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Bangalore District Court

Smt. Nagarathna vs Mysore Sales International Limited on 24 June, 2019

   Form
   No.9
  (Civil)
   Title
Sheet for
Judgmen
t in Suits
 R.P. 91     PRESENT: SMT. PRASHANTHI G,
                                        B.A.(Law) LL.B.,
                      XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.

              Dated this the 24 th day of June 2019



     PLAINTIFFS:      1.      Smt. Nagarathna,
                              Aged about 51 years,
                              W/o Ramaiah Reddy,

                      2.      Smt. Manjula
                              Aged about 46 years,
                              W/o Ramaiah Reddy,
                              Both residing at Ramaiah Reddy
                              Colony, Sector-C, Basavanagar,
                              Maruthahalli Post,
                              Bangalore-560 037.

                 [By Sri P.S.Manjunath, Advocate]
                             /v e r s u s/

     DEFENDANTS: 1.            Mysore Sales International Limited
                               A Company incorporated under
                               the Indian Companies Act, Having
                               its Registered Office MSIL House,
                               Cunnigham Road,
                               Bangalore-560 052
                               Represented by its Managing
                               Director.
                        2.     The Chief General Manager,
                               MSIL, Air Cargo Division,
                               Air Port Exit Road,
                               Bangalore.

                              [By Sri RKB, Advocate]
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Date of institution of the     :             1/1/2014
suit
Nature of the suit             :     For recovery of money
Date of commencement of        :          18/3/2015
recording of the evidence
Date    on    which    the     :            24/6/2019
Judgment               was
pronounced.
                               : Year/s Month/s           Day/s
Total duration
                                   5       5                  23


                                        (Prashanthi. G)
                                       XXVII ACCJ: B'LORE.




      The     plaintiffs   filed   this    suit    against     the

 defendants      for the relief of recovery of money

 directing the defendants to pay to the plaintiffs total

 sum of Rs.58,94,739/- with interest at the rate of 18%

 per annum from 15/11/2011 till 20/12/2013 and

 also the interest till the date of payment.

      2.    The brief facts of the case are as follows:

      The plaintiffs were are the owners of the suit

 schedule property and leased the same in favour of

 the first defendant as per the lease agreement dated

 2/5/2003.     The    lease   period      was     effective   with
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    retrospective effect from 19/3/2002 to 18/3/2008

    with an option of renewal of lease for a further period

    of 5 years. As per the conditions of the lease, the first

    defendant was required to vacate the premises on or

    before   18/8/2008.      Evenafter    the    period    of

    acquirisation, he has not sought for extension of

    lease. However, continued to be in possession of the

    same. The defendant no.1 was not regular in payment

    of the rent. In connection with the payment of the

    arrears of rent and delivery of the vacant possession,

    after several negotiations first defendant had sought

    for waiver of arrears of the rent in respect of the suit

    schedule property on the ground that they would

    vacate and hand over the vacant possession of all the

    premises on or before 28/2/2010. In the said

    circumstances, the plaintiffs have addressed the letter

    dated 1.2.2010 agreeing to forego the arrears of the

    rent in respect of cold storage unit only subject to the

    condition that first defendant should vacate and

    handover the possession of all the premises on or

    before 28/2/2010. It was further made clear that in
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case the possession was not handed over within the

cut off date of 28/2/2010, the plaintiffs are entitled to

claim the arrears of the rent payable by the first

defendant in addition to the payment of the property

tax on or before 28/2/2010. In the very same letter it

was also agreed that the offer of waiver of rent was

subject to handing over of possession of the premises

when the transformer is installed and advance

amount paid by the first defendant in the respect of

cold storage unit installed will not be refunded and

the same will be adjusted towards the part of rental

dues. Further, the plaintiffs have personal discussion

with the officers of the defendant on 26/3/2010

regarding the settlement of accounts and thereafter

the   second   defendant   addressed    a   letter   dated

29/3/2010 inclusing the statement of accounts in the

respect of leased premises.

