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HomeHigh CourtRajasthan High Court - JaipurBodulal S/O Ramdev vs Hanuman on 18 February, 2026

Bodulal S/O Ramdev vs Hanuman on 18 February, 2026


Rajasthan High Court – Jaipur

Bodulal S/O Ramdev vs Hanuman on 18 February, 2026

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             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
                         BENCH AT JAIPUR

                        S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 10242/2025

     1       Bodulal S/o Ramdev, (Since Deceased Through L.r.)
     1.1     Prakashchand S/o Iate Bodulal, Aged About 44 Years, R/o
             Sati Chauraha, Srinagar, Tehsil Nasirabad, District Ajmer.
                                                                            ----Petitioners
                                            Versus
     1       Hanuman, S/o Bhawarlal
     2       Pappudi, W/o Mangalchand
     3       Geeta W/o Hanuman, All Resident Of Srinagar, Tehsil-
             Nasirabad, District Ajmer.
                                                                          ----Respondents


     For Petitioner(s)            :     Adv. Asad Sheikh
     For Respondent(s)            :     Adv.Reashm Bhargava



                    HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIPIN GUPTA

                                  Judgment / Order

Reportable

     Date of hearing and conclusion of arguments                            11.02.2026
     Date on which the judgment was reserved                                11.02.2026
     Whether the full judgment or only the operative                       Full Judgment
     part is pronounced
     Date of pronouncement                                                  18.02.2026


    1.     The present writ petition has been filed assailing the order

    dated 22.05.2025, passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge,

    Nasirabad, District Ajmer, in Civil Execution Petition No. 12/2019,

    whereby      the      application        filed     by     the        judgment-debtors-

    respondents under Section 47 CPC, raising objections to the

    maintainability of the execution proceedings, came to be allowed,

    and as a consequence thereof, the execution petition filed by the

    decree-holder-petitioner was dismissed.




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2.    The controversy, in a narrow compass, arises out of a suit for

permanent injunction instituted by deceased plaintiff Bodulal,

predecessor-in-interest     of     the     present        petitioner.   The   suit

pertained to ancestral property comprised of Khasra No. 3217,

admeasuring 14 Biswa and 10 Biswanshi, which, as per the

revenue record, stood recorded in the names of the plaintiff's

father late Ramdev and proforma defendant's father late Shravan.

It was averred in the plaint that the plaintiff had been in continued

possession of the said land and was using the same, inter alia, for

storing animal fodder.

2.1   On 12.01.2001, the defendants allegedly entered upon the

disputed land and started construction thereon, coupled with

threats of forcible dispossession and alteration of the nature of the

property. In these circumstances, the plaintiff instituted a suit for

permanent injunction on 17.01.2001 seeking protection of his

possession.

2.2   In the suit proceedings, the defendants in their written

statement controverted the claim and asserted that the property

in question had been partitioned between late Ramdev and late

Shravan long ago. It was further their case that the share of late

Shravan had been purchased by one Shri Bhawarlal on 25.08.1934

and that the defendants, being successors-in-interest of the said

Bhawarlal, had been in continuous possession of the disputed land

for more than seven decades.

2.3   Upon appreciation of the pleadings and evidence available on

record, the learned Trial Court, vide judgment and decree dated

29.10.2015, decreed the suit for permanent injunction. The Court

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recorded a categorical finding that the plaintiff was in possession

of the property in dispute. Consequently, a decree was drawn

restraining defendant Nos. 1, 3 and 4 from creating any

obstruction in the use and enjoyment of the suit property and

from raising any construction or encroachment thereon.

3.    Aggrieved thereby, defendant-respondent No. 2 Pappudi,

preferred Civil Appeal No. 37/2018 (26/2015), before the learned

District and Sessions Judge, Nasirabad, Ajmer. The learned

Appellate Court, vide judgment dated 21.12.2024, dismissed the

appeal and affirmed the judgment and decree dated 29.10.2015.

