IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOMAS P.JOSEPH FRIDAY, THE 18TH NOVEMBER 2011 / 27TH KARTHIKA 1933 OP(C).No. 3749 of 2011(O) ---------------------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER IN IA 3992/2008 IN OS.37/1988 of PRINCIPAL SUB COURT,KOLLAM ........................................... PETITIONERS: -------------------- 1. CONEY WHITE, D/O GILBERT FARIA RESIDING AT CONEY COTTAGE, NEAR PARATHARA BUNGALOW, KOVILTHOTTAM CHAVARA, KOLLAM. 2. BERYL VAZ, KADAVIL PARAMBIL P.C ROAD, KALOOR, KOCHI, ERNAKULAM 3. RODNEY QUINTAL, SON OF IDA QUINTAL, BERYL COTTAGE, KOVILTHOTTAM, CHAVARA, KOLLAM. 4. LESTER QUINTAL, SON OF IDA QUINTAL, OPPOSITE 15/438, ANJINIVAS, G.M.ROAD, VELLAYAMBALAM, TRIVANDRUM. 5. LORANIE EMMANUEL, C/O EMMANNUAL JOSEPH, P.B. NO. 7057, MUTHAN, MUSCUT, SULTANATE OF OMAN, 6. ANNETTE AUGUSTINE, ST.JOSEPH ENGLISH MEDIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, NAGERCOIL, TAMILNADU. 7. DORAIN MARTIN, D/O DAIZY D'CRUZ A/369/IZ ALSTOW, RACANDRA NAGER, GUNTUKAL ANDRA PRADESH. RKM ......2..... ......2...... OP(C).No. 3749 of 2011(O) 8. LULOO JOHN MOW RENAMED AS LUCY BROWN 63/A, 5TH STREETA, BALAKRISHNAPURAM, ADAMBAKKA, MADRAS, TAMIL NADU. 9. INDUS D'COUTA, B1/97 , PARIS DEPARTMENT 30, METTUPALAYAM ROAD, ADAMBAKKAM, MADRAS, 10. BOBBY D'CRUZ, D/O. LATE LOVLYN D'CRUZ, RESIDING AT THARAMEL HOUSE, KOVILTHOTTAM, CHAVARA, KOLLAM. BY ADVS. SRI.JOHNSON GOMEZ SRI.S.BIJU (KIZHAKKANELA) RESPONDENTS : ------------------------ ERIC FARIA S/O. GILBERT FARIA RESIDING IN CONEY COTTAGE, NEAR PRATHARA BUNGLOW, KOVILTHOTTAM, CHAVARA, KOLLAM- 691 583. THIS OP (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: RKM OP(C).No. 3749 of 2011(O) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS : P1 : COPY OF THE PLAINT IN O.S.NO. 37/1988 FILED BY THE ROBIN FARIA AND OTHER BEFORE THE SUB COURT, KOLLAM. P2 : COPY OF THE PRELIMENARY JUDGMENT DTD. 12/03/1988 IN OS NO.37/1988. P3 : COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 9TH APRIL 2007 IN A.S.NO. 451/1995 PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT. P4 : COPY OF THE WRITTEN STATEENT FILED BY THE PETITIONERS BEFORE THE PRINCIPAL SUB COURT, KOLLAM ON 14/10/2008 P5 : COPY OF THE IA NO. 3992/2008 IN O.S.NO. 37/1988 ON THE FILE OF PRINCIPAL SUB COURT, KOLLAM. P6 : COPY OF THE OBJECTION FILED BY THE RESPONDENT TO I.A.NO. 3992/2008 IN O.S.NO. 37/1988. P7 : COPY OF THE ORDER IN IA NO. 3992/2008 IN O.S.NO.37/1988 PASSED BY THE PRINCIPAL SUB COURT, KOLLAM. P8 : COPY OF THE IA NO.616/93 IN O.S.NO. 37/1988 BEFORE THE PRINCIPAL SUB COURT, KOLLAM FILED BY THE SECOND PLAINTIFF IN THE SUIT AGAINST THE RESPONDENT. P9 : COPY OF THE ORDER DTD. 23/02/2008 IN I.A.NO. 616/93 IN O.S.NO. 37/1988 BEFORE THE PRINCIPAL SUB COURT, KOLLAM. P10 : COPY OF THE COMPROMISE PETITIONER BETWEEN ALL OTHER PARTIES EXCEPT THE RESPONDENT HEREIN WHO WERE ALIVE AS ON JULY 2007. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS : NIL /TRUE COPY/ PA TO JUDGE RKM THOMAS P. JOSEPH, J. ---------------------------------------- O.P(C).No.3749 of 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this 18th day of November, 2011 JUDGMENT Petitioners are defendants 2 to 10 and additional 15th defendant in O.S.No.37 of 1988 of the Court of learned Principal Sub Judge, Kollam. A preliminary judgment and decree for partition were passed on 12.03.1991 allotting shares to plaintiffs 2 to 10 and defendants 1, 12 and 13 who alone remitted court fee and requested for separate possession of their shares. Later, petitioners filed I.A.No.3992 of 2008 for passing a supplementary preliminary decree. That application was dismissed by Ext.P7, order dated 29.08.2011. Ext.P7, order is under challenge. 2. The order refusing to pass a supplementary preliminary decree amounts to a decree and hence the remedy is to challenge the said order by way of appeal. Authority for that proposition is available in Perumal Vadyar and Ors. Vs. Devi and Ors. (1991(1) KLJ 65). Since statutory remedy by way of appeal is available, this Court is not required to invoke the power under Art.227 of the Constitution. Hence this original petition is closed without prejudice to the right if any of petitioners to challenge the impugned order by O.P(C).No.3749 of 2011 -: 2 :- way of appeal. The original documents produced by the petitioners shall be returned to the counsel. (THOMAS P. JOSEPH, JUDGE) Sbna/-