K.Manavala Reddy (Deceased v. K.Natesa Reddy (Deceased)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 13.03.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.N.MANJULA S.A.No.721 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015 TOS.No.24 of 1991 1.K.Manavala Reddy (deceased) 2.M.Panchakalyani 3.M.Sivaprakasham 4.S.Umeshwari 5.M.Panjacharam 6.M.Gunasekar 7.N.Dhanalakshmi (deceased) 8.M.Balasubramanian (plaintiffs 2 to 8 are impleaded as LRs of deceased 1st plaintiff as per order dated 26.10.2006 made in A.No.4278 of 2006) 9.E.Natarajan 10.N.Bharath Kumar 11.N.Ranjith Kumar (plaintiffs 9 to 11 are impleaded as LRs of deceased 7th plaintiff as per order dated 09.02.2023 made in A.No.784 of 2023) ...
Plaintiffs Vs.
1.Natesan Reddy (deceased) 2.Mrs.Sornammal 3.N.Dhasaradhan (deceased) 4.N.Balaraman (deceased) 5.N.Viswanathan 1/12
6.N.Vanasundari 7.N.Devagi 8.N.Vasantha 9.N.Alamelu Mangai 10.K.Parthasarathy (deceased) (defendants 2 to 10 are impleaded as LRs of deceased 1st defendant as per order dated 20.06.2001 made in A.No.2881 of 1998) 11.Bakkiammal 12.Prema 13.Rajeswari 14.Amudha 15.Karpagam 16.Padma Priya (defendants 11 to 16 are impleaded as LRs of deceased 10th defendant as per order dated 27.02.2015 made in A.No.3424 to 3426 of 2011) 17.Kuppammal 18.Rani 19.Velu 20.Nandheerswaran 21.Rajeswari 22.Visalam 23.Annammal 24.Shanthi (defendants 17 to 24 are impleaded as per order dated 13.07.2015 made in A.No.4553 of 2011) 25.Vijayalakshmi 26.Pushpapriya 27.Jayakumar 28.Divyapriya (defendants 25 to 28 are impleaded as LRs of deceased 4th defendant as per order dated 28.11.2018 made in A.No.9149 of 2018) 29.D.Kasthuri 30.P.Gandhimathi 31.R.Devi Kamatchi 2/12
32.D.Mohan 33.D.Suresh (defendants 29 to 33 are impleaded as LRs of deceased 3rd defendant as per order dated 09.02.2023 made in A.No.787 of 2023) ... Defendants PRAYER : Testamentary Original Suit filed under Sections 232 and 276 of the Indian Succession Act read with Order XXV Rule 5 of the Original Side Rules, praying to grant Letters of Administration with the Will to him as the brother of the said deceased Andalammal having effect throughout the State of Tamil Nadu.
For Plaintiffs : Mr.K.P.Gopalakrishnan For Defendants : Mr.J.R.K.Bhavanantham for D2 to D9, D11 to D14, D16, D17, D25 to D33 : Mr.Francis Cedric D Cruz for D10 : Ms.R.Nirmala Devi for D18 to D24 C.S.No.251 of 2011 1.Dasarathan (Deceased) 2.Balaraman (Deceased) 3.Vishwanathan 4.Vanasundari 5.Devaki 6.Vasantha 7.Alamelu 8.Bakkiammal 9.Prema 10.Rajeswari 11.Amudha 12.Karpagam 13.Padmapriya 14.Vijayalakshmi 3/12
15.Pushpapriya 16.Divyapriya (Plaintiffs 14 to 16 are are the legal heirs of deceased 2nd plaintiff and they were brought on record as per order dated 07.11.2019 in A.No.7601 of 2019) 17.D.Kasthuri 18.P.Gandhimathy 19.R.Devi Kamatchi 20.D.Mohan 21.D.Suresh (the plaintiffs 17 to 21 are the legal heirs of the 1st plaintiff and were brought on record as per order dated 15.11.2021 & 29.11.2021 passed in A.Nos.3992 & 3993 of 2021) ...
Plaintiffs Vs.
1.Kuppammal 2.Rani 3.Velu 4.Nandheerswaran 5.Rajeswari 6.Visalam 7.Annammal 8.Shanthi 9.Panchammal 10.Siva Prakasam 11.Umeswari 12.Lakshmi 13.Gunasekaran 14.Panchacharam 15.Balasubramani 16.Jayakumar 4/12
(The 16th defendant is the legal heir of the deceased 2nd plaintiff and was brought on record vide dated 07.11.2019 passed in Application No.7601 of 2019) ... Defendants Prayer: Civil Suit filed under Order IV Rule 1 of the Original Side Rules r/w. Order VII Rule 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying to pass a judgment and decree in favour of the plaintiffs and as against the defendants as follows:
a) to pass preliminary decree of partition declaring 1/4th share to the plaintiffs 1 to 7 and another 1/4th share to the plaintiffs 8 to 13 totaling 1⁄2 share in the plaint 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' schedule properties and pass final decree for partition of the share in the aforesaid manner by metes and bounds by appointment of Advocate Commissioner. b) To grant mandatory injunction by directing the defendants 11 and 12 to remove unauthorized construction put up on Plaint 'C' schedule properties and make it available for partition into equal shares. c) directing the defendants to pay the costs of the suit. For Plaintiffs : Mr.J.R.K.Bhavanantham For Defendants : Mr.K.P.Gopalakrishnan for D9 to D15 D1 to D8 - set exparte 1.Backiammal 2.Prema 3.Rajeswari 5/12
4.Amudha 5.Karpagam 6.Padmapriya ...
Appellants 1.Lakshmi 2.The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai, Park Town, Chennai 600 003.
