Singireddy Raji Reddy And Another vs Nalla Sathemma And 7 Others on 24 April, 2026

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    Singireddy Raji Reddy And Another vs Nalla Sathemma And 7 Others on 24 April, 2026

         THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT
    
                              HYDERABAD
    
            THE HON'BLE JUSTICE B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO
               CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.1341 OF 2022
                           Dated: 24.04.2026
    
    Between:
    
    1.Singireddy Raji Reddy and another
                       ... Petitioners-Petitioners-Defendant Nos.3 & 4
                                   And
    1.Nalla Sathemma and another
                       ... Respondents-Respondents-Plaintiffs
    3.S.Lakshmamma and 5 others
                       ... Respondents - Respondents -
                                   Defendant Nos.1, 2 and 5 to 8
    
                                 ORDER
    

    1. This Memorandum of Civil Revision Petition is filed under

    Article 227 of the Constitution of India assailing the order passed

    SPONSORED

    by the learned XVI Additional District and Sessions Judge,

    Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District in I.A.No.1075 of 2021 in

    O.S.No.136 of 2021, dated 26.04.2022.

    2. Petitioners are the petitioners – defendant Nos.2 and 3,

    respondent Nos.1 and 2 are the respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs

    and respondent Nos.3 to 8 are the respondent Nos.3 to 8 –

    defendant Nos.1, 2, 5 to 8 in I.A.No.1075 of 2021 in O.S.No.136 of

    2021.

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    3. For the sake of convenience the petitioners will be hereinafter

    referred to as petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4, respondents

    Nos.1 and 2 as respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs and respondent

    Nos.3 to 8 as respondent Nos.3 to 8 – defendant Nos.1, 2, 5 to 8.

    4. Learned counsel for the petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4

    submits that the learned Trial Court erred in rejecting the

    application filed under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC which is contrary

    to law, ought to have seen that the conditions envisaged under the

    provisions are satisfied and ought to have allowed the application,

    failed to see that the property has fallen to the share of the father

    in the year 1968 and that the property succeeded by him is under

    Section 8 of Hindu Succession Act, which is a self acquired

    property, erred in holding that the status of the property in the

    hands of the father of the respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs

    cannot be determined in the application, failed to see that the plea

    set up by the petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4 for rejection of

    plaint is on the basis of the interpretation of the provisions of the

    Hindu Succession Act and erred in holding that the property fallen

    to the share of Narsimha Reddy on the death of D.Krishna Reddy is

    a self acquired property cannot be determined in this application,

    which is a triable issue, which has to be decided after full-fledged

    trial is not legal and correct. Counsel to substantiate his
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    contentions has relied on the decisions in the cases of (i)

    Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Kanpur and Others Vs. Chander Sen

    and Others 1 (ii) Yudhishter Vs. Ashok Kumar 2 (iii) Uttam Vs.

    Saubhag Singh and Others 3 (iv) Uma Devi and Others Vs. Anand

    Kumar and Others 4 (v) Angadi Chandranna Vs. Shankar and

    Others 5.

    5. Learned senior counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs

    submits that the learned Trial Court has properly appreciated the

    facts of the case in right perspective, assigned cogent reasons,

    dismissed the application filed by the petitioners – defendant Nos.3

    and 4 and no interference is called for. In support of his contention

    has relied on the decisions in the cases of (i) Kuldeep Singh

    Pathania Vs. Bikram Singh Jaryal 6 (ii) Vineeta Sharma Vs. Rakesh

    Sharma and Others 7 (iii) Kum.Geetha D/o.Late Krishna and

    Others Vs. Nanjundaswamy and others 8 and prayed to dismiss the

    CRP.

    6. Learned counsels on record have filed their written

    submissions in support of their contentions.

    1
    MANU/SC/0265/1986
    2
    MANU/SC/0525/1986
    3
    MANU/SC/0256/2016
    4
    MANU/SC/0433/2025
    5
    MANU/SC/0528/2025
    6
    (2017) 5 SCC 345
    7
    (2020) 9 SCC 1
    8
    2024 (14) SCC 390
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    7. Now the point for consideration is: whether the impugned

    order passed by the learned Trial Court suffers from any perversity

    or illegality, if so, does it requires interference of this Court?

