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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CR No.154 of 2025 Decided on: 12.12.2025 Gian Chand ….Petitioner Versus Meena Kumari ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satyen Vaidya, Judge Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioner: Mr. Rakesh Kumar Dogra, Advocate. For the respondent: Mr. Neeraj Gupta, Senior Advocate with Ms. Rinki Kashmiri and Mr. Pranjal Munjal, Advocates. Satyen Vaidya, Judge
(Oral) The petitioner-judgment debtor, by way of instant petition, has invoked the revisional jurisdiction of this Court to assail order dated 12.08.2025, passed by learned Senior Civil Judge, Mandi, H.P. in Objection Petition No.4 of 2025, whereby the objections filed by the judgment debtor to the execution of decree have been dismissed.
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Brief facts necessary for adjudication of the petition are that the respondent herein (hereinafter referred to as “decree holder”) is holder of a decree dated 28.05.2010, passed by learned Civil Judge, Junior Division, Court No.4, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. in Civil Suit No.43/07. The decree reads as under:
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“48. In sequel to the foregoing discussion on aforesaid issues, I do hereby decreed the suit of plaintiff to the following effects: I Plaintiff is entitled for the decree of permanent prohibitory injunction, restraining the defendant, not to cause any sort of interference in the suit land in any manner whosoever either himself or through his family members and agent in next feature. II Plaintiff is also entitled to the decree of mandatory injunction directing the defendant to restore the boundary Marks and boundary wall demolished by him on his own cost and expenses within 90 days of the decree. Decree sheet be prepared accordingly. No order as to cost. File after due competition be consigned to Record Room.”
3. The aforesaid decree stands affirmed by the appellate Court i.e. the Court of learned Additional District Judge, Mandi, vide judgment and decree dated 23.07.2011, passed in Civil Appeal No.81 of 2010. 4. The decree passed in favour of decree holder is in two parts. Firstly, a decree of permanent prohibitory injunction has been passed restraining the petitioner-judgment debtor from not causing any sort of interference in the suit land in any manner whatsoever either himself or through his family members and
3 agent etc. In the second part, a decree of mandatory injunction has been passed directing the petitioner-judgment debtor to restore boundary marks and boundary wall demolished by him on his own cost and expenses within 90 days of the decree. 5. The decree holder approached the Executing Court with a grievance that the judgment debtor had failed to comply with decree and in that respect an application under Order 21 Rule 32 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short, “the Code”) was filed. The judgment debtor filed objections to the application mainly on the ground that the decree was in-executable for want of identification of suit land, in accordance with law. 6. Learned Executing Court vide impugned order has rejected the objections of the judgment debtor.
Learned Executing Court has found that the judgment debtor had filed similar objections on earlier occasion also that stood decided on merits against him on 19.05.2015 and the said order had not been assailed by the judgment debtor. Learned Executing Court further found no substance in the argument of judgment debtor to the effect that the decree was not executable for want of identification. According to learned Executing Court, it could not go behind decree. 4
7. The decree in execution is backed by a detailed
judgment passed by learned trial Court with sufficient reasons. The findings recorded by learned trial Court have been tested in first appeal under Section 96 of the Code and have been affirmed.
8. Indisputably, the judgment debtor has not challenged the judgment and decree passed by learned first appellate Court.
9. Noticeably, there are concurrent findings of fact by both the Courts that the judgment debtor had interfered with the rights of decree holder over the suit land and for such purpose reliance was placed on the demarcation report Ext. PW-3/D and tatima Ext. PW-3/A. That being so, the judgment debtor, after the decree has attained finality, cannot be allowed to challenge the findings recorded by the Court on merits while passing the decree. Such approach definitely will amount to re-appreciation of the evidence considered by the Courts which is not permissible in execution proceedings. Thus, the approach adopted by learned Executing Court cannot be faulted with. There is no error of jurisdiction so as to warrant any interference from this Court in exercise of revisional jurisdiction.
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Learned counsel for the petitioner-judgment debtor would also contend that the judgment-debtor had filed another
5 application under Section 151 of the Code before learned Executing Court with a prayer to bring on record some additional material to justify his allegation that the decree had been obtained by fraud.
11. The perusal of impugned order reveals that learned trial Court has taken into consideration the argument raised on behalf of judgment debtor. The application of the judgment debtor under Section 151 of the Code has specifically been disposed of on the ground that the judgment debtor had contested the claim of decree holder through out in the original suit as also in first appeal on merits and he cannot be allowed to rake the same issue in execution proceedings. Again the view formed by learned Executing Court cannot be said to be illegal, improper or perverse. The plea which is now sought to be raised by judgment debtor is that the evidence on which the decree holder had placed reliance was improper and hence, the decree had been obtained by fraud. In my considered, this cannot be a case of fraud as the judgment debtor has throughout contested the suit and had got every opportunity not only to cross-examine the witnesses of the decree holder, but also to lead independent evidence.
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12. In result, there is no merit in the petition and the same is accordingly dismissed along with pending application(s), if any. ( Satyen Vaidya ) Judge December 12, 2025 (vt)