47 and a separate suit for possession by the decree-holder would be barred. 5. There is no merit in this appeal which is accordingly dismissed with costs. Final Result : Dismissed