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Microsoft Word - First Appeal No. 276 of 2009 _allowed__28.05.2025_

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANGLADESH

HIGH COURT DIVISION

(Civil Appellate Jurisdiction)

First Appeal No. 276 of 2009 In the matter of:

Mosammat Anwara Begum being dead her heirs 1(a) Khandoker Jakir Hossain and others.

  Defendant nos. 5 and 6-Appellants.

             -Versus-

Md. Mohosin Dewan and others.

…Plaintiffs-Respondents.

Mr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, with

Mr. Md. Shahajada,

Mr. Md. Abu Baker Siddique, Advocates

      …For the appellant no. 1(a)-1(e) and 2.

Mr. Md. Mainul Islam, with

Mr. Khaled Saifullah, Advocates

For the respondent nos. 1, 3 and 6-13.

Mr. Md. Alamgir Mostafizur Rahman, with

Ms. Saima Rahman, Advocates

                                             ... For the defendant nos. 2 and 8-                                                                                    Appellant nos. 3 and 4.

Heard on 08.05.2025, 21.05.2025 Judgment on 28.05.2025

Present:

Mr. Justice Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah

And

Mr. Justice Md. Bashir Ullah

Md. Bashir Ullah, J.

At the instance of defendant nos. 5 and 6 in Title Suit No. 64 of 2005, this appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 27.04.2009 passed by the learned Joint District Judge, Second Court, Dhaka in that title suit decreeing the same against the defendant nos. 5-6 on contest and ex parte against the rest.


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The precise facts leading to preferring this appeal are:

The present respondent nos. 1 to 13 as plaintiffs filed the aforesaid suit for declaration of title to the suit land and for declaration that the R.S. Khatian of the suit land described in schedule ‘Kha’ to the plaint is wrong. It is stated in the plaint inter alia, that one, Krishna Mohan Kaibarta alias Kokaram Kaibarta was the C.S. recorded owner of 15.78 acres of land of C.S. Khatian no. 241 and 1.58 acres of land of C.S. Khatian no. 395. He died  leaving  behind  3  sons  named,  Umacharan  Kaibarta,  Ramcharan Kaibarta and Harendra Nath Kaibarta. 77 decimals of land of C.S. Khatian no.  409  belonged  to  Umacharan  Kaibarta,  Ramcharan  Kaibarta  and Harendra Nath Kaibarta. Umacharan Kaibarta died leaving behind Suresh Chandra Das and Fakir Chandra Das. Ramcharan Kaibarta died leaving behind two sons namely, Jogesh Chandra Das and Nagendra Chandra Das. Harendra  Nath  Kaibarta  died  leaving  behind  one  son  named,  Maron Chandra Das. Hence, S.A. Khatian no. 305 was recorded in the name of Fakir  Chandra  Das,  Jogesh  Chandra  Das  and  Nagendra  Chandra  Das. Thereafter,  Suresh  Chandra  Das  died  leaving  behind  5  sons  named, Gadadhar Chandra Das, Nani Gopal Das, Kalicharan Das (plaintiff no. 11), Thakur Das (plaintiff no. 12) and Makhan Chandra Das (plaintiff no. 13). Thus, Fakir Chandra Das died leaving behind Madhav Chandra Das and Jadab Chandra Das (plaintiff no. 6). Jogesh Chandra Das died leaving behind five sons named, Nepal Chandra Das, Roshraj Chandra Das, Netai Chandra  Das,  Direndra  Chandra  Das  (plaintiff  nos.  7-9)  and  Birndra Chandra  Das.  Jogendra  Chandra  Das  died  leaving  behind  three  sons namely, Sahadev Chandra Das, Mohesh Chandra Das (plaintiff no. 10) and Sudeb Chandra Das. Thus the plaintiff nos. 6 to 13 became the owners of ‘kha’ scheduled land to the plaint by amicable partition. On 22.11.2004, plaintiff nos. 6 to 13 sold 234 decimals of ‘Kha’ schedule land by sale deed no. 22204 to plaintiff nos. 1 to 5. On the same date, plaintiff nos. 6 to 13 executed a power of attorney being No. 22205 in favour of plaintiff no. 1, Md. Mohosin and plaintiff no. 3, Arif Bepari in respect of land of C.S. Khatian nos. 241,409, 395, 97 and 20 and S.A. Khatian nos. 305 and 500.