It was observed that the appellants had failed to substantiate their

plea of continuous possession for 60-70 years. The Appellate

Court further noted that no objection had been raised on the

Commissioner's report, which formed part of the record of the suit

proceedings.

4.    Thereafter, the defendants acted in defiance of the decree

and attempted to encroach upon and raise construction over the

disputed      property,    thereby         disturbing         plaintiff's   peaceful

possession. The plaintiff, aggrieved by such actions of the

defendants, filed an execution petition before the learned Trial

Court alleging that the defendants-respondents had, in violation of

the decree, taken unlawful possession of the property in dispute

by employing force and that removal of encroachment and

restoration of possession was warranted.

5.    In the execution proceedings, the judgment-debtors filed

objections under Section 47 CPC contending, inter alia, that the

decree under execution was one of simpliciter injunction and did

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not contain any direction for delivery or restoration of possession

to the decree-holder.

6.    In reply thereto, the decree-holder-petitioner asserted that

the decree dated 29.10.2015, clearly restrained the defendants

from interfering with his peaceful possession and from raising

construction over the disputed land. It was contended that the

execution petition was necessitated only on account of the

unlawful entry and obstruction caused by the defendants in

violation of the decree.

7     The learned Executing Court, vide the impugned order dated

22.05.2025, upheld the objections preferred by the judgment-

debtors and dismissed the execution petition. The Court observed

that the decree-holder had failed to establish the specific date or

manner in which he was allegedly dispossessed after passing of

the decree. It was further observed that no cogent material, such

as photographs or other documentary evidence, had been placed

on record to demonstrate that construction had been raised by the

judgment-debtors subsequent to the judgment and decree dated

29.10.2015.

8.    Aggrieved by the said order dated 22.05.2025, the plaintiff-

decree holder has preferred the present writ petition.

9.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned

order is ex facie illegal and arbitrary, as the same has been passed

by   the    learned   Trial    Court      in     a   cursory      manner   without

appreciating the facts and circumstances of the case. Moreover,

both the learned Courts below have concurrently arrived at a

finding that the defendants had failed to prove the factum of being

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in continued possession of the property in dispute for 60-70 years

and have ruled in favour of the petitioner. Thus on the date of suit

as well as on the date of decree, there was no possession of the

defendant judgment debtor.

9.1. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that he

had been in uninterrupted and peaceful possession of the suit

property and that no encroachment existed prior to the passing of

the decree in 2015. According to the petitioner, it was only

thereafter that the respondents unlawfully entered upon the

property. It was further argued that no such objection was filed by

the respondent on which the application under section 47 CPC has

been allowed.

9.2   It was further argued that the objection of the respondent

was only to the effect that since there is no decree for possession

therefore the possession warrants cannot be issued. Hence,

learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned

order dated 22.05.2025 is liable to be quashed and set aside.

10.   Per contra, learned counsel for the respondents contends

that the decree sought to be executed is one for permanent

injunction simpliciter and does not contain any direction for

delivery of possession. It is argued that the Executing Court

cannot travel beyond the terms of the decree or enlarge its scope.

In the absence of a decree for possession, no such relief could

have been granted in execution.

10.1 Learned counsel for the respondents further submitted that

the   petitioner    has   failed     to    disclose       the     specific   date   or

circumstances of the alleged dispossession, before the learned

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Executing Court. Pertinently, the petitioner has not placed on

record any material to establish that any encroachment or

construction was raised after 29.10.2015. It is thus contended

that under the garb of executing a decree for injunction, the

petitioner seeks to obtain possession of the property, which is

impermissible       in    law.     Hence,        the     impugned          order   dated

22.05.2025 has been rightly passed by the learned Trial Court and

thus, prayed that the present writ petition be dismissed.

10.2 Learned counsel also argued and placed reliance on the

evidence of the plaintiff to establish the fact that the defendant

was even in possession of the disputed property even prior to the

decree dated 29.10.2015.

10.3 Learned counsel for respondent also argued that in the suit

proceedings, the commissioner was appointed without notice to

defendant and referred the report to contend that the decree was

passed wrongly passed relying on the commissioner report.