      As agreed the first defendant did not keep up

their undertaking of vacating the premises on or

before 28/2/2010. On 8/5/2010, the plaintiffs issued

a legal notice to the first defendant to immediately
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    shift and vacate the premises in which the cold

    storage     unit    is     located     and    also   to   shift    the

    transformer and to handover the vacant premises

    within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notice.

    Further, it is also called upon to pay the rentals for

    the month of March and April 2010, failing which

    appropriate        legal    proceedings       against     the     first

    defendant for securing the vacant possession as well

    as the recovery of the damages for use and occupation

    of    the   premises        in   question     will   be   initiated.

    Unfortunately, the first defendant did not replied. Any

    of the notices issued by the plaintiff nor complied with

    the    demands           made     in    the     notice.    In      the

    circumstances, a final notice dated 7/12/2010 came

    to be issued indicating that the plaintiffs have

    withdrawn the concession given for the waiver of the

    rentals / damages upto 28/2/2010 for not honouring

    the undertaking given for vacating of the premises.

    Therefore, they are called upon to pay all the arrears

    of rent and damages in respect of cold storage plant

    since 1.4.2008 till 30.11.2010 and also called upon to
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vacate the premises within 3 months from the date of

receipt of the notice. Even to the said notice, there

was no reply for the first defendant. When all the

meetings and telephonic discussions along with the

first defendant become in vain, the plaintiff filed this

suit for the necessary reliefs.

      The plaintiff submitted a representation to the

Manager of the first defendant calling upon him to

take the steps for the payment of the arrears. In

response to the representation the second defendant

appears to have address a letter to the Agriculture

and Processed Food Product Export Development

Authority referring to the letter addressed by the

plaintiff   requesting   to   arrange   for   payment   of

Rs.38,58,847/- with interest at the rate of 18% per

annum and also the service tax of Rs.4,86,914/- to

the plaintiff. The said letter correctly disclosed that

the defendants have sublet the property taken on

lease from the plaintiff to APEDA without consent of

the plaintiff. In addition to the payment, the APEDA

also requested to remove and shift the cold storage
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    plant to the first defendant. In the very same letter,

    the second defendant made a request to the plaintiff

    to bear with them as they are constantly following

    with the APEDA for shifting the cold storage plant

    installed at suit schedule property. In addition to the

    letter, another letter was also addressed by the second

    defendant to APEDA on 19/10/2011 referring to the

    letter received from the Airport Director, Mangalore

    Airport. The second defendant has indicated in said

    letter that APEDA should arrange for immediate

    removal and shifting of cold storage plant from the

    premises in question and also for the payment of

    rental arrears. Further, they also addressed a letter

    directed to the Airport Director, Airport Authority of

    India, Mangalore Airport requesting to arrange for

    removal and shifting of existing cold storage plant

    with the help of officers of Airport authority. In view of

    the   aforesaid    correspondences      made     by   the

    defendants in between themselves, the plaintiffs are

    under the hope that their grievance will be addressed

    positively by the defendant.    Even after the lapse of
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several months from the date of letter addressed by

the second defendant, the plaintiffs have advised to

approach this court by way of writ petition seeking the

writ of mandamus directing the defendants to pay the

admitted arrears of the rent though the plaintiffs had

an alternative remedy of filing a suit for recovery of

rent and damages.        Accordingly, a writ petition was

filed by the plaintiff in writ petition no.1928/2012

before the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka wherein

the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka dismissed the

writ petition with a liberty to file the civil suit against

the defendants for the reliefs. In that view, the

plaintiffs filed present suit for the recovery of money.