Subsequently, the plaintiffs went to the local tahashil office to have the mutation of ‘Kha’ schedule land in their names on 20.02.2005 where they came to know that the R.S. record was not prepared in their names but in the mother's name of the defendant nos. 1 to 14 in RS. Khatian No. 298, 271 and 102 which cast a cloud on the title of the plaintiffs in the suit land. The plaintiffs have title and possession over the suit land described in ‘Kha’ schedule to the plaint. Plaintiffs after collecting the certified copies of R.S. Khatian then instituted the suit on 07.03.2005.

On the contrary, the defendant nos. 5 and 6 contested the suit by filing written statement denying all the material allegations so made in the plaint. Defendant nos. 1 to 4 and 7 to 14 also filed a joint written statement but they ultimately did not contest the suit. Contesting defendant nos. 5 and 6 stated in their written statement that the mother of defendant nos. 1 to 8 entered into an agreement on 20.09.1965 to purchase land from Jogesh Chandra Das, Nagendra Das, Suresh Chandra Das, Fakir Chandra Das, Nitai Chandra Das, Rosraj Das and Madhab Chandra Das, appertaining to C.S. Khaitan No. 241, C.S. plot Nos. 720, 718, 493, 986, 417, 465, 1010, 1143, 942, 1978 and 962; C.S. Khaitan No. 17, C.S. plot No. 962 and C.S. Khaitan No. 20; C.S. plot No. 1160 and C.S. Khaitan No. 395 C.S. plot No. 1021 measuring 13.70 acres of land of Mouza Bara Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka and handed over the possession of land in favour of the mother of the defendant nos. 1-14 with two houses over the land and the seller received Tk. 24,000/ from the purchaser. Thereafter, Fakir Chandra received Tk. 20,000/- and took time. In the meantime, the mother of the defendant nos. 1-14 namely, Nur Jahan Begum erected a home over there which was reflected in R.S. Khaitan No. 298, plot nos. 1430-1431. Thereafter, her name was recorded in R.S. Khaitan No. 102, 271 and 298. On 07.09.1991, Nur Jahan Begum died leaving behind 3 sons and 6 daughters who had mutated their names properly in the khatian and paid khajna (rent) to the local tahashil office. On 02.11.2004 Madhab Chandra Das, Nepal Chandra Das, Birendra Nath Das, Sahadev Das, Subed Das, Godadhar Das and Noni Gopal  Das  rectified  the deed  dated  20.09.1965  duly  executed  by  their predecessors in favour of Nur Jahan Begum by way of a Declaration Deed being  no.  21492.  On  09.11.2004  Nitai  Chandra  Das,  Rasharaj  Das, Dhirenndra Chandra Das, Mohesh Chandra Das, Kali Charan Das, Makhan Chandra Das, Thakur Das and Jadav Chandra Das also rectified the deed dated 20.09.1965 duly executed by their predecessors in favour of Nur Jahan Begum by way of another declaration deed being no. 21938 which was executed and registered in favour of the defendants of the suit before the Sub Registrar, Savar, Dhaka.

It  is  further  stated  that  Kali  Charan  Das  and  others  had  neither executed any Sale Deed No. 22204 dated 22.11.2004 nor handed over 2.34 acres of land in favour of plaintiffs nos. 1 to 5. It is further stated that the plaintiff nos. 6 to 13 never executed any Power of Attorney being No. 22205 dated 22.11.2004. The said sale deed and Power of Attorney are forged. The plaintiffs have no right, title and possession over the suit land and the defendants have been enjoying title and possession therein. The plaintiff filed the suit on the basis of false statements and hence the same is liable to be dismissed with cost.

