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2026:HHC:35244 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
CMPMO No. : 40 of 2026 Decided On : 20.08.2026 Bimla Devi & Ors. …Petitioners Versus Chhotu Ram & Ors. …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioners : Mr. Goldy Kumar, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Ajay Sharma, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Tarun K. Brakta, Advocate. Virender Singh, Judge (Oral) The petitioners are aggrieved from the order dated 30.12.2025, passed by the Court of learned Senior Civil Judge, Kangra, District Kangra, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned trial Court’), in CMA No. 1322/2025 in Civil Suit No. 220/2025, titled as “Chhotu Ram Vs Smt. Bimla Devi & Ors.”. 2. Vide order dated 30.12.2025, the learned trial Court has allowed the application under Section 151 CPC, for providing the police assistance to respondentChhotu Ram. 1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:35244
3. For the sake of convenience, the parties to the present lis, are, hereinafter referred to, in the same manner, as were, referred to, by the learned trial Court. 4. Plaintiff Chhotu Ram has filed a suit for permanent prohibitory injunction, against the defendants, on the basis of the agreement, by virtue of which the subject matter of the lis was rented out to the defendants. As per the averments in the plaint, the rent agreement, which, was initially executed in the year 2018, has been extended on various dates and the rent of the subject matter of the lis, was increased from Rs. 12,000/ to Rs. 20,000/. 5. Along with the suit, application under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 C.P.C. has been filed, in which, the learned trial Court has passed the following order:
“Both the parties are directed to maintain status quo qua possession of the suit land and respondents are restrained from forcibly evicting the applicant from the suit land, except in accordance with law.”
6. Admittedly, the said application under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 CPC has not yet been decided by learned trial Court, however, during the pendency of the said application, the plaintiff has moved an application under Section 151 CPC, with a prayer to grant police assistance
3 2026:HHC:35244 of Police Station Kangra, to execute the order dated
05.12.2025.
As per the averments of the application, despite passing of the order dated 05.12.2025, the defendants have blocked the egress of the suit land. Resultantly, the plaintiff could not enjoy the usufruct of the suit land. 7. It is his further case that the defendants, with the help of their servants, relations, representatives etc. put ‘Dharna’ on the alleged path, so the vehicle, which, has been parked on the suit land, could not be taken out from there. 8. The said application has been contested by the defendants. 9. Thereafter, the learned trial Court has called for the status report, from the concerned SHO and on the basis of the said report, the application under Section 151 CPC has been allowed, vide order dated 30.12.2025, by providing the police help to the plaintiff. The operative portion of the order dated 30.12.2025, read as under:
“Let the concerned, Police Thana be directed that implementation of the order dated 05.12.2025 be ensured on the spot, and barbed wire fencing be removed only to extent it is blocking the ingress/outgress of vehicles etc. from the suit land, even by use of necessary force required under the circumstances at the
4 2026:HHC:35244 spot. Copy of this order be also sent along with the order. The application stands disposed of.”
10. In such situation, when, the order dated 30.12.2025, has already been executed, the present petition is disposed of by requesting the learned trial Court to decide the application under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 CPC, after completion of the pleadings, expeditiously, preferably within a period of one month from the date of appearance of the parties, before the learned trial Court, being uninfluenced by the order dated 30.12.2025. 11. Parties, through their respective counsel, are
directed to appear before the learned trial Court on 03.09.2026, at 10:00 am.
12. Any of the observations, made hereinabove, shall not be taken, as an expression of opinion, on the merits of the case, as these observations are confined, only to the disposal of the present petition.
13. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand(s)
disposed of.
14. Record be sent back immediately.
(Virender Singh) 20th August, 2026
Judge (Pramod Kumar)