     The plaintiffs sold the suit schedule property in

favour of M/s V.S.S builders and developers on

17/11/2011. So, till that date, the plaintiffs are

entitled to recover the arr arrears of the rent as well as

damages from the defendant. Even after the filing of

the writ petition, the defendant did not make any

payment to the plaintiff. They were due a sum of

Rs.23,48,129/-      to     the    plaintiff   no.1    and
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    Rs.23,48,129/- to the plaintiff no.2. After deducting

    the advance amount paid by the defendants a sum of

    Rs. 42,71,258/- and interest at the rate of 18% per

    annum from 15/11/2011 till 20/12/2013 in a sum of

    Rs.16,13,481/- and               a legal notice charges of

    Rs.10,000/- and totally the suit claim is fixed at

    Rs.58,94,739/-.

         The cause of action for the suit arose when the

    defendants have written the letter dated 30/11/2011

    to APEDA and also on 25/9/2013 when the Hon'ble

    High Court of Karnataka dismissed the writ petition

    reserving the liberty to file the civil suit for the

    monetary relief within the jurisdiction of this court.

         3.        The   summons       is   duly   served   to   the

    defendants. Defendants appeared and filed written

    statement.

         4.        The main contentions of the defendants in

    the written statement are as under:

         The suit itself is ex facie barred by the law and is

    liable    to    be   rejected.    The   plaintiffs   have    not

    approached the court with clean hands because they
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have suppressed the vital fact of defendant company

not being liable and due of any amount muchless

what is claimed by the plaintiffs. Hence, the suit is

bad for suppressio very suggessio falsie. The suit is

barred   by   limitation,    wherein       the   plaintiffs    are

claiming the arrears of rent pertaining to the year

2008 and even considering the legal notice dated

28/2/2010     as      per   the   plaint    document          no.3.

Therefore, the plaintiff's suit is to be dismissed in

limine. In view of the suit being barred by the

limitation, there is no cause of action to file a present

suit. Hence, the suit is liable to be dismissed for want

of cause of action.

     These defendants admits that there was a lease

agreement entered into between the plaintiffs and

defendants on 2/5/2003. Further, they also agree

that the lease period is for 5 years from 9/2/2003 to

18/2/2008. It is also correct that the first defendant

was required to vacate the premises on or before

18/2/2008. However the defendants denies the other

averments. The allegation with respect to irregular
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     payment    of   rent   is   specifically    denied.   Further

     averments with regard to the waiver of rent in respect

     of the suit schedule property on the ground that they

     would vacate and handover the vacant possession of

     all the premises which have been let out by the

     plaintiffs on or before 28/2/2010 is specifically

     denied. Further the averment that the plaintiffs are

     entitled to the arrears of rent in addition to the

     payment of property tax on or before 28/2/2010 is

     also   specifically    denied   as     false.   Neither     the

     defendants agree for the proposal of the plaintiffs nor

     they have agreed to adjust the advance amount paid

     towards the cold storage towards the part of the rental

     dues. There was no notice issued by the plaintiffs in

     order to vacate the suit schedule property as well as

     for the arrears of the rent. The defendants never

     undertook to vacate the premises on or before

     28/2/2010. The defendant no.1 and 2 are not bound

     to pay the rent upto 30/11/2010 amounting to

     Rs.28,98,007/-        besides    the       service    tax    in

     Rs.3,68,164/-. All the documents are created by the
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plaintiffs in order to file the suit which is apparent

from the circumstances of the case. Further the claim

of the plaintiffs is not genuine because they would

have filed the suit within limitation period. The suit

itself is time barred, illegal and not tenable both in eye

of law and facts. As averred by the plaintiffs there is

no telephonic discussions as well as representations

by plaintiffs side to the General Manager of the first

defendant company, because the first defendant had

paid entire rental amount upto date as agreed. The

averments stated in para no.7 to 19 are specifically

denied as false. The averments that the defendants

have not paid the rental amount and they are liable to

pay a sum of Rs.23,48,129/- to the plaintiff no.1 and

a sum of Rs.23,48,129/- to the plaintiff no.2 is

specifically denied as false. Further, they are going to

deduct the aforesaid rent from the advance amount is

also specifically denied as incorrect. The plaintiffs are

legally bound to return the advance amount of

Rs.15,00,000/-     together    with   interest   to   the

defendants since they have already vacated the suit
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     schedule premises. The total amount claimed by the