 In order to dispose of the suit, the learned Judge of the trial court framed  as  many  as  06(six)  different  issues  and  the  plaintiff  examined 02(two) witnesses. In contrast, the defendants examined 04(four) witnesses in support of their case. Apart from that, the plaintiff also produced several documents  which  were  marked  as  exhibit  nos.  1-7  series  while  the defendants also produced some documents which were marked as exhibit nos. ‘Ka-Cha (L-Q) series’.

The learned Judge of the trial Court after conclusion of the trial and upon considering the materials and evidence on record decreed the suit against defendant nos. 5-6 on contest and  ex parte against the rest by impugned judgment and decree dated 27.04.2009.

Being  aggrieved  by  and  dissatisfied  with  the  said  judgment  and decree dated 27.04.2009 passed by the learned Joint District Judge, Second Court, Dhaka defendant nos. 5 and 6 as appellants preferred this appeal.

Mr.  Swapan  Kumar  Dutta,  along  with  Mr.  Md.  Shahajada,  the learned  counsels  appearing  for  the  appellants  upon  taking  us  to  the impugned judgment and decree at the very outset submits that the same is bad in law and facts because the plaintiffs failed to prove their case as they examined only plaintiff no. 4 as PW1 out of 13 plaintiffs and even plaintiff nos. 6 to 13 were also not examined who executed the alleged Power of Attorney No. 22205 dated 22.11.2004 in favour of plaintiff nos. 1 and 3 and thus the power of attorney was not proved nor the scribe, Md. Ishhaq Miah, identifier, Shukur Ali, composer, Md. Milan Miah, witness, Salah Uddin of deed no. 22204 dated 22.11.2004 were examined and the same deed was obtained by false personation and by practising fraud.

The learned counsel by referring to exhibit- ‘Gha-1’ submits that Nurjahan  Begum,  the  predecessor  of  the  appellants  paid  khazna  (land development  tax)  and  such  khazna  Dakhila  is  important  evidence  of possession and it is admitted that R.S. record was prepared and finally published in the name of the predecessor of the defendant-appellants which is good documentary evidence of possession where the plaintiffs failed to prove possession over the suit land and there is no assertion in the plaint about how the plaintiffs have been enjoying possession of the suit land.

He further submits that the R.S. records Exhibit-5, 5(Ka) and 5(Kha) were prepared in the name of Nurjahan Begum, the predecessor of the appellants and in the R.S. record, there are several persons but the plaintiff did not make them party and thus violated the provision of rule 8 of Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure. He further submits that, the plaintiff did not make party of the member of the mosque committee and also Gadadhar Chandra Das and Noni Gopal Das in the suit and the trial Court did not frame issue regarding the defect of parties and failed to discuss the issues separately.

The learned counsel contends that the plaintiff failed to provide or mention the boundaries of R.S. plots and the schedule of the power of attorney is also unspecified.

He  further  contends  that  the  plaintiffs  mutated  their  names  on 04.04.2005 after purchasing the suit land thus it is not true that they did not know about the R.S. record and hence the cause of action described in the plaint is untrue.

The learned counsel by referring to exhibit 7(Ka) also contends that the Title Suit No. 388 of 2005 was filed before the learned Joint District Judge, Second Court, Dhaka by 12 plaintiffs but it was dismissed for non- prosecution on the basis of the prayer though the application was filed by only  one  plaintiff,  that  is  plaintiff  no.  1  and  defendant  nos.  5  and  6- appellant nos. 1 and 2 were not party in the above-mentioned suit.

