Senthil Kumar vs Jeyabal on 15 November, 2011
"8. The High Court held that in the absence of a prayer for setting aside of the sale deeds, the suit filed by the appellant for recovery of possession was not maintainable. Placing reliance on the two Division Bench judgements in Sridharan v. Arumugam [(1993) 2 MLJ 428] and in K.Jagannathan v. A.M.Vasudevan Chettiar [(2001) 2 CTC 641] and a Full Bench decision in C.R. Ramaswami Ayyangar v. C.S.Rangachariar [ILR 1940 MAD. 259] of his own High Court, the learned Single Judge held that where the minor is an eo nomine to a sale deed or other documents related to alienation, he must sue for the cancellation of the documents and it is not enough if he applies for possession without getting the sale deed cancelled. Such a suit would not be maintainable. Since the appellant had failed to seek the relief of setting aside of the sale deed and their cancellation, the suit filed by the appellant was not maintainable.