     plaintiffs is absolutely barred by time, imaginary,

     arbitrary and not supported by any admissible

     evidence whatsoever. Further, the plaintiffs cannot

     take advantage of the observations made by the

     Hon'ble   High   Court   of   Karnataka   because   the

     observation will not cure the delay in demanding the

     claims. The submissions of the petitioners is recorded

     and that observation should fulfill all the legal

     requirements and the present suit is barred by time.

     Hence, the plaintiffs suit is hopelessly barred by

     limitation and is to be dismissed at threshold itself.

     Under the above circumstances, the claim of the

     plaintiffs is not tenable in the eye of law for the want

     of cause of action and also on the ground of

     limitation. Therefore, praying to dismiss the suit with

     exemplary costs.

          5.   On the basis of the pleadings of the parties,

     my learned predecessor has framed the following

     issues for consideration:
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     (1)   Whether      the      plaintiffs   prove        that
           defendants are liable to pay Rs.58,94,739/-
           together with interest at the rate of 18% per
           annum       from      15/11/2011         to      till
           20/12/2012?
     (2)   Whether     defendants prove hat they have
           already handed over the vacant possession
           of   the   suit    schedule   property     to   the
           plaintiffs in the year 2008 itself on the
           completion of lease period and hence, they
           are not liable to pay any rents from 2008
           onwards as contended?
     (3)   Whether suit is barred by law of limitation?
     (4)   Whether      plaintiffs are entitled for the
           reliefs as sought for?
     (5)   What order or decree?



     6.    Plaintiffs in order to prove their case,

examined their power of attorney as PW.1 and got

marked Ex.P1 to Ex.P14          and closed their side of

evidence. On the other hand defendants examined its

General Manager as DW.1 and got marked Ex.D1 to

Ex.D4 and closed their side of evidence.
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          7.   Heard     both   sides    and   perused      entire

     records of the case.

          8.   My findings on the above issues are as

     under:

          Issue No. 1) ............In the affirmative;
          Issue No. 2) ............In the negative;
          Issue No. 3) ............In the negative;
          Issue No. 4) ............In the affirmative;
          Issue No. 5) ............As per final order for
                                   the following:




          9.   ISSUE NO.1:        It is the specific case of the

     plaintiffs that defendant no.1 is the tenant under

     plaintiff no.1 and 2. They have executed lease deed

     dated 2/5/2003. As per the conditions of the lease

     deed, the duration of lease deed is for 5 years.

     Further, the defendant no.1 was required to vacate

     the premises on or before 18/2/2008. Even after

     expiry of the lease deed, the first defendant did not

     sought for the extension of the lease, rather than

     continued to be in possession of the lease property. In
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support of the contentions of the plaintiffs, the

plaintiffs have produced notices issued by plaintiffs in

favour of the Chief General Manager of the MSIL.

From the Ex.P2 and Ex.P3, it is clear that the

defendants are ready to vacate the premises as agreed

on or before 28/2/2010 and if it is not delivered

within the cut off date, the plaintiffs are entitled to all

the arrears of the rent. The same is re-uttered in his

chief examination. In the cross-examination of PW.1,

it is clearly admitted by PW.1 that the lease was

commenced from 19/2/2003 and was completed on

18/2/2008. Further, it is also admitted that the

defendants have not paid the rent from 1.4.2008 to

15.11.2011. Further, it is clearly deposed by PW.1

that, "it is false to suggest that as the lease deed was

not renewed after 31/3/2008, the question of paying

the rent does not arise."     In this regard, a specific

question is also asked to DW.1 in the cross-

examination by the counsel for the plaintiffs. He

clearly admitted that the lease expired on 18/2/2008

and further he stated that after the expiry of the lease
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     period, they have handed over the property to the

