IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE Dated this the 13 th day of February, 2013 PRESENT THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE D V SHYLENDRA KUMAR AND THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B SREENIVASE GOWDA Regular First Appeal Nos. 189, 298 & 636 of 2002 IN RFA NO.189 OF 2002 BETWEEN: B R BANUMATHI (MAIDEN NAME) SMT BANU JAYARAM W/O LATE JAYARAM D/O B M RAMASWAMY, HINDU, MAJOR AT NO.970, II ‘B’ CROSS IDEAL HOMES TOWNSHIP RAJARAJESHWARINAGAR BANGALORE – 560 098 … APPELLANT [By Sri S Subhash, Adv.] AND: 1. SHRI B M APPASWAMY SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HIS LRs (a) SHRI B K RAVICHANDRA S/O SHRI B M KRISHNAMURTHY HINDU, MAJOR (b) SHRI B K MANMOHAN S/O SHRI B M KRISHNAMURTHY HINDU, MAJOR 2 R1(a) & R1(b) ARE R/AT NO.1, KRISHNAMURTHYNAGAR BANGALORE – 560 038 2. SMT B M AKKAYYAMMA W/O SHRI T S BACHI REDDY HINDU, MAJOR R/AT THIMMASANDRA VILLAGE CHINTAMANI TALUK 3. SMT B M SARASWATHAMMA W/O SHRI C NARAYANASWAMY SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HER LRs (a) PRABHAKHAR C N S/O C NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS NO.71, MATHRUCHAYA, II FLOOR, I MAIN KGS LAYOUT, VIJAYANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 040 (b) RAMAKRISHNA S/O C NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS NO.58, PAI LAYOUT VIDYANAGAR, OLD MADRAS ROAD BANGALORE – 560 016 (c) C N BHASKAR S/O C NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS NO.419, 4 TH CROSS SADANANDANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 038 (d) SMT MANGALA W/O C N L MURTHY AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS (e) MS KV C PRAKRUTHI D/O C N L MURTHY AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS 3 R3(d) & R3(e) ARE R/AT NO.5, CHANDRA BUILDING 17 TH CROSS, 6 TH PHASE 28 TH MAIN, J P NAGAR BANGALORE – 560 078 (f) SMT GAYATRI SURENDRA W/O SRI SURENDRA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS NO.38, JOGUPALYA G STREET, ULSOOR BANGALORE – 560 008 4. SHRI B M KRISNAMURTHY SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HIS LRs (a) SMT SHARADAMMA W/O LATE B M KRISHNAMURTHY SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HER LRs i.e. R4(b) & R4(c) WHO ARE ALREADY ON RECORD (b) SHRI B K RAVICHANDRA S/O SHRI B M KRISHNAMURTHY HINDU, MAJOR (c) SHRI B K MANMOHAN S/O LATE B M KRISHNAMURTHY HINDU, MAJOR R4(b) & R4(c) ARE R/AT NO.1, KRISHNAMURTHY NAGAR OLD MADRAS ROAD BANGALORE – 560 038 (d) SMT B K RENUKA W/O SHRI VIKRAM REDDY HINDU, MAJOR R/AT NO.4, CONTONMENT ROAD BANGALORE – 560 001 (e) SMT B K SHEELA W/O SHRI SANTOSH HINDU, MAJOR 4 R/AT NO.409, IV BLOCK 19 TH ‘G’ MAIN, RAJAJINAGAR BANGALORE – 560 006 5. SHRI B M NARAYANASWAMY S/O SHRI B M MUNISWAMAPPA SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HIS LR (a) SRI B N JAYADEVA S/O B M NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS NO.161, 3 RD CROSS 10 TH MAIN, RMV EXTENSION BANGALORE – 560 080 6. SMT B M VENKATAMMA SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HER LRs (a) SUSHEELAMMA W/O S M REDDY SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HER LR (1) SMT MAMATHA W/O S M REDDY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS NO.1602, 7 TH BLOCK LNT SOUTH STREET ARAKERE, MICO LAYOUT BANGALORE – 560 071 (b) INDIRAMMA W/O THIMMA REDDY R6(a)(1) & R6(b) ARE