10.4 Learned counsel for the respondent further argued that if the

respondents would have encroached after the decree in 2015,

then certainly this fact would have been brought to the notice of

the   court    during      pending         appeal       which        was    decided    on

21.12.2024. Hence learned counsel for respondent prayed that the

writ petition filed by the petitioner may be rejected.

10.5 Learned        counsel      for    the     respondents          relied   upon    the

following judgments to buttress his arguments :

          (i) Nari Chinnabba Chetty vs E, Chengalroya
          Chetty & Ors.; AIR (37) 1950 Madras 237.




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          (ii) G. Anandam & Ors. vs The Warangal
          Municipal         Corporation.                Rep          by     its
          Commissioner, Warangal; 1997 (1) ALT 434.
          (iii) Angad and Ors. vs Madho Ram and Ors.;
          AIR 1938 Allahabad 416.
          (iv)   Smt.     Indu      Tewari         vs    Ram         Bahadur
          Chaudhari and Ors.; AIR 1981 Allahabad 309.
          (v)    Y. Lakshmaiah vs Esso Eastern Inc and
          Ors.; AIR 1974 Andhra Pradesh 32.
          (v) Periyasamy Thevan and Ors. vs Karuthiah
          Thevan and Anr.; AIR 1918 Madras 1293.
          (vi) K. Govinda Chettiar and Ors. vs A.N.
          Muniswami          Chettiar        and      Ors.;         AIR   1937
          Madras 315.
          (vii) Narinder Singh vs Maya Devi & Ors.;
          1999 (1) CLJ 624 (Punjab & Haryana High Court).
          (viii) Sarup Singh vs Daryodhan Singh; AIR
          1972 Delhi 142.
          (ix) Sunder Dass vs Mulakh Raj and Ors.; AIR
          1981 Delhi 85.
          (x) Radha Rajak alias Radhika Raja and Ors.
          vs Balmiki Devi and Ors.; AIR 1998 Patna 175.
          (xi) R.S.R.T.C. vs Ram Babu Gupta; 1997 (3)
          WLC 543.
          (x)    Kesava       Kurup        Kunjurama                Kurup   vs
          Narayan       Kurup         Parameswara;                  AIR   1967
          Kerala 193.
          (xi) Murari Lal s/o Ram Saran Dass vs Nawal
          Kishore and Ors.; AIR 1961 Punjab 547.
          (Xii) Rameshwar Dass Gupta vs State of U.P.
          and another; (1996) 5 SCC 728;
11.   Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the

material available on record.


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12.   It is a settled principle of law that an Executing Court cannot

go behind the decree. It is confined to execute the decree as it

stands and cannot travel beyond its scope. However, at the same

time, it bears a solemn duty to ensure that the decree is enforced

in its true spirit and substance so that the party who has been

successful in litigation is not deprived of the relief that had been

granted to him lawfully. The Trial Court cannot be rendered

handicapped while enforcing the decree of permanent injunction

merely on the fact that the judgment-debtors chooses to flout the

same after its issuance. Thus, the learned Executing Court has the

bounden duty to take all lawful measures to secure effective and

meaningful compliance, so that the decree-holder fully reaps the

benefit of the adjudication.

13.   Order XXI Rule 32 CPC provides the mechanism for

enforcement of decrees for injunction. Sub-rule (1) empowers the

Court to enforce such decree by detention in civil prison or by

attachment of property in case of disobedience. Significantly, sub-

rule (5) thereof confers wider and effective powers upon the

learned Executing Court. The said provision authorises the Court,

in the event of continued disobedience, to direct that the act

required to be done may be carried out, so far as practicable, by

the decree-holder or any other person appointed by the Court, at

the cost of the judgment-debtor.

14.   Thus, sub-rule (5) of Rule 32 clarifies that where a decree of

prohibitory injunction is rendered nugatory by wilful and unlawful

act of judgment debtor, the Court may adopt all the measures that

are essential to give effect to the decree for injunction. In

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appropriate circumstances, thus it is also correct to restore the

possession so as to avoid the frustration of the judgment and

decree already passed.

