Mining Engineer, Mines and Geology Department, Bhilwara v. Madan Singh
2015-03-25
VINEET KOTHARI
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JUDGMENT 1. - This Second Appeal filed by the defendant No. 1-Mining Engineer is arising out of the Judgment and Decree dated 19.7.2010 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Gulabpura, District-Bhilwara in Civil Regular Appeal No. 8/2008 "Madan Singh v. Mining Engineer & Ors. " who allowed the appeal filed by the plaintiff-Madan Singh and set aside the Judgment and Decree dated 22.5.2008 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Gulabpura, Bhilwara in Civil Case No. 79/2002 "Madan Singh Choudhary v. Mining Engineer & Ors. " by which, the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division) had dismissed the suit filed by the plaintiff seeking permanent injunction against the respondent-defendant No. 1 in relation to the dispute of certain mining dues admittedly due against his wife, the defendant No. 3, Smt. Kamla Choudhary. 2. The present Second Appeal has been filed by the appellant-State Mining Department, who was one of the defendants before the learned two Courts below, against reversal of the findings of the learned Trial Court by the learned First Appellate Court in relation to the dispute, as aforesaid. 3. After framing of the relevant issues arising out of the plaint and written statement and after recording of the evidence, the learned Trial Court, by its Judgment and Decree dated 22.5.2008, found that when the plaintiff and his wife were living together, the plaintiff is equally liable to the pay the dues of his wife towards the Mining Department through attachment of the house in question which is sought to be put to auction by the Mining Department. 4. Being aggrieved by the Judgment and Decree aforesaid dated 22.5.2008, the plaintiff-Madan Singh Choudhary filed the First Appeal before the First Appellate Court of learned Additional District Judge, Gulabpura, District-Bhilwara, namely. Civil Regular Appeal No. 8/2008 "Madan Singh Choudhary v. Mining Engineer & Ors." which was allowed on 19.7.2010 , while setting aside the impugned Judgment and Decree dated 22.5.2008 of the learned Trial Court. 5.
Civil Regular Appeal No. 8/2008 "Madan Singh Choudhary v. Mining Engineer & Ors." which was allowed on 19.7.2010 , while setting aside the impugned Judgment and Decree dated 22.5.2008 of the learned Trial Court. 5. The Mining Department of the State Government has filed the present Second Appeal aggrieved by the order passed by the First Appellate Court allowing the plaintiffs Appeal No. 8/2008 "Madan Singh v. Mining Engineer & Ors." on 19.7.2010 holding that the husband, i.e., the plaintiff-Madan Singh Choudhary, is not liable to square up the dues of the Mining Department in respect of the plaintiffs wife proprietorship concern with respect to mining lease given in her favour. The finding of the learned First Appellate Court,. that the Mining Department is not entitled to recover the dues of wife (Smt. Kamla Choudhary) from the self-acquired property, i.e. house of the husband (Madan Singh Choudhary) by putting the same into attachment and auction and, therefore, for this reason, the Mining Department could not attach the house in question, which is the self-acquired property of the husband for realising the dues of the wife (Smt. Kamla Choudhary). The witness appeared before the learned Trial Court on behalf of the Mining Department namely, DW-1 Narendra Singh Shaktawat Stated before the Court, that the dues under the Mining Law are against the defendant No. 3-Smt. Kamla Choudhary and there were no dues against the plaintiff-Madan Singh Choudhary. The witness also stated that there were no documents available with the Mining Department in respect of the suit property that the same is in the same of defendant No. 3 Smt. Kamla Choudhary. 6.
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Having heard the learned Counsels for the parties an4 upon perusal of the impugned judgment and decree of the First Appellate Court below, this Court in satisfied that no substantial question of law arises for consideration by this Court in the present Second Appeal filed by the appellant-defendant No. 1-Mining Engineer. In the circumstances of the case, the findings of facts and conclusion arrived at by the First Appellate Court below, that the husband is not under an legal obligation to square up the mining dues of the wife against the Min" Department, irrespective of the fact whether they were living jointly or separate cannot be said to be perverse, in any manner, and the said order does not go to rise to any substantial question of law in this Second Appeal and this Second Appeal of the appellants-defendant No. 1-Mining Engineer deserves to dismissed being devoid of any merit. No such substantial question of law could said to be arise merely because the learned First Appellate Court had impose costs of Rs. 10,000 Rs. on the erring official of the Mining Department for giving such notice of attachment to the plaintiff-Madan Singh Choudhary to pay outstanding dues of his wife and for attaching the self-acquired house of plaintiff. The findings of facts arrived by the First Appellate Court below are on relevant and cogent evidence led by the parties before the Courts below. Court finds no force in the present Second Appeal of the defendant No. 1-Mining Engineer. 8. Accordingly, the present Second Appeal filed by the appellant-defendant No. 1-Mining Engineer is dismissed. No costs. A copy of this order be sent to both the Courts below and the parties concerned forthwith.Appeal Dismissed. *******