1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR M.C. A. NO. 538 OF 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 324 OF 2005 Gopal Atmaram Kute Vs. Seema wd/o Arun Maind ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or Court's or Judge's Orders directions and Registrar's orders. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. A. M. Qazi Adv for respondent 7. Ms. Wasnik AGP for respondent 8. CORAM: C. L. PANGARKAR J. DATED: 25 th MARCH, 2010. Heard Shri Qazi learned counsel for the respondents. None for the appellant. Appellant seeks to sue as an indigent person. It is his contention that besides the clothes on his person he does not possess any other property for paying court fee required to be paid for the purpose of this appeal. The respondent disputes that appellant is 2 an indigent person. According to him he has sufficient means to pay the court fee. Report of the Collector was called. Learned counsel for the State places before me report of the Tahsildar which goes to show that appellant and his family owns as many as 7 fields area of which is to the extent of 9.33 Hectare and the valuation of which is said to be 18 lac. The learned counsel for the respondent state has also placed on record certain 7/12 extracts which go to show that there is a field Sur.No. 446 of village Pangri Kute in the name of the present appellant itself. It also appears that there is a large property in the name of minor sons and wife of the appellant. Similarly it appears further that the appellant is working in Maharashtra State Road Transport and drawing salary of Rs. 3259/- P. M. Appellant has suppressed all these material facts from the Court and this itself is sufficient to reject the application of the applicant to sue as a pauper. Application is rejected. Appellant to pay Court Fee 3 within a period of three weeks failing which the registration of the appeal shall stand rejected. S. O. to 15/04/2010. JUDGE svk