R/AT NO.65/10, 36 TH ‘A’ CROSS 9TH BLOCK, JAYANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 069 (c) SMT SAVITHRAMMA W/O SRI H N PAPAIAH REDDY HINDU, MAJOR 5 (d) SRI RAVINDRA P S/O SRI H N PAPAIAH REDDY HINDU, MAJOR REP. BY GPA HOLDER H N PAPAIAH REDDY (e) SRI H P JAYADEV S/O SRI H N PAPAIAH REDDY HINDU MAJOR (f) SMT SADGUNA CHANDRAKALA D/O SRI H N PAPAIAH REDDY HINDU MAJOR R6(c) TO R6(f) ARE R/AT NO.1078, 12 TH ‘A’ CROSS MALLESHWARAM BANGALORE - 560 003 (g) SMT SAROJAMMA W/O MUNIVENKATA REDDY HINDU, MAJOR R/AT NO.26, RAMAIAH LAYOUT MATHIKERE BANGALORE (h) SMT RAJALAKSHMI A W/O SRI S M REDDY HINDU, MAJOR R/AT 1866, SOUTH END ‘C’ ROAD 9TH BLOCK EAST, JAYANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 069 7. SMT SHARADAMMA W/O B M VENKATASWAMAPPA SINCE DECEASED REP. BY HER LRs (a) SMT JAYAMMA D/O B M VENKATASWAMAPPA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS R/AT NO. 205, 4 TH BLOCK 7TH MAIN, JAYANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 011 6 (b) B V SAROJAMMA D/O B M VENKATASWAMAPPA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT NO.134, 10 TH CROSS 1ST STAGE, INDIRANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 038 8. SRI B M APPA REDDY W/O SRI B M MUNISWAMAPPA HINDU, MAJOR R/AT BYAPPANAHALLI BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK 9. SRI B R MOHANRAJ S/O K C KANNA RAO BENNIGANAHALLI BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK SINCE DEAD REP. BY HIS LRs (a) B M UDAY S/O LATE B R MOHAN RAJ HINDU, MAJOR (b) B M VINAY S/O LATE B R MOHAN RAJ HINDU, MAJOR BOTH R9(a) & R9(b) ARE R/AT NO.507, 15 TH CROSS INDIRANAGAR II STAGE BANGALORE 10. SRI VENKATESHA GOWDA FATHER'S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER HINDU, MAJOR BANNIGANAHALLI BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK 11. SRI R KUPPUSWAMY HINDU, MAJOR STEEL STOCK YARD HINDUSTAN STEEL WORKS CONSTRUCTION LTD., BENNIGANAHALLI BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK 7 12. RAMACHANDRA SETTY HINDU, MAJOR M/S BHADRA MINERALS CO. OLD MADRAS ROAD BENNIGANAHALLI BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK 13. SRI S D PATEL S/O DAYABHAI PATEL HINDU, MAJOR SHARAVATHI TUBES CORPORATION BENNIGANAHALLI BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK 14. SRI K K LOGANATHAN S/O SRI K C KANNA RAO SINCE DEAD BY LRs (a) K L SARASWATHI W/O K K LOGANATHAN HINDU, MAJOR (b) K L JAGADHEESH BABU S/O K K LOGANATHAN HINDU, MAJOR (c) BANUCHIRANJEEVI W/O CHIRANJEEVI RAO HINDU, MAJOR (d) K L RAMESH BABU S/O K K LOGANATHAN HINDU, MAJOR (e) CHANDRAKALA W/O P KAMESH RAO HINDU, MAJOR R14(a) TO R14(e) ARE R/AT NO.339, DEVASANDRA EXTENSION, K R PURAM BANGALORE – 560 036 15. SMT B A INDIRAMMA D/O LATE B M APPA REDDY AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS 8 16. SMT SUDARSINI N GRAND D/O B M APPA REDDY AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS 17. SRI MANJUNATH GRAND S/O B M APPA REDDY AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS R15 TO R17 ARE R/AT NO.13, II CROSS SHANKARPURAM BANGALORE – 560 004 … RESPONDENTS [By Sri G Balakrishna Shastry, Adv. for R2 & R3(a) to R3(f); Sri K P Asokumar, Adv. for R1(a), R1(b), R4(b), R4(c), R4(d) & R4(e); Sri Shankar S Bhat, Adv. for R2; Sri Bhaskar Reddy S & Sri Mallikarjuna Reddy K, Advs. for R3(a) (NOC); Sri S B Krishna, Adv. for R3(a); Sri