     plaintiffs. It is pertinent to note that in this juncture,

     DW.1 clearly admitted that they have not produced

     any documents to show that they have handed over

     the property to the plaintiff after the expiry of the

     lease period. Ex.P6 is the notice issued by the plaintiff

     in favour of the defendant calling upon the defendant

     handing over the vacant possession of the property

     where the cold storage unit is situated. Though DW.1

     contended that he do not know whether the plaintiffs

     have addressed the letter to the defendants as per the

     Ex.P6, Ex.P7 is written after receiving of Ex.P6. I have

     carefully gone through Ex.P7 which is later addressed

     by Mr. R.Ravindra, the Assistant General Manager of

     APEDA on 30/9/2011 with regard to the removal of

     the cold storage plant. Ex.P6 is issued by the plaintiffs

     on   21/9/2011      whereas      Ex.P7    is   issued   on

     30/9/2011. In Ex.P7, the first defendant issued a

     letter to the Assistant General Manager of APEDA

     requested   to   arrange   for   the     payment   of   Rs.

     38,58,847/- together with interest at the rate of 18%
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per annum and service tax of Rs.4,86,914/- to the

landlords under intimation to them. It is also noted

that early removal and shifting of the said plant is the

only remedy which MSIL has to act upon in the

interest of it. The copy of the said letter was also

addressed to the plaintiff no.1 and 2. From Ex.P7, it is

clear that after issue of Ex.P6 from the plaintiff to

vacate the suit schedule property, this official letter

has been issued by the MSIL in favour of the Assistant

General Manager of APEDA. So, from Ex.P6 and

Ex.P7, it is very clear that till 30/9/2011, the first

defendant has not paid the arrears of rent as well as

service tax to the plaintiffs. Though the defendant

no.1 contended that they have already vacated the

premises and they were not in arrears of the rent to

the plaintiffs, no documents are produced by them in

support of their claim. Further, from the writings of

the Ex.P6 and Ex.P7, it is very clear that the

defendant no.1 has not paid the payment to the tune

of Rs.38,58,847/- together with interest at the rate of

18% per annum plus service tax to the tune of
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     Rs.4,86,914/- to the plaintiff. Since till 30/9/2011,

     the defendants have not paid the rents and are

     continued in the possession and there are no

     documents produced by them to show that they have

     vacated the premises, I am of the opinion that till

     20/12/2013, they were still in continuation of the

     possession of the suit schedule property. Even a writ

     petition is also filed by the plaintiffs which is marked

     as Ex.P10 wherein it is clearly stated that the writ

     petition is filed for the recovery of the rental arrears

     along with the admissible service tax plus the rental

     arrears from October 2011 to till the date of delivery of

     vacant possession. From this, it is clear that even

     after the filing of the writ petition, in the year 2012,

     the suit schedule property was not handed over to the

     plaintiffs.   Further,   the   Hon'ble   High   Court   of

     Karnataka dismissed the above writ petition with a

     liberty to file the suit. So, from the documents

     submitted by the plaintiffs, it is clear that the

     defendants are liable to pay Rs.58,94,739/- together

     with rate of interest at 18% per annum from
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15/11/2011 till 20/12/2013. Accordingly, I answer

issue no.1 in the affirmative.