    POINT:

    8. Respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs have filed suit in

    O.S.No.136 of 2021 seeking partition and separate possession in

    respect of schedule ‘A’ to ‘C’ properties into 7 equal shares by

    metes and bounds and to declare the partition deed bearing

    document No.8287/2005 dated 30.11.2005 executed by and

    between defendant Nos.2 to 4 (respondent No.4 and petitioners

    herein) and also the gift settlement deed vide document

    No.3308/2010 dated 12.08.2010 executed by defendant No.2

    (respondent No.4 herein) as null and void, non-est in the eye of law

    and not binding on the respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs.

    9.1 It is stated in the plaint that Singireddy Yellaiah @ Yella Reddy

    was the Kartha of the Joint Hindu Family and he has four sons by

    name (i) S.Malla Reddy, (ii) S.Krishna Reddy (iii) S.Narsimha Reddy

    (iv) S.Chandra Reddy. After the death of Singireddy Yellaiah @ Yella

    Reddy oral partition was effected and properties were divided

    between his sons. Krishna Reddy has acquired his share of

    properties and he has three sons by name (i) S.Narsimha Reddy, (ii)
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    S.Sudharshan Reddy and (iii) S.Sathi Reddy. After the death of

    S.Krishna Reddy oral partition was effected and properties were

    divided among his sons as such late S.Narsimha Reddy has

    acquired properties to an extent of Ac.2-00 guntas in Survey

    No.691, Ac.2-00 guntas in Survey No.713, Ac.2-29 guntas in

    Survey No.714/2 and Ac.1-13 guntas in Survey No.719. Total

    admeasuring Ac.8-02 gutnas. Singireddy Narsimha Reddy had

    three daughters i.e, respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs,

    respondent No.5-defendant No.5 and three sons i.e., respondent

    No.4 – defendant No.2 and petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4.

    S.Narsimha Reddy died on 04.05.2018 due to heart stroke leaving

    behind the parties as his successors in interest. The properties are

    joint family properties and they constitute Hindu Undivided Joint

    Family.

    9.2 In the month of March 2021, respondent Nos.1 and 2 –

    plaintiffs came to know that respondent No.4 – defendant No.2 and

    petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4 colluded with each other along

    with Singireddy Narsimha Reddy and got executed partition deed,

    which are executed only to evade share of respondent Nos.1 and 2

    – plaintiffs.

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    10.1 Petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4 filed I.A.No.1075 of

    2021 under Order VII Rule 11 (a, b, c & d) r/w Section 151 of CPC

    to reject the plaint.

    10.2 Petitioner No.1 – defendant No.3 has sworn the affidavit

    and stated that by taking the averments made in the plaint in its

    face value the suit for partition and separate possession is not

    maintainable. Yella Reddy died in the year 1968 i.e., after

    commencement of the provisions of Hindu Succession Act and by

    virtue of said provisions the property came to the grandfather by

    succession under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act. The

    property in favour of the grandfather and thereafter to the father of

    the parties is by succession under Section 8 of the Hindu

    Succession Act and the property would be the self acquired

    property of the grandfather and father of the parties. Once Section

    8 applies the joint family property ceases to be the joint property,

    thereafter and can only be succeeded to by application of either

    Section 30 or Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act.

    10.3 Respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs filed counter and

    contended that the petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4 to avoid the

    share of respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs have filed the petition

    which is not maintainable.

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    10.4 The learned Trial Court observed in paragraph No.12 of

    its order, which reads as under:

    “12. As stated above, for the purpose of deciding an
    application of Order VII Rule 11 of CPC the averments made in the
    plaint are only germane and that the pleas taken by the defendant
    Nos.3 and 4 in this application would be wholly irrelevant at this
    stage and in such circumstances the various averments made by the
    defendant Nos.3 and 4 in this application are not relevant to
    determine this application. Further, the above said plea that the
    respondents/plaintiffs have no right to claim partition of suit
    schedule property in view of the partition of the lands between the
    sons of Yella Reddy and between the sons of B.Krishna Reddy and
    that thereby the properties which fell to the share of Narsimha Reddy
    on the death of D.Krishna Reddy is self acquired property cannot be
    determined in this application and the same is triable issue and the
    same has to be determined after full fledged trial.”

    11.1 In Chander Sen1, the Supreme Court held as under:

    “If income from assets inherited by a son from his father from
    whom he had separated by partition, then it cannot be assessed as
    income of Hindu undivided family of son.”

    11.2 In Yudhishter2, Supreme Court held that “property

    inherited by a male Hindu from his paternal ancestors after 1956

    Act is held in his individual capacity, not a Hindu undivided

    Family or coparcenary property”.

