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13. The instant civil revision petition does not seek to alter the terms of the compromise decree dated 18.06.2001 passed in O.S. No. 113/1999 or to reopen the partition finalized therein. The petitioner's limited grievance pertains to the non-implementation of the compromise decree dated 18.06.2001 and seeks a directive to the execution court to enforce the terms of the decree concerning the petitioner's coparcenary share as stipulated therein. However, the petitioner's attempt to initiate execution proceedings prior to a conclusive adjudication of the partition dispute was improper and premature. It is noteworthy that the petitioner has approached this Court under its revisional jurisdiction, seeking a directive to the trial court to conclude the proceedings related to the substance of the matter in O.S. No. 113/1999.

19. Enforceability is the necessary incidence of any decree, including a preliminary compromise decree. An otherwise legally valid compromise decree is enforceable by instituting final decree proceedings, as any interpretation or an inference to the contrary would result in setting at nought the compromise decree rightfully consented to before a court of law and consequently, re- open a partly settled partition.

20. Although the issue of executability of a compromise decree before the execution court is not directly in issue herein, and more so premature at this stage, it is nevertheless clarified that any recourse to execution proceedings under Order 21 of the Civil Procedure Code to implement a decree of the Court is an exceptional remedy - not to be pursued, unless the judgment debtor were to refuse to readily discharge the obligation(s)

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NC: 2025:KHC:3932 embraced under a final compromise decree, or otherwise imposed by the Court in the process of adjudication.

21. Thus, where a compromise decree in a suit for partition was passed but the partition remained uneffected and in abeyance, remedy is always reserved with either party to seek the assistance of the Court, by instituting final decree proceedings, to implement or execute the already agreed upon terms of the said decree, unless the said compromise decree were to be contested on the grounds of the decree not having been passed in accordance with law. However, no plea for such remedy shall be entertained when proof of altered circumstances contrary to the terms of decree exist, and more so when there has been a long passage of time since the alteration of the circumstances and in the institution of final decree proceedings.