In support of his contention, the learned counsel has referred to the decisions passed in the cases of  Nazimuddin Mondal and another Vs. Kushal Mondal being Dead his heirs: 1(a) Son Md. Nasaruddin @ Nazor Ali and others, reported in XVI ADC (2019)576, Erfan Ali Vs. Joynal Abedin  Mia  and  others,  reported  in  35  DLR  (AD)(1983)216  and Reazuddin and others Vs. Jatindra Kishore Malaker and others, reported in 37 DLR(AD)(1985)202, M. Delwar Hossain Vs. Mohammad Ali and others, reported in (2021) 21 ALR(AD)134 and Kabir Ahmed being dead his heirs 1(a) Mahmuda Khatun being dead her heirs: Noor Mohammad and others Vs. Mahohar Ali and others, reported in XX ADC(2023)58. With these legal submissions and relying on these decisions the learned counsel finally prays for allowing the appeal by setting aside the impugned judgment and decree.

Mr.  Md.  Alamgir  Mostafizur  Rahman,  along  with  Ms.  Saima Rahman, the learned Advocates appearing for the appellant nos. 3 and 4 by adopting submissions made by Mr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, contends that the proforma-respondent nos. 15 and 19 of the appeal being defendant nos. 2 and 8  in  Title Suit No.  64 of 2005  were  transposed  by  this  Court as appellant nos. 3 and 4 by order dated 07.11.2022. The defendant nos. 2 and 8 filed written statement before the trial Court and they have been enjoying possession over the suit land since 1965 and the plaintiffs failed to prove their possession over the suit land.

In support of his contention, the learned counsel has also referred to decisions passed in the cases of Tayeb Ali Vs. Abdul Khaleque and others, reported in 43 DLR(AD)(1991)87 and  Delipjan being dead her heirs: Fazal Haque and other Vs. Shahed Badsha and others, reported in 66 DLR(AD)(2014)176.

Per contra, Mr. Md. Mainul Islam, the learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 1, 3 and 6-13 vehemently opposes the contention taken by the learned counsel for the appellant and submits that, the defendants as plaintiffs earlier instituted Title Suit No. 388 of 2005 before the learned Joint District Judge, Second Court, Dhaka against the plaintiffs seeking declaration that the sale deed no. 22204 dated 22.11.2004 and Power of Attorney No. 22205 dated 22.11.2004 are forged, fraudulent, void and not binding upon the defendants and subsequently, the plaintiff of the above- mentioned suit prayed for non-prosecution of the suit. Upon hearing the

plaintiff, the learned Joint District Judge, Second Court, Dhaka dismissed the suit for non-prosecution on 15.05.2008. In the above-mentioned suit, defendant no. 2, Emdadul Haque was plaintiff no. 2 and defendant no. 8 Shahnaj Begum was plaintiff no. 6. So, defendant nos. 2 and 8 that is the appellant nos. 3 and 4 who have no right to contest the suit or this instant appeal.

The  learned  counsel  by  referring  to  paragraph  no.  22(h)  to  the written statement contends that the defendant nos. 5 and 6 are the owners in

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6 th share only in the suit land. 

He further contends that, there is no need to provide specification of property in the plaint rather specification of land should be described in the application for injunction. In support of his contention, he referred to the decision passed in the case of Sufala Rani and another Vs. Balai Mondal being dead his heirs: Mahesh Mondal and others, reported in 2019(2)16 ALR(AD)85.

With  those  submissions,  the  learned  counsel  finally  prays  for sending back the suit on remand to the trial Court to get an opportunity to prove his case by adducing further evidence.

We  have  considered  the  submission  so  advanced  by  the  learned counsel for the appellant and that of the respondents at length, perused the memorandum of appeal, including the impugned judgment and decree and all the documents appended in the paper book.