      10.   ISSUE NO.2:      One of the main contention

of the defendants is that in the year 2008 itself, they

have vacated the suit schedule property and handed

over the same to the plaintiffs and from 2008, they

were not liable to pay any rents to the plaintiffs. A

specific question has been asked by the counsel for

the plaintiffs to DW.1, wherein DW.1 clearly admitted

that the lease was expired on 18/2/2008 but they

have not produced any documents to show that they

have handed over the property to the plaintiffs after

the   expiry   of   the   lease   period.   Though   DW.1

contended that they were not liable to pay any arrears

of rent together with the tax to the plaintiffs, in all the

documents produced by the plaintiff, it is clear that

the defendants are still in possession of the suit

schedule land till 2013. Ex.P6 and Ex.P7 on which the

plaintiffs mainly relies upon the case clearly shows

that the defendants are not vacated the suit schedule
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     premises after the expiry of the lease period. As earlier

     discussed, Ex.P6 is issued on 21/9/2011 and Ex.P7

     is an arrangement requested by the defendant no.1 to

     the Assistant General Manager of the APEDA. From

     contents of Ex.P7, it is clear that the cold storage

     plant which is in the suit schedule property has not

     been shifted from the schedule property. Further, the

     requisition for arrangement for the payment of

     Rs.38,58,847/- together with interest rate of 18% per

     annum and also service tax of Rs.4,86,914/- to the

     LANDLORDS clearly shows that till the date of Ex.P7,

     they have not handed over the vacant possession and

     also they were still liable to pay the payment of

     arrears of rent as well as service tax to the plaintiffs

     together with the interest.     In the support of the

     contentions of the defendants, they have produced

     documents i.e., Ex.D5 and Ex.D6 which are the

     original files which were in the custody of first

     defendant. I have carefully gone through Ex.D5 and

     Ex.D6 wherein the entire proceedings of the case are

     not entered in the files. So, it is clear that both Ex.D5
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and Ex.D6 are incomplete in nature. Further, there

are no note sheets with regard to the proceedings from

2002 to 2008. Further, from the admissions of DW.2

in his cross-examination that "it is correct to suggest

that in Ex.P6 page no.120, there is entry upto 2013

with regard to this lease transaction." From the above

admissions from the mouth of DW.2 clearly shows

that the lease transaction was still continued till

2013, although verbatically the lease was expired on

2008 itself. Though there was no renewal of the lease,

from the documents submitted by the plaintiffs as

well as the defendants, it is clear that the defendants

are still in continuation of possession of the suit

schedule property and they were liable to pay the

amount as contended by the plaintiffs. Further, since

the defendants did not produce any documents in the

support of the claim for vacating the possession of the

suit schedule property and also they were not liable to

pay any rents from 2008, I am of the opinion that the

defendants utterly failed in proving issue no.2.

Accordingly, I answer issue no.2 in the negative.
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          11.   ISSUE NO.3:        Another contention taken

     by the defendants is that suit of the plaintiffs is

     barred by limitation,      because the plaintiffs are

     claiming the arrears of the rent from the year 2008-09

     and subsequent period even considering the legal

     notice dated 28/8/2010 referred in para no.3 of the

     plaint. So, as per the plaintiffs, suit of the plaintiffs is

     barred by limitation. Further, contended that merely

     because Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka directed the

     plaintiffs to seek remedy before the Civil Court, it does

     not create any fresh limitation to the plaintiffs to file

     the suit before the Civil Court, because as per the

     defendants the plaintiffs have to file the suit within

     2011 i.e., after 3 years from the date of expiry of lease

     period. On the one context, if we take the contentions

     taken by the defendants is correct, the suit has to be

     filed within 2011. However, from the documents

     produced by the plaintiffs as well as the defendants, it

     is clear that though there were no documents for the

     continuation of the lease after 2008, the defendants

     are still in possession of the suit schedule property till
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2013. Further, the plaintiffs have not sought for any

reliefs from the year 2008-09 itself, rather than the

relief column of the plaintiffs is very clear that they

have sought for the arrears of the rents from

15/11/2011 till 20/12/2013. From Ex.P6 and Ex.P7,

it is clear that till October 2011, the defendant no.1 is

in possession of the suit schedule property. Further,

the writ petition was filed in a year 2012. From the

admissions of DW.2 in the cross-examination it is

clear in the Ex.D6 itself, there was entry with regard

to the lease transaction till 2013 it is clear that the

lease between the plaintiffs and the defendants are

continued    till   2013.   So,   the   contention   of   the

defendants that the suit of the plaintiffs is barred by

limitation does not holds good.         Hence, I am of the

opinion that the present suit is filed on 20/12/2013

which is well within limitation. Accordingly, I answer

issue no.3 in the negative.


