C.R. No. 1363 of 2017. Case: Narender Singh Vs Krishan and Ors.. High Court of Punjab (India)
| Case Number | C.R. No. 1363 of 2017 |
| Counsel | For Appellant: Bhupinder Malik, Advocate and For Respondents: Sanjiv Kumar Aggarwal, Advocate |
| Judges | Daya Chaudhary, J. |
| Issue | Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) - Order XXI Rules 54, 66, 67, 90, 92; Section 60(1)(ccc); Constitution of India - Article 227 |
| Judgement Date | March 14, 2017 |
| Court | High Court of Punjab (India) |
Judgment:
Daya Chaudhary, J.
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The present revision petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside order dated 08.02.2017 (Annexure P-6) passed by learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Safidon.
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Briefly, the facts of the case are that respondent No. 1/decree holder filed a Civil Suit for recovery of an amount of ` 2,05,600/- i.e. ` 1,20,000/- as principal amount and ` 85,000/- as interest at the rate of 24% per annum against the petitioner/judgment debtor and his brother-Nirmal Singh. The suit was decreed on 29.03.2012 and it was ordered that respondent No. 1/decree holder is entitled to recover ` 2,05,600/- from the petitioner/judgment debtor with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of filing of the suit till the date of actual realization. Petitioner/judgment debtor and his brother filed an appeal against the said order but the counsel for the petitioner/judgment debtor did not appear before the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court upheld the order of the trial Court and dismissed the appeal on 26.07.2013. However, the petitioner did not file Regular Second Appeal. Thereafter, respondent No. 1/decree holder filed an Execution Petition. The petitioner gave statement before the Executing Court that he would pay ` 2,05,600/- on 22.12.2014 to the respondent No. 1/decree holder but the money could not be paid by them due to its shortage. However, their counsel gave an assurance that he will move an application for extension of time. Thereafter, on 03.12.2015, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Safidon passed an ex-parte order under Order 21 Rule 66 CPC for proclamation of sales by public auction of one main residential house without issuing any notice to them. Auction of their house was held on 03.01.2016 and it was sold for ` 5,10,000/-. The house was purchased by respondent No. 2-Kuldeep Singh, who is brother of respondent No. 1/decree holder. As per auction report, the bid of the property, in dispute, was started from ` 1,50,000/- by one Om Parkash and the highest bid was of ` 5,10,000/- by said Kuldeep Singh. An application was moved by the petitioner/judgment debtor and his brother under Order 21 Rule 90 CPC for setting aside the auction held on 03.01.2016 contending therein that auction was conducted without any proper proclamation as required under Order 21 Rules 54 and 67 of CPC; no publication was effected in local newspaper and official gazette; the property was sold below the collector rate and market rate. The petitioner/judgment debtor also moved an application on 08.01.2016 for setting aside the ex-parte order dated 03.12.2015 with an application for condonation of delay in filing the application. The application of the petitioner/judgment debtor under Order 21 Rule 90 CPC was dismissed on 09.01.2017. On the same day, the application of the petitioner for setting aside the ex-parte order dated 03.12.2015 and application for condonation of delay were dismissed. Thereafter, respondent No. 2/Auction purchaser moved an application under Order 21 Rule 92 CPC for confirmation of sale and notice was issued to the petitioner for 30.01.2017. A request was made by counsel for the petitioner to file reply of the application, which was accepted. Thereafter, the case was adjourned for 08.02.2017 for filing reply of the application under Order 21 Rule 92 CPC...
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