CO/4504/2025 of GIRIDHARI BARIK Vs TAPAN MONDAL
N.22Sl
151/CL
05.03.26
Sl-13(ML)
Ct-06
(S.R.)
CO 4504 of 2025
Sri Giridhari Barik
v.
Sri Tapan Mondal
Mr. Soumen Kumar Dutta
Mr. Subham Dutta … for the petitioner.
Mr. Sankar Narayan Saha
… for the opposite party.
1. This revisional application is directed against an
order dated December 2, 2025 passed by the
learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), First Court,
Contai, Purba Medinipur whereby the petitioner’s
application under Order 39 Rule 7 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereafter “the Code”) has
been rejected.
2. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner
invites the attention of this Court to an order dated
August 26, 2025 passed by this Court in CO 3105
of 2025 whereby this Court had directed the
learned Trial Court to decide the petitioner’s
application under Order 39 Rule 7 on merits. While
so directing, this Court had recorded that the
learned Trial Court had rejected the petitioner’s
application under Order 39 Rule 7 of the Code of
Civil Procedure upon holding that the same was
filed in order to delay the hearing of the J. MiSc.
Case.
3. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner
submits that on a comparative perusal of the order
impugned herein and the order dated July 18, 2025
that had been impugned in CO 3105 of 2025, it will
appear that the learned Trial Court has, in fact,
dittoed the earlier order.
4. Learned advocate appearing for the opposite party
submits that the petitioner had earlier also filed an
application under Order 39 Rule 7 of the Code
seeking local inspection. Such application was
rejected by the learned Trial Court by an order
dated November 22, 2023. Against such order the
petitioner had approached this Court by filing CO
4182 of 2023, which was dismissed by holding that
the application was aimed at collecting evidence. It
is submitted that the petitioner is simply trying to
endlessly drag the J. Misc Case in order to deprive
the petitioner of the fruits of the decree.
5. Heard learned advocates appearing for the
respective parties and considered the material on
record.
6. It is evident from the material on record that despite
a decree of eviction having been passed in favour of
the opposite party as far as back in year 2015, the
opposite party has not yet been able to reap the
rewards of the suit in view of post decree litigations.
7. The petitioner claims to be a licensee in respect of
the decreetal property. He asserts that he has been
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in occupation since May 15, 2006 upon being
granted permission by the erstwhile owner of the
property from whom the Opposite Party has
purchased the property. A decree for eviction had
been passed in favour of the Opposite Party as far
back as on January 31, 2015 which stood upheld
upto the second appellate stage before this Court.
The same has been put in execution by filing Title
Execution Case No. 6 of 2015 which remains
pending in view of serial post decree proceedings at
the behest of two persons who were non parties to
the suit. The petitioner is one of them.
8. One J. Misc Case 6 of 2016 filed under Order 21
Rules 97 to 101 of the Code got dismissed on June
27, 2022. Thereafter the petitioner filed J. Misc
Case 25 of 2022 under Order 21 Rules 97 to 101
which is still continuing.
9. It is noticed that earlier too, in the same proceeding,
the petitioner had filed an application under Order
39 Rule 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure, thereby
alleging that the opposite party was trying to
change the nature and character of the suit
property. Such application was turned down by the
learned Trial Court. Challenge thereto in revision
before this Court also failed when C.O. 4182 of
2023 was dismissed.
10. The petitioner has thereafter again filed this
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application for local inspection under Order 39 Rule
7, alleging that the opposite party has been trying
to raise construction in order to block the
petitioner’s door. The application evinces that a
notice was also issued by the concerned
Municipality to both the petitioner as well as the
opposite party and both have been heard. Except
for the cosmetic change of allegation of raising
construction, and the follow up points for
inspection, there does not appear to be much
difference in the two applications for inspection. In
the earlier round, the said fact was evidently not
brought to the notice of this Court when the order
dated August 26, 2025 was passed.
11. The learned Trial Court has found that allowing the
petition under Order 39 Rule 7 would not assist the
Court in proper adjudication of the case and that
the same has been filed for fishing out evidence.
The learned Trial Court has further held that
inspection of the decreetal property as sought for
would not assist the Court in proper adjudication of
the case but would only delay the execution case.
12. This Court does not find any fatal flaw or defect in
such finding. The petitioner’s application under
Order 39 Rule 7 is required to be looked at in the
context of the antecedent facts.
13. An application under Order 39 Rule 7 can be
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allowed only if the same is required for the purpose
of arriving at a just decision and not to fish out
evidence and to indirectly delay conclusion of
execution proceedings.
14. In such view of the matter, this Court does not find
any illegality and/or material irregularity in the
order impugned.
15. CO 4504 of 2025 is dismissed without any order as
to costs.
16. Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied
for, be supplied as expeditiously as possible.
(Om Narayan Rai, J.)
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