On going through the plaint with regard to possession of the suit land, we find that the plaintiffs only asserted in paragraph 10 to the plaint that-

“a¡q¡−cl f§hÑha£ÑNZœ²−j e¡¢mn£ pÇf¢š−a h¡c£NZ j¡¢mL üaÅh¡e ®i¡N cMmL¡l ¢eua ¢R−me J B−Rez” In this statement it has not been described that how the plaintiffs

have been in possession over the suit land. Furthermore, PW1, DM Akbar

Hossain also failed to describe how they possessed the suit land. Since the

plaint does not disclose any material fact showing the mode and manner of possession of the plaintiffs in the suit land, the instant suit is thus barred

under the provision of Order 6 Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The evidence on possession as adduced by the plaintiffs is not at all satisfactory

as in cross-examination, PW1 stated that- “e¡¢mn£ c¡−Nl j−dÉ ®L ®L¡b¡u ¢Li¡−h (19.76 HLl) cM−m B−R a¡ hm−a f¡lh e¡z”

On the other hand, DW1, Md. Mozibur Rahman stated that “¢q¾c¤ j¡¢mLl¡ Q−m k¡uz e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj ®i¡N cMm Llaz... Bjl¡ ®i¡N cM−m B¢Rz”

DW3, Md. Badiul Alam in his evidence also stated that- “e¤lS¡q¡e

®hNj S¡−j jp¢Sc−L c¡e L−lz jp¢Sc haÑj¡−e f¡L¡z jp¢Sc 1 am¡z ... jp¢S−cl f¢ÕQ−j e¤lS¡q¡−el h¡¢sz I ÙÛ¡−e f¡L¡ ®p¢j f¡L¡ 4¢V Ol J 1 V¡ −c¡-Qm¡ ¢h¢ôw B−Rz I O−l e¤lS¡q¡−el ®R−m ®j−ul L¡−R B¢j j¡−T j¡−T j¢Sh¤l p¡−q−hl p¡−b k¡Cz”

In cross-examination DW3 stated that- “e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj Hl h¡s£l c¡N eðl 1433z jp¢Sc J h¡s£l c¡N HLz h¡s£l HLC c¡−Nz h¡s£l Eš−l l¡Ù¹¡, f¢ÕQ−j J c¢r−Z e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj Hl ¢eSü S¢j, f§−hÑ c¡e Ll¡ jp¢Sc J e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj Hl ¢eSü Lhl ÙÛ¡ez”

He further stated that- “e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj 720 c¡−Nl 1 ¢hO¡ S¢j Bö¢mu¡ S¡−j jp¢S−cl e¡−j Ju¡Lg L−l ®cuz HM¡−e aMe f¡L¡ jp¢Sc B−Rz jp¢S−cl f¢ÕQ−j h¡s£z e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj j¡l¡ k¡u J a¡l ü¡j£ J j¡l¡ k¡uz jp¢S−cl f¢ÕQ−j a¡−cl Lhlz”

In cross-examination PW1 also admitted that- “e¡¢mn£ 720 c¡−N 1¢V jp¢Sc B−Rz He kept on stating that, 3433 c¡N jp¢Sc ¢qp¡−h e¤lS¡q¡e ®hN−jl e¡−j j¤pmj¡e j¡â¡p¡l p¡−b ¢mM¡ B−Rz e¡¢mn£ Bl.Hp ®lL−XÑ e¤lS¡q¡e ®hN−jl e¡−j cMm£u Lm¡−j E−õM B−Rz”

DW1 stated in cross-examination that- “1975 Cw p¡−m nÄ¡öl£ jp¢Sc−L Ju¡Lg L−lz Hl B−N e¡¢mn£ S¢j−a ®L¡e jp¢Sc ¢Rm e¡z”

In examination-in-chief, DW2, Md. Rafiqul Islam stated that- “I jp¢S−cl B−n f¡−n LeøÌ¡Lne Hl L¡S L−l¢Rz B¢j jp¢S−cl L¡S LjÑ ®cM¡öe¡ L¢lz e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj ö−e¢R jp¢Sc−L c¡e L−lz ... e¤lS¡q¡e ®hNj Hl h¡s£ jp¢S−cl f¢ÕQ−jz I h¡¢s−a B¢j k¡Cz ... jp¢Sc 1 ¢hO¡ S¢jl Eflz jp¢S−cl 1 ¢hO¡ S¢jl f¡−n jp¢Sc j¡−LÑV ¯al£ q−µRz”

Since the plaintiffs have not been found in possession of the suit property they cannot claim title over the same and that proposition has already been settled in the decision passed in the case of Madaris Ali and

others  Vs.  Biswamber  Das  being  dead  his  heirs  reported  in  46 DLR(1994)34.

