THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA C.R.P.No.1069 of 2009 ORAL ORDER: Heard both sides. 2. This Civil Revision Petition is filed questioning the action of the II Additional District judge, Vijayawada, in proceeding with the application E.A.No.147 of 2008 in E.P.No.48 of 2008 in O.S.No.75 of 2004 on his file. 3. Petitioners are the decree-holders and the respondent is the judgment-debtor in the E.P. 4. For the sake of convenience, in this order, the parties will be referred to as per their array in the E.P. 5. It is the contention of learned counsel appearing for the petitioners-decree-holders that the suit was compromised before the Lok Adalath and the said compromise had culminated into an award, passed by the Lok Adalath, against which no appeal lies, and that the only question now remains is the execution of the award passed by the Lok Adalath. 6. It is the contention of learned counsel for the respondent- judgment-debtor that the application filed before the Executing Court is under Section 47 of C.P.C. and as such, the same has to be decided on merits. 7. It is pertinent to note that pursuant to the compromise arrived at the Lok Adalath, Execution Petition has been filed by the decree-holders and when the matter is pending consideration, the judgment-debtor had filed E.A. challenging a particular clause mentioned in the award, which is not permissible under law. The award passed by the Lok Adalath is as good as a decree passed by a competent civil Court. If it is a decree passed by the civil Court, the same can be subjected to challenge by way of an appeal, but the same is not permissible in case of an award passed by the Lok Adalath. Filing an E.A at the stage of enquiry in the E.P. challenging the validity of a clause in the Lok Adalath decree is totally impermissible. Obviously, the judgment-debtor is trying to procrastinate the litigation, which defeats the very object of the proceedings under the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. 8. Of course, when an application is filed under Section 47 C.P.C., the executing court has to go into various aspects, but, in the present case, it cannot be forgotten that the matter had been settled out of the Court i.e., in Lok Adalath. Having gone for settlement in Lok Adalath, filing an application under Section 47 C.P.C. by the judgment-debtor is only to procrastinate the litigation. Any compromise that was entered into before the Lok Adalath would be with the full knowledge of the parties, as such, they are expected to have the awareness of the consequences of such conditions incorporated in the compromise decree. Having been fully aware of the implications and consequences of the terms and conditions of the Lok Adalath decree, filing an application under Section 47 C.P.C. by the judgment-debtor, in the E.P., is nothing short of abuse of process of the Court and is only in order to defeat the object of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. 9. For the foregoing, the Civil Revision Petition is liable to be allowed. 10. In the result, the Civil Revision Petition is allowed, at the stage of admission, with costs. _______________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA 13th November 2009 DR