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1973 DIGILAW 121 (KAR)

MANIKAPPA v. SIDRAM

1973-07-03

K.VENKATASWAMI, VENKATACHALAIAH

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VENKATASWAMI J. ( 1 ) HIS appedl by the plaintiff in O. S. No. 36 of 1968 on the file of the civil Judge, Bidar, is directed against the judgment of dismissal made in the above suit. ( 2 ) THE suit was for a decree for permanent injunction on the basis of possessory title. In the Court below the suit was valued for purposes of court tee at Rs. 307-38, but for the purpose of jurisdiction, the value of the land has been stated to be Rs. 36,000. Presumably on account of the latter valuation, although the Court fee paid on the plaint was only Rs. 25. the learned Civil Judge heard the matter and disposed of it as aforesaid. The plaintiff, aggrieved by the decree, has preferred the first appeal under S. 96 CPC paying the same Court fee as had been paid in the Court below. ( 3 ) ON behalf of the respondent Sri Muralidhar Rao raised a prelinary objection that the appeal ought to have been presented before the district Court having jurisdiction over the area concerned and not to this court, for the reason that the valuation made for purposes of payment of court fee was also the valuation to be taken into account for the purpose of jurisdiction. It seems to us that this contention must be accepted as correct. ( 4 ) THIS Court in Subrao Ranba Ravalu Kedari v. Kallappa Nana kadapure (1972) 1 Mys. L. J. 180. has held that in a suit for injunction falling under Cl. (c) of S. 26 of the Act, the valuation of the suit for purposes of jurisdiction cannot be different from the valuation for the purpose of payment of Court fee. Admittedly, the valuation for the purpose of Court fee in the present case is Rs. 307-38, which is less than Rs. 20,000. Therefore this apppal cannot be entertained in this Court and the appeal ought to have been presented before the District Court. Bidar. ( 5 ) THEREFORE, the only order we could make is that the appeal Memorandum be returned to the appellant for presentation before the Court of the District Judge at Bidar. 307-38, which is less than Rs. 20,000. Therefore this apppal cannot be entertained in this Court and the appeal ought to have been presented before the District Court. Bidar. ( 5 ) THEREFORE, the only order we could make is that the appeal Memorandum be returned to the appellant for presentation before the Court of the District Judge at Bidar. The appellant is diredted to take back this appeal with in a week from today and represent the same before the court of the District Judge at Bidar as soon as possible with an application for condonation of delay in preferring the appeal before that Court. If and when an application for condonation of delay and the appeal are presented the learned District Judge will take into account the time spent by the appellant in this Court and also the uncerrtainty of the state of law until the decision in Subrao's case (l) referred to above, was rendered, in considering the application for condonation of delay. ( 6 ) RETURN the appeal memorandum to the appellant for representation to the proper Court. --- *** --- .