15.   The relevant portion of Order XXI Rule 32 CPC reads as

under:

          32.       Decree    for     specific       performance           for
          restitution of conjugal rights, or for an
          injunction.
          (1) Where the party against whom a decree for
          the specific performance of a contract, or for
          restitution of conjugal rights, or for an injunction,
          has been passed, has had an opportunity of
          obeying the decree and has wilfully failed to obey
          it, the decree may be enforced 2[in the case of a
          decree for restitution of conjugal rights by the
          attachment of his property or, in the case of a
          decree for the specific performance of a contract
          or for an injunction] by his detention in the civil
          prison, or by the attachment of his property, or
          by both.
          (2) Where the party against whom a decree for
          specific performance or for an injunction has been
          passed is a corporation, the decree may be
          enforced by the attachment of the property of the
          corporation or, with the leave of the Court, by the
          detention in the civil prison of the directors or
          other      principal    officers      thereof,       or   by    both
          attachment and detention.
          (3) Where any attachment under sub-rule (1) or
          sub-rule (2) has remained in force for 3 [six
          months,] if the judgment-debtor has not obeyed
          the decree and the decree-holder has applied to
          have the attached property sold, such property
          may be sold; and out of the proceeds the Court

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          may       award         to     the        decree-holder         such
          compensation as it thinks fit, and shall pay the
          balance (if any) to the judgment debtor on his
          application.
          (4) Where the judgment-debtor has obeyed the
          decree and paid all costs of executing the same
          which he is bound to pay, or where, at the end of
          3[six months] from the date of the attachment no
          application to have the property sold has been
          made,     or     if   made        has      been      refused,     the
          attachment shall cease.
          (5) Where a decree for the specific performance
          of a contract or for an injunction has not been
          obeyed, the Court may, in lieu of or in addition to
          all or any of the processes aforesaid, direct that
          the act required to be done may be done so far as
          practicable by the decree-holder or some other
          person appointed by the Court, at the cost of the
          judgment-debtor, and upon the act being done
          the expenses incurred may be ascertained in such
          manner as the Court may direct and may be
          recovered as if they were included in the decree.

          Explanation.--For the removal of doubts, it is
          hereby declared that the expression "the act
          required to be done" covers prohibitory as
          well as mandatory injunctions.

16.   The Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Meera Chauhan Vs.

Harsh Bishnoi and Ors.; (2007) 12 SCC 201, while interpreting

the inherent powers of the court has held that the Court can order

restoration of possession to the party wronged. The relevant

paragraph of the judgment is reproduced as under:

           "18. At the same time, it is also well settled that
           when parties violate order of injunction or stay
           order or act in violation of the said order the Court

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           can, by exercising its inherent power, put back the
           parties in the same position as they stood prior to
           issuance        of     the     injunction         order     or     give
           appropriate direction to the police authority to
           render aid to the aggrieved parties for the due and
           proper implementation of the orders passed in the
           suit     and      also       order      police      protection       for
           implementation of such order. It is also well
           settled that when in the event of utter violation of
           the      injunction          order,       the       party    forcibly
           dispossesses the other, the Court can order
           restoration of possession to the party wronged."

17.   The scope of Order XXI Rule 32(5) CPC has also been clearly

elucidated by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, at Jodhpur, in the

case of Naurang v. LRs of Late Chunnilal; S.B. Civil Revision

Petition No. 145/2025 (decided on: 19.08.2025), wherein it has

been held that when a decree for injunction is violated by raising

construction or by interfering with possession, the learned

Executing Court is not powerless. It was observed that the Court,

to effectuate the decree and to uphold the majesty of law, can

direct removal of the construction or obstruction raised in violation

thereof and may even restore possession, if the judgment-debtor

has dispossessed the decree-holder in defiance of the decree. The

power under sub-rule (5) is enabling and remedial in nature,

intended to prevent frustration of judicial orders. The relevant

paragraph of Naurang (supra) reads as under:

         "10. However, where a decree of prohibitory
         injunction has been rendered nugatory by the
         willful and unlawful act of the judgment-debtor
         particularly dispossession of the decree-holder
         from the decreetal property; the executing court

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         is vested with the power, under Order XXI Rule
         32(5) CPC, to direct measures necessary to
         secure     compliance,        including         restoration      of
         possession. To give full effect to an injunction
         decree, the executing court may remove any
         obstruction caused in violation thereof, so that the
         successful   litigant     reaps       the    benefits    of    the
         adjudication.
         ...

