THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.5745 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners filed O.S.No.19 of 2007 in the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Chirala against the respondents for the relief of partition and separate possession of their share of the suit schedule properties. The suit schedule properties were valued at Rs.5,77,740/- and the share of the petitioners was mentioned as Rs.1,92,582/-. Fixed Court fee of Rs.200/- was paid on the plaint. After conducting full trial, the trial Court dismissed the suit on 22.04.2009. The petitioners presented an appeal before the District Court, Ongole. In that, they paid the Court fee of Rs.200/-. The lower appellate Court, however, found that the decree was silent as to the amount of Court fee that was paid on the plaint. Therefore, it directed the petitioners to obtain corrected copy of the decree. Accordingly, the petitioners filed I.A.No.50 of 2010 under Sections 151 and 152 C.P.C. The trial Court dismissed the same through order, dated 16.09.2010, on the ground that it was filed about 13 months after the date of the decree. Hence, this revision. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. It is not in dispute that the petitioners paid a sum of Rs.200/- as Court fee and the same was found to be adequate by the trial Court. In the decree that was drawn by the trial Court, the paragraph pertaining to the valuation was written as under: “The Court fee valuation of the suit schedule property is valued at Rs.5,77,740/- and the plaintiff one-third share value of Rs.1,92,582.40 ps on which the Court fee of Rs.7,832/- is payable in favour of Hon’ble Court under Section 34 of APCF and SV Act.” It proceeds as though the Court fee payable is Rs.7,832/- and no mention is made about the actual Court fee paid i.e. 200/-. When this fact was brought to the notice of the trial Court, it ought to have undertaken the correction of the decree on its own accord. An application filed under Section 152 C.P.C. is mainly to bring the typographical or other errors in the decree or the judgment to the notice of the Court. Once that is done, an obligation rests upon the Court to examine the matter and correct the defects or errors, if any. Dismissal of an application of this nature on the ground that it was filed at a belated stage, would amount to legalising the mistakes committed by the Court by a lame excuse. Since it is a matter pertaining to the correction of error committed by the Court, the respondents hardly have any say in the matter and there is no necessity to issue notice to them. Hence, the civil revision petition is allowed and the order under revision is set aside. The trial Court is directed to issue a corrected copy of the decree, duly indicating the actual amount of Court fee that was paid, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:03.08.2011. kdl