    11.3 In Uttam3 Supreme Court held that on a conjoint reading

    of Sections 4, 6, 8 and 19 of the Hindu Succession Act 1956, once

    ancestral property is distributed according to Section 8, it officially

    ceases to be a joint family property.

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    11.4 In Uma Devi4 Supreme Court held that (i) registration of a

    document serves as a constructive notice to the entire world (ii)

    parties interested in a property are legally presumed to have

    knowledge of any transactions in public records, (iii) Order VII Rule

    11 must be used rigorously to ‘nip in the bud’ any meaningless

    litigation that is clearly barred by law or fails to disclose a valid

    cause of action and (iv) Court must perform a meaningful reading

    of the plaint and its annexed documents to determine if the suit

    can be dismissed at the very beginning to save Judicial time.

    11.5. In Angadi Chandran5 the Supreme Court has laid down

    the following principles: (i) once a joint family property is legally

    distributed though lawful partition, it ceases to be joint. The share

    allotted to each member becomes their self-acquired property,

    granting them absolute right to sell, gift or bequeath it without

    consent from other family members. (ii) there is no automatic

    presumption that property held by a family member is joint. (iii)

    The party asserting joint character must prove the existence of a

    joint family nexus. (iv) A son or daughter has a birth right only in

    ancestral property, not in a parent’s self acquired property.
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    12.1 In Kuldeep Singh Pathania6, the Supreme Court held that

    the entire plaint should be read as a whole to determine if it reveals

    any cause of action.

    12.2 In Vineeta Sharma7, the Supreme Court has laid down

    the following principles: (i) a daughter becomes a coparcener in the

    joint family property by birth, just like a son, (ii) A daughter has a

    same rights and is subject to the same liabilities in the

    coparcenary property as she would have had if she were a son, (iii)

    It is not necessary for the coparcener to have been alive when the

    amendment came into force on September 9, 2005. As long as the

    daughter is alive on the date of the amendment, she can claim her

    share regardless of when her father died.

    12.3 In Kum. Geetha8 the Supreme Court held that plaint

    cannot be rejected inpart. It is not permissible for a Court to

    bifurcate a suit by rejecting only specific portions of the plaint.

    Plaint must be read meaningfully and as a whole rather than

    culling out isolating sentences.

    13. The Courts role is to examine whether facts alleged disclose a

    right to sue, it cannot embark on an enquiry into whether those

    allegations are actually true, legal or valid and those matters are

    strictly for trial.

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    14.1 Respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiff stated in the plaint

    that defendant Nos.2 to 4 (respondent No.4 and petitioners herein)

    have no exclusive right to execute the partition deed in between

    them over the suit schedule A-C properties as the same are joint

    family properties. Therefore, the alleged partition deed is void and

    no valid title can be transferred. S.Narsimha Reddy died on

    04.05.2018 due to heart stroke leaving behind the parties as legal

    heirs.

    14.2 Respondent Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs requested defendant

    Nos.1 to 4 (respondent Nos.3, 4 and petitioners herein) and their

    father for partition but they postponed the same. Respondent

    Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs have again approached the defendants

    Nos.1 to 4 for partition of the properties on 05.04.2021 after the

    death of their father but they refused for partition.

    15. Chander Sen1 case arise out of Wealth Tax proceedings.

    Yudhishter2 case arise out of rent control proceedings. Uttam3 case

    arise out of a Second Appeal. Uma Devi4 case arise out of a

    partition which took place in the year 1968, Angadi Chandranna5

    case arise out of a second appeal. The ratio of those decisions are

    distinguishable from the facts of the present case and they are not
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    applicable to the case on hand. The decision cited by respondent

    Nos.1 and 2 – plaintiffs assist his contention.

    16. Power of the High Court under Article 227 of the Constitution

    of India is to be sparingly exercised in cases where errors are

    apparent on the face of record or exercising its jurisdiction in a

    perverse manner (See: K.Valarmathi and Others Vs. Kumaresan 9).

    17. On careful reading of the entire plaint the contentions raised

    by the petitioners – defendant Nos.3 and 4 are to be determined in

    a full fledged trial but not under Order VII Rule 11 CPC. The scope

    of Article 227 is limited as stated supra and the learned Trial Court

    has assigned cogent reasons in dismissing the IA. Hence this Court

    is not inclined to interfere with the same.

    18. C.R.P.No.1341 of 2022 is dismissed without costs.

    Interim orders if any stand vacated, miscellaneous petitions

    shall stand closed.

    _____________________________________
    JUSTICE B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO
    24.04.2026
    Dua

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