3.The Junior Engineer, Office of Corporation of Chennai, Zone - 3, Ward No.34, Division No.7, Nattal Garden II Street, Perambur, Chennai 600 011.
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Respondents PRAYER : Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of CPC., to set aside the judgment and decree dated 16.09.2004 passed in A.S.No.82 of 2013 on the file of the learned 1st Additional Judge, City Civil Court, at Chennai confirming the judgment and decree dated 01.03.2012 passed in O.S.No.14738 of 2010 on the file of the learned XVII Assistant Judge, City Civil Court at Chennai and decree the suit. For Appellants : Mr.J.R.K.Bhavanantham For Respondents : Mr.K.P.Gopalakrishnan for R1 COMMON JUDGMENT The Testamentary Original Suit has been filed to grant Letters of Administration with the Will to deceased plaintiff as the brother of the 6/12
testator deceased Andalammal having effect throughout the State of Tamil Nadu.
2. The Civil Suit has been filed by the plaintiffs to pass preliminary decree of partition declaring 1/4th share to the plaintiffs 1 to 7 and another 1/4th share to the plaintiffs 8 to 13 totaling 1⁄2 share in the plaint 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' schedule properties and pass final decree for partition of the share in the aforesaid manner by metes and bounds by appointment of Advocate Commissioner and for mandatory injunction by directing the defendants 11 and 12 to remove unauthorized construction put up on Plaint 'C' schedule properties and make it available for partition into equal shares.
3. The Second Appeal has been filed to set aside the judgment and decree dated 16.09.2004 passed in A.S.No.82 of 2013 on the file of the learned 1st Additional Judge, City Civil Court, at Chennai confirming the judgment and decree dated 01.03.2012 passed in O.S.No.14738 of 2010 on the file of the learned XVII Assistant Judge, City Civil Court at Chennai and decree the suit.
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4. Heard the learned counsels for the parties in both the Suits and Second Appeal.
5. The suit properties belonged to one Andalammal and she had executed her last Will in respect of the suit schedule properties. The said Andalammal died on 28.09.1977. The deceased Andalammal did not have any children and her husband also pre-deceased her. In the said Will, the deceased Andalammal has not appointed any one as Executor of the Will. Mr.K.Manavala Reddy / deceased plaintiff is one of brothers of the deceased Andalammal and one of the beneficiaries of the Will.
6. Therefore, Mr.K.Manavala Reddy, brother of the testator has filed O.P.No.230 of 1989, on the file of this Court, for grant of Letters of Administration in respect of the Will said to have been executed by Andalammal on 01.09.1977. Mr.Natesa Reddy and Mr.Parthasarathy who are the other brothers of the deceased Andalammal, lodged caveat opposing the genuineness of the Will. Hence, the said Original Petition in O.P.No.230 of 1989 was converted as TOS.No.24 of 1991. 8/12
7. During the pendency of the proceedings, one of the legatees Manavala Reddy and his daughter died. The legal heirs of the deceased Manavala Reddy and his daughter Dhanalakshmi have been impleaded as plaintiffs. Since the defendants also died, their legal heirs have been impleaded. As of now, there are totally 33 defendants including the deceased defendants. Out of the above defendants, D1 to D4, D10 died and D5 to D9 and D11 to D33 have given their consent to decree the suit in favour of the plaintiffs in TOS No.24 of 1991. Since all the contesting defendants have given their consent, the suit in TOS No.24 of 1991 has to be allowed as prayed for. Hence, the suit is decreed and the letters of administration is granted in favour of the plaintiffs.
8. In the result, (i) The suit in TOS No.24 of 1991 is decreed in terms of the consent affidavits filed by the defendants.
(ii) The Letters of Administration, having effect throughout Tamil 9/12
Nadu, shall be issued in favour of the plaintiffs in respect of the Will executed on 01.09.1977 by Andalammal in favour of the plaintiffs. (iii) The plaintiffs are directed to duly administer the estate of the deceased as mentioned in the suit schedule.
(iv) The plaintiffs shall execute a security bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) in favour of the Assistant Registrar (O.S-II), High Court, Madras. (v) The plaintiffs are further directed to render true and correct accounts once in a year.
(vi) No costs.
9. Some of the defendants in TOS.No.24 of 1991 have filed the suit against the plaintiffs in C.S.No.251 of 2011 seeking for partition and the same is left as not pressed. Hence, the suit in C.S.No.251 of 2011, shall be dismissed as withdrawn. The learned counsel for the plaintiffs has also made his endorsement to that effect. No costs. 10/12
10. Some of the defendants in TOS.No.24 of 1991 have also filed a suit in O.S.No.14738 of 2010 seeking the relief of declaration, permanent and mandatory injunction and the same was dismissed by XVII Assistant Judge, City Civil Court at Chennai on 01.03.2012. Against the said judgment, a first appeal has been preferred in A.S.No.82 of 2013 and the Appeal has also been dismissed by I Additional District Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, on 16.09.2014. The appellants have preferred the present Second Appeal challenging the judgment passed in A.S.No.82 of 2013.
11. Since the appellants in the Second Appeal No.721 of 2015 themselves have consented to grant letters of administration as prayed by the plaintiffs in TOS No.24 of 1991 and the properties involved are one and the same, nothing remains to be considered in the Second Appeal and the same is dismissed as infructuous. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. No costs.
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R.N.MANJULA,J.
gsk To 1.I Additional District Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai.
2.XVII Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai.
3.The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai, Park Town, Chennai 600 003.
4.The Junior Engineer, Office of Corporation of Chennai, Zone - 3, Ward No.34, Division No.7, Nattal Garden II Street, Perambur, Chennai 600 011.
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