Moreover,  it  appears  from  exhibit-‘Ga’  that  Nurjahan  Begum (mother of the defendant nos. 1 to 8) created a waqf by registered deed no. 18356 dated 29.08.1975 dedicating 01 Bigha land of Khatian no. 305, plot no. 720 of Bara Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka for construction of a mosque. Later on, 0.26 acres out of 13.33 acres of R.S. khatian 298 exhibits- 5ka were recorded in the name of a mosque and the remaining land was recorded in the  name  of  Fazar  Ali  Bepari  and  Nurjahan  Begum  and  others.  R.S. Khatian no. 271 (exhibit-5) was recorded in the name of Nur Jahan Begum and R.S. Khatian no. 102 {exhibit- 5(Kha)} was recorded in the names of Ijjat Ali Dewan and Nurjahan Begum and others. It appears from exhibit- ‘Gha’ that 13.03 acres of land of Khatian nos. 305, 500, 26, 317 and 29,

plot nos. 720, 718, 942, 1143, 483, 984, 465, 990, 967, 1160, 717 and 1159 were mutated on 15.08.1985 in the name of Nur Jahan Begum. Exhibit- Gha (O) series shows that the rent of suit land was paid by  Nurjahan Begum. The above-mentioned documents are evidence of possession and title of the defendants. Thus we find that the plaintiffs could not prove possession in the suit land to the satisfaction of the Court.

Upon perusal of the impugned judgment and decree, it appears that

the trial Court framed as many as 6(six) different issues following the provisions of Order XIV of the Code of Civil Procedure which are as follows:

  1.    j¡jm¡ Aœ¡L¡−l J fÐL¡−l Q¢m−a f¡−l ¢Le¡?
  2.    j¡jm¡ a¡j¡¢c ®c¡−o AQm ¢L e¡?
  3.    e¡¢mn£ i¨¢j−a h¡c£N−Zl üaÅ-cMm ¢hcÉj¡e B−R ¢L e ¡?
  4.    BlS£l L-afp£−ml A¿¹ÑNa M-afp£m h¢ZÑa i¨¢j−a h¡c£l üaÅ, ü¡bÑ J cMm ¢hcÉj¡e B−R ¢L e¡?
  5.    BlS£l afp£m h¢ZÑa Bl,Hp ®lLXÑ ïj¡aÁL i¡−h ¢hh¡c£N−Zl f§hÑha£Ñl e¡−j ®lLXÑ qCu¡−R ¢L e¡?
  6.    h¡c£ fСb£Ña j−a ¢Xœ²£ f¡C−a f¡−l ¢L e¡?

It transpires from the impugned judgment and decree that the trial Court did not state its finding and decision by giving independent reason upon each separate issue but discussed them together going beyond the provision provided in Order 20, Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure which speaks as follows:

“In suits in which issues have been framed, the Court shall  state  its  finding  or  decision,  with  the  reasons therefore, upon each separate issue.”

Rule  5  imposes  a  mandatory  obligation  upon  the  Court  to  give findings and decisions on each issue as framed and the Court must provide reasons for each finding. It is settled that the trial Court must decide all material issues. It is also settled that the object of Rule 5 of Order 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure is to keep the issues separate and distinct and render decisions on each separately. In this regard reliance may be placed in the decision passed in Kalahasti Veeramma Vs. Prattipati Lakshmayya and Others, reported in AIR 1948 Mad 488.