     12.    ISSUE NO.4:       The suit of the plaintiffs is

one for the recovery of arrears of rent along with
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     interest plus service tax payable. From the discussion

     on issues 1 to 3, it is clear that evern after the expiry

     of the lease period, the defendants are still in

     possession and continuation of the lease. Further,

     from the admissions in Ex.P7, it is clear that they

     were in arrears of rent as well as liable to pay the

     service tax also. From the admissions in Ex.D6 and

     also from the mouth of DW.2, it is clear that the lease

     transaction was continued till 2013. Therefore, I am of

     the opinion that though defendants contended that

     suit schedule property was already sold out to the

     third person, the liability of the defendants was still

     continued upto 20/12/2013 as rightly contended by

     the   plaintiffs.   From   the   above    reasons    and

     discussions, I am of the opinion that the plaintiffs are

     entitled to the reliefs as sought for. Accordingly, I

     answer issue no.4 in the affirmative.


           13.   ISSUE NO.5: From my above discussions

     and reasoning, the suit of the plaintiff deserves to be

     decreed. In the result, I pass the following:
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         The suit of the plaintiff is        hereby
             decreed.

         The plaintiff is entitled to recover a sum of
             Rs. 58,94,739/- with the interest at the
             rate of 18% per annum from 15/11/2011
             till 20/12/2013.
         No order as to costs.
         Draw decree accordingly.
                           ***

[Dictated to the Judgment Writer directly on computer, Script corrected, signed and then pronounced by me, in the Open Court on this the 24 th day of June 2019.] [PRASHANTHI.G] XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.

BANGALORE.

1. List of witnesses examined on behalf of the Plaintiff/s:

PW.1 Smt. R.Sandhya

2. List of witnesses examined on behalf of the Defendant/s:

DW.1 V.Ganesh

3. List of documents marked on behalf of the Plaintiff/s:

Ex.P1 General power of attorney executed by the plaintiffs Ex.P2 Copy of the letter dated 1.2.2010 written to the defendant no.2 27 CT0028_O.S._75_2014_Judgment_.doc Ex.P3 Letter dated 29/3/2010 written by the defendants to the plaintiff and its enclosures Ex.P4 Copy of the legal notice issued to defendant no.2 Ex.P5 Copy of the legal notice issued to defendants Ex.P6 Copy of representation given by the plaintiffs to the defendant no.2 Ex.P7 Letter written by the defendants to APEDA Ex.P8 Copy of letter written to AGM, APEDA Ex.P9 Copy of letter addressed to Airport Director Ex.P10 Certified copy of the order passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka in W.P.No.1928/12 dated 25/9/2013 Ex.P11 Form Nos. 16A in respect of to Income Tax Ex.P14

4. List of the documents marked for the defendants:

Ex.D1 Authorisation letter dated 22/1/2018 Ex.D2 Certified copy of lease agreement dated 16/3/1998 Ex.D3 Certified copy of lease agreement dated 2/5/2003 Ex.D4 Certified copy of the rent paid details [PRASHANTHI.G] XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.
BANGALORE.
28 CT0028_O.S._75_2014_Judgment_.doc 24/6/2019 P-PSM D1, D2 - RKB Judgment pronounced in the Open Court....
(Vide separate detailed judgment)  The suit of the plaintiff is hereby decreed.
 The plaintiff is entitled to recover a sum of Rs. 58,94,739/- with the interest at the rate of 18% per annum from 15/11/2011 till 20/12/2013.
 No order as to costs.  Draw decree accordingly.
[PRASHANTHI.G] XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.
BANGALORE.
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