12. Order XXI Rule 32(5) CPC vests in the
executing court the necessary power to secure
effective compliance of such decrees. It clarifies
that where a decree of prohibitory injunction is
rendered nugatory by the wilful and unlawful act
of the judgment-debtor, particularly dispossession
of the decree-holder, the court may adopt all
measures essential to secure obedience, including
the restoration of possession. To give full effect to
an injunction decree, the executing court may also
remove any obstruction set up in breach thereof,
so that the successful litigant may truly reap the
benefit of adjudication. Mere penal consequences
under the contempt jurisdiction may not suffice;
in appropriate circumstances, restoration of
possession becomes the most efficacious mode of
enforcement. After protracted litigation, to require
the plaintiff to institute a fresh suit for recovery of
possession on account of the subsequent acts of
the defendants, which are calculated to frustrate
the judgment and decree already passed, would
be wholly unjust and improper.”

18. Further, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, in the case of

Heeralal deceased through Lrs. Rajesh and Ors. vs

Omprakash and Ors.; Civil Revision No. 152 of 2023 (decided

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on 16.09.2025), the Court reaffirmed that while an executing

court cannot travel beyond the decree, it is duty-bound to ensure

its effective enforcement. The Court held that dismissal of the

execution proceedings merely on technical grounds defeats the

very purpose of a decree for permanent injunction.

19. The said position of law was also discussed by a Bench of

High Court of Allahabad in the case of State of U.P and Ors. vs

Kamla Negi and Ors.; 2024 (7) ADJ 22, observed that the Court

has to ensure the full satisfaction of the decree and the said power

has been very consciously given to the learned Trial Court by the

legislature in order to ensure that the decree is enforced in an

effective manner. Further, in case where there is a violation of

decree of prohibitory injunction, the Executing Court has

jurisdiction to restore the possession in favour of the judgment

debtor by issuing the requisite warrant. The relevant paragraph of

Kamla Negi (supra) reads as under:

“43. In my considered view, the legislature has
very consciously and rightly so in its wisdom
empowered the executing court to get the
performance of decree achieved, whatever
manner it is feasible and possible. The
intendment behind incorporation of sub-Rule (5)
and the explanation attached to it is that even in
the case of prohibitory or mandatory injunction,
the Court has to ensure full satisfaction of the
decree. In other words, the court has to ensure a
decree does not go to waste. The attachment of
the property, as has been argued by learned
Additional Advocate General, does not warrant
delivery of possession to the decree holder,

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appears to me a highly misplaced argument. The
attachment of the property basically as
contemplated under sub-rule (3) and directing for
its sale by the court is intended only to ensure
decree of specific performance of contract. This
coercive measure, therefore, will ensure
performance of decree where a judgment debtor
does not perform as per the decree for specific
performance of contract. The legal position,
therefore, would be that in the matter of
mandatory/perpetual/prohibitory injunction, the
Court can exercise power to direct for delivery of
possession of the property by the judgment-
debtor to the decree holder if he is dispossessed
after the decree is passed in the suit.
…..

54. It is true that no court can be held to be
powerless to remain passive spectator of
violation of a decree even while execution case is
pending. It is to be seen always whether the
power was there and court failed to exercise that
power to ensure performance of decree or there
was no power and court could not have directed
for performance of execution of decree but for
section 151 C.PC. In the present case, the power
was available to the executing court under sub-
Rule (5) of Rule 32 of Order 21 C.P.C., but I do
not see from the recitals of the order impugned
passed by executing court on 25.08.2014 that
any such step was taken prior to passing the
order.”

