In this
connection, he relied on a judgment of this Court in Arangasamy Vs.
Valarmathy and another (2009 (3) CTC 442). It is not in dispute that
easement by prescription can be acquired only if the claimant had been using
the cart track as of right for 10 years in terms of Section 15 of the Indian
Easements Act, 1883. Admittedly, Bommi Naicker was the owner of the entire
survey No.284. Therefore, there was no need for him to have a separate cart
track as detailed in the plaint plan. Subsequently, the defendants have
become the owners of the entire property in the year 1964 (Ex.A.1). The
admitted case of the plaintiff in the plaint is that they (defendants) have
partitioned the property 10 years before the institution of the suit. In
these circumstances, it cannot be concluded that the plaintiff acquired
easement by prescription.
21.In the light of the ratio laid down bythe said decision, much
reliance cannot be placed on Exs.C.1 and C.2. Admittedly, the adjoining
field on the western side of the suit properties belongs to the plaintiff, as
could be seen from the description of the properties in the schedule to the
plaint at hand. The land on the western side is contiguous to the suit
properties. Therefore, it is clear that the plaintiff can have access to the
suit properties through his land lying to the west of the suit properties and
contiguous to it. The plaintiff in his evidence as P.W.1 would admit that
the village, in which, he resides, is lying to the west of the suit
properties. In these circumstances, it is clear that the plaintiff can have
access through his own field lying to the west of the suit properties and
there cannot be an easement of necessity over the properties of the
defendants. I, therefore, hold that no easement of necessity has been
proved. As it is made clear that the plaintiff has an alternative way to
reach the suit second item, no decree as prayed for by the plaintiff can be
granted. The findings of the first appellate court are not supported by
evidence. Therefore, they are liable to be set aside.