A S Girish & Sri Pradeep Naik, Advs. for R3(d) & R3(e); Sri Nagendra Shetty, Adv. for R3(f); Sri K P Sathyanarayana, Adv. for R5(a); M/s Prime Law Associates, Advs. for R6(a)(1); Sri B R Srinivasa Gowda, Adv. for R6(b), R6(g) & R6(h); Sri Nagendra Shetty, Adv. for R6(d) & R6(f); M/s Lawyers Inc., Advs. took notice for R7(a) v/o dated 6.8.2012 (vakalath not filed); Sri B A Reddeppa, Adv. for R7(b), R15 to R17; Sri G A Viswanatha Reddy, Adv., who was directed to take notice for R9(a) & R9(b) v/o dated 1.12.2004 (vakalath not filed); R3(b), R3(c), R6(e), R6(h) & R14(d) are served but remained un-represented; R4(a) is dead and R4(b) to R4(e) are treated as LRs of deceased R4(a) v/o dated 6.8.12; R6(c), R8, R12, R14(a), R14(b), R14(c) & R14(e) – Notice dispensed with v/o dated 29.1.2007; Notice to R10, R11 & R13 is dispensed with v/o dated 24.3.2004] THIS APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 96 OF CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 22.12.2001 PASSED IN O.S.NO.8842/80 ON THE FILE OF 9 THE VII ADDL. CITY CIVIL JUDGE, BANGALORE, DECREEING THE SUIT FOR DECLARATION, PARTITION, SEPARATE POSSESSION AND PERPETUAL INJUNCTION AND ETC., IN RFA NO.298 OF 2002 BETWEEN: 1. B M APPASWAMY BY LRs (a) B K RAVICHANDRA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS (b) B K MANMOHAN AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS R1(a) & R1(b) ARE SONS OF LATE B M KRISHNAMURTHY R/AT NO.1, KRISHNAMURTHY NAGAR BANGALORE – 560 038 2. B M KRISHNAMURTHY BY LRs (a) SMT SHARADA KRISHNAMURTHY W/O LATE KRISHNAMURTHY SINCE DEAD REP. BY A2(b) TO A2(e) (b) SRI B K RAVICHANDRA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS (c) SRI B K MANMOHAN AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS A2(b) & A2(c) ARE R/AT NO.1, KRISHNAMURTHY NAGAR BANGALORE - 560 038 (d) SMT B K RENUKA W/O VIKRAM REDDY AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS R/AT NO. 4 GRANT ROAD BANGALORE – 560 001 G.P.A. HOLDER B K RAVI CHANDRA 10 (e) SMT B K SHEELA W/O SANTOSH AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS R/AT NO.409, ‘N’ BLOCK 9TH ‘E’ MAIN, RAJAJINAGAR BANGALORE – 560 010 G.P.A. HOLDER B K MANMOHAN … APPELLANTS [By Sri K P Asokumar, Adv.] AND: 1. SMT B M AKKAYAMMA W/O T.S. BACHA REDDY AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS THIMMASANDRA VILLAGE CHINTAMANI TALUK 2. SMT B M SARASWATHAMMA W/O C NARAYANASWAMY SINCE DEAD REP. BY (a) SRI C N PRABHAKAR S/O C NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT NO.71, MATHRU CHAYA 2ND FLOOR, 1 ST PHASE K G S LAYOUT BANGALORE – 560 040 (b) SRI N RAMAKRISHNA S/O C NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS R/AT NO.151, PAI LAYOUT OLD MADRAS ROAD BANGALORE – 560 016 (c) SRI C N BHASKAR S/O C NARAYANASWAMY AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS R/AT NO.419, 4 TH CROSS SADANANDANAGAR BANGALORE – 560 038 11 (d) SMT MANGALA W/O C N L MURTHY AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS (e) SMT K V C PRAKRUTI D/O C N L MURTHY AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS R2(d) & R2(e) ARE R/AT NO.5, CHANDRAPPA BUILDING 17 TH CROSS, 6 TH PHASE 29 TH MAIN, J P NAGAR BANGALORE – 560 078 (f) SMT GAYATHRI SURENDRA W/O SURENDRA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/AT NO.38, JOGUPALYA ‘G’ STREET, ULSOOR BANGALORE – 560 008 3.