G. N. SABHAHIT, J. ( 1 ) THIS appeal oy the plaintiff is directed against the judgment and decree dated 10-4-1981 passed by the VIII Addl. City civil Judge, Bangalore, in R. A. No. 188 of 1980, on his file, dismissing the appeal, on confirming the judgment and decree dated 16-4-1977 passed by the i Addl. I Munsiff, Bangalore, in O. S. No. 69 of 1975, on his file, dismissing the suit of the plaintiff. ( 2 ) PLAINTIFF filed a suit for permanent injunction to restrain defendant-1 from selling the suit schedule property and in any way interfering with his possession and enjoyment thereof. The plaintiffclaims that it was a registered partnership firm and that the plaintiff was the absolute owner in possession and enjoyment of the suit schedule property having purchased the same from defendant-2 under a registered sale deed dated 24-10-1966. Proceedings were initiated by defendant-1 for recovery of arrears of income tax due by defendant-2 who, in turn, sold the property in question in favour of plaintiff. It is the case of the plaintiff that the suit schedule property could not be attached by defendant-1 as, at that time, it became the property of the plaintiff/firm and it was no longer the property of defendant-2. Hence, the plaintiff sought for injunction to restrain defendant-1 from proceeding with the matter. ( 3 ) THE suit was resisted by defendant-1 on the ground that under S. 281 of the Income Tax Act, the sale was manifestly fraudulent and void as it was done with a view to evade the tax. Besides, it was contended that notice under s. 80 of CPC was not given and the union Government was not made a party to the proceedings. Hence, the suit was not tenable. ( 4 ) THE trial Court raised the following issues as arising from the pleadings: (1) Is the plaintiff a registered firm and is G. M. Ashok competent to represent it in this suit ? (2) Is the suit bad for non-com, pliance of the provisions of Ss. 79 and 80 cpc ? (3) Does the plaintiff prove purchase of the suit schedule property by the plaintiff from defendant-2 ? (4) If so, is the purchase void under s. 281 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and vitiated under Rule 16 of Schedule II to the Income Tax Acr ? 79 and 80 cpc ? (3) Does the plaintiff prove purchase of the suit schedule property by the plaintiff from defendant-2 ? (4) If so, is the purchase void under s. 281 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and vitiated under Rule 16 of Schedule II to the Income Tax Acr ? (5) Does the plaintiff prove that no orders at all were passed by defen. dant-1 on "the claim petition ? (6) Is the order of defendant-2 conclusive under Rule 11 of Schedule II to the Income Tax Act ? (7) Is the plaintiff entitled to the injunction sought for ? (8) To what other relief or reliefs the plaintiff is entitled ? ( 5 ) THE trial Court, appreciating the evidence on record, answer Issues Nos. 1 to 4 and 6 in the affirmative and Issues 5 and 7 in the negative and ultimately dismissed the suit of the plaintiff. Aggrieved by the said judgment and decree, the plaintiff went up in appeal before the city Civil Judge, Bangalore City, and the VIII Addl. City Civil Judge, Bangalore City, who, heard the appeal in R. A. No. 188 of 1980, on his file, formulated the following points as arising for his consideration in the appeal : (1) Was the trial Court justified ic holding that the suit was bad for non- compliance of the provisions of Ss. 79 and 80 of the CPC. ? (2) Whether the appellant was entitled for the injunction sought for on the alleged contention that he had purchased the suit schedule, property without notice of the attachment by the Income Tax Officer ? ( 6 ) THE learned Civil Judge reassessing the evidence on record, answered point No. 1 in the affirmative and Point no. 2 in the negative and, in that view the learned Civil Judge dismissed the appeal of the plaintiff. Aggrieved by the same, the plaintiff has come up with the above second appeal before this court. ( 7 ) THE learned Advocate appearing for the appellant strenuously urged before me that the Union Government was not a necessary party to the suit and no notice under S. 80 CPC was necessary to be given to the Union Government and that the notice issued to the Officer in question, viz. , defendant-1, was sufficient compliance cf S. 80 CPC. , defendant-1, was sufficient compliance cf S. 80 CPC. He further submitted that the Courts below were not justified in holding that the sale in favour of defendant-2 by the plaintiff was in violation of S. 281 of the Income tax Act as also Rule 16 of Sch. II to the said Act. ( 8 ) AS against that, the learned Ad. vocate appearing for respondent-1/ defendant-1 argued supporting the judgment and decree of the trial Court, confirmed by the First Appellate Court. ( 9 ) THE preliminary point that arises for my consideration in this appeal is : Whether the Courts below were justified in holding that notice was necessary to the Union Government and that the Union Government was a necessary party to the suit ? ( 10 ) THE suit is to restrain the Tax recovery Officer arrayed as defendant-1 from proceeding with the sale of the suit schedule property. The sale is for recovery of the tax due to the Central government. Therefore, if the relief has to be given. it is obvious that the person who suffers is the Central Government and not the Tax Recovery Officer in his individual capacity. Therefore it is obvious that the Central Government becomes a necessary party to the suit since, ultimately, it is the Central government which is likely to suffer. That being so, it was accessary that notice under S. 80 of the CPC should have been issued to the Central Government as well as to the Tax Recovery Officer in question. ( 11 ) THAT is what is laid down by the Supreme Court of India in State of maharashtra v. Shri Chander Kant (1 ). In para-14 of the judgment it is stated thus:"the language of S. 80 CPC is that a notice is to be given against not only the Government but also against the Public Officer in respect of any act purporting to be done in his official capacity" ( 12 ) HERE, obviously, the Tax Recovery Officer has proceeded to attach and also proceeded to sell the property in his official capacity. Therefore, it was necessary to issue notice to the Central government and, by way of abundant caution against the Tax Recovery Officer in question also. Therefore, it was necessary to issue notice to the Central government and, by way of abundant caution against the Tax Recovery Officer in question also. Since, admittedly, no notice is issued to the Central Government and the Central Government is not made a party to the suit, the suit is not maintainable. That is what is held by the courts below. 1 have no reason to differ. ( 13 ) IN the result, I am constrained to hold that the appeal is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed and i dismiss the same. The Central Government may consider the request of the Assessee to grant him reasonable time to make payment of the tax. No costs of this appeal. --- *** --- .