20. In the case of Kapoor Singh vs Om Prakash; AIR 2009

P&H 188, a Division Bench of High Court of Punjab and Haryana

interpreted the provisions as contained under Order 21 Rule 32

CPC and held as under:

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“11. The law lies in favour of the interpretation
which would prevent multiplicity of the
proceedings rather than the one which will
generate it. The decree holder is not required to
file another suit as he had already obtained a
decree in his favour by spending much time and
expense. Thus, the Executing Court has the
jurisdiction to pass an order on the application
under Order 21 Rule 32(5) CPC to restore the
possession of land in dispute to decree holder in
case the decree of permanent-injunction is
violated by the judgment debtor.”

21. In the present case, both the learned Trial Court and the

learned Appellate Court have concurrently recorded a categorical

finding that the plaintiff-decree-holder was in possession of the

suit property. The decree restrains the defendants from causing

obstruction or raising construction over the property in question.

If, subsequent to the decree, the judgment-debtors have entered

upon the land and raised construction in violation thereof, such

conduct squarely attracts the provisions of Order XXI Rule 32 CPC.

22. This Court further finds that a specific issue was framed,

which was Issue No. 3, to the effect that whether the defendant

no. 1 namely Hanuman was in possession of the disputed property

since 60-70 years and have the adverse possession. The burden

was on defendant but they failed to discharge the burden and the

issue was decided against the defendants.

23. This Court also finds that no appeal was preferred by

defendant Hanuman, but it was filed by only one defendant

namely Pappudi and the appeal was also dismissed. Therefore, the

finding of the learned Trial Court attained finality in 2015, itself

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against the defendant namely Hanuman and the appeal of other

defendants stood dismissed in 2024, therefore defendants were

not in possession of the disputed property on the date of decree.

24. The learned Executing Court, instead of examining whether

there was willful disobedience of the decree and whether remedial

measures under Order XXI Rule 32(5) CPC were warranted,

dismissed the execution petition on the ground that no specific

date of dispossession was disclosed and that photographic

evidence was not produced. It is pertinent to note that such an

approach defeats the very object of the execution proceedings and

renders the decree nugatory.

25. Once on the date of decree, the defendant has not been

found in possession and decree of permanent injunction has been

issued against them, then neither the executing court nor this

court can go behind the decree to hold that the respondent are in

possession prior to decree, therefore the argument raised by the

respondent counsel to see the evidence in the suit or that the

commissioner was appointed without notice cannot be considered

because if considered it will amount to attacking a decree in

execution proceedings and going behind the decree which is not

permissible.

26. The judgments as cited by the learned counsel for the

respondent do not derive any support as the same pertains to

prior to amendment of CPC where in explanation after order 21

rule 32(5) CPC was appended and effected from 1-7-2002.

27. Thus, after the amendment, the legal position stands

crystallized, it is clear that the power under Order XXI Rule 32(5)

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[2026:RJ-JP:7606] (17 of 17) [CW-10242/2025]

CPC is enabling, remedial, and intended to ensure effective

enforcement of decrees of injunction. The Executing Court, though

it cannot travel beyond the decree, is duty-bound to uphold its

sanctity and prevent its frustration by adopting all permissible

measures, including removal of constructions raised in violation

thereof and restoration of possession where dispossession has

occurred in defiance of the decree.

28. Accordingly, the present writ petition is allowed. The

impugned order dated 22.05.2025 passed by the learned Senior

Civil Judge, Nasirabad, District Ajmer, in Civil Execution Petition

No. 12/2019 is hereby quashed and set aside.

29. The matter is remanded to the learned Executing Court with

a direction to restore the execution petition to its original number

and to proceed in accordance with law.

30. The parties are directed to appear before the learned

Executing Court on 09.03.2026. The learned Executing Court shall

endeavour to decide the execution proceedings as expeditiously as

possible, preferably within a period of 6 months from date of

receipt of a certified copy of this order.

31. No order as to costs.

32. All pending applications stand disposed of.

(BIPIN GUPTA),J

Jubin/

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