It appears from deed no. 22204 and Power of Attorney No. 22205 both dated 22.11.2004 that there is no boundary in the schedule. Even the plaintiffs did not mention boundaries in respect of R.S. plots in ‘Kha’ schedule to the plaint. Since they gave boundaries of C.S. plots, so they also should mention boundaries in respect of R.S. plots. In this regard, Rule 3 of Order VII of the Code of Civil Procedure provides as under:-

“Where  the  subject-matter  of  the  suit  is  immovable property, the plaint shall contain a description of the property  sufficient  to  identify  it,  and,  in  case  such property can be identified by boundaries or numbers in a record of settlement or survey, the plaint shall specify such  boundaries  or  numbers  and  where  the  area  is mentioned, such description shall further state the area according  to  the  notation  used  in  the  record  of settlement or survey, with or without, at the option of the  party,  the  same  area  in  terms  of  the  local measurement.”

In  Noor  Mohammad  Khan  and  others  Vs.  Government  of  the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and others, reported in 42 DLR (1990) 434, this Court held:

“In the schedule of the plaint, the plaintiffs have not given any boundary or other specification of the suit land to identify the same and thus the suit land is vague and  unspecified  portion  of  the  suit  plot.  Under  the provision  of  Order  7,  rule  3  of  the  Code  of  Civil Procedure the plaintiffs shall give clear description of the suit land in the plaint sufficient to identify the same. We are of the view that the plaintiffs having failed to comply  with  the  mandatory  requirement  of  law  in giving  clear  description  or  boundary  sufficient  to identify the suit land the plaintiffs are not entitled to any decree for such defect in the plaint even if they can succeed in proving their title to the suit land as no court can pass decree for unspecified land.”

The above-mentioned view was affirmed by the decision passed in the case of Hedayetullah Vs Foyjun Nessa Begum, reported in 18 BLC (AD) (2013) 139.


 So,  the  submission  placed  by  the  learned  counsel  for  the respondents to that effect does not stand at all.

The submission made by Mr. Md. Mainul Islam for sending back the suit on remand to the trial Court is not acceptable. Because, it is well settled that the remand order should not be made as a matter of course. When evidence on all material points is there on record, the Court is not justified sending the case back to the Court below for reconsidering the matter. Unnecessary order of remand creates additional expenditure and tends to delay the administration of justice. In this regard in Attor Mia and another  Vs.  Mst.  Mahmuda  Khatun  Chowdhury,  reported  in  43 DLR(AD)(1991) 78 the Appellant Division held:

“Unnecessary and totally inexplicable order of remand entails  hardship,  agony  of  a  fresh  hearing,  delay additional expenditure...”

The plaintiffs filed the suit for declaration of title and a further declaration that R.S. Khatian of the suit land described in the schedule ‘Kha’  to  the  plaint  is  wrong.  It  appears  from  R.S.  Khatian  no.  298 {Exhibit- 5(Ka)} and R.S.  Khatian no. 102 {Exhibit- 5(Kha)} that the records were prepared in the name of Nurjahan Begum along with other persons but the plaintiff failed to make those persons party in the suit. Moreover, it appears from Khatian no. 298 {Exhibit- 4(Ka)} that there is a mosque in plot no. 1433 and hence mosque is a necessary party to the suit but the committee of the mosque was not made party in the suit so the suit suffers from defect of parties.

Given the above facts, circumstances of the case and discussion and observation made hereinabove, we are of the view that the learned Judge of the trial Court decreed the suit without taking into consideration of the materials and evidence on record in its proper perspective.

Overall, we find no substance in the impugned judgment and decree which is liable to be set aside.

Accordingly, the appeal is allowed however without any order as to costs.

The judgment and decree dated 27.04.2009 passed by the learned Joint District Judge, Second Court, Dhaka in Title Suit No. 64 of 2005 is thus set aside. 

Let a copy of this judgment along with the lower Court records be transmitted to the Court concerned forthwith.

Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah, J.  

 I agree.

Md. Ariful Islam Khan Bench Officer