Telangana High Court

Ms. Neelima Vanguru vs Kaza Kavya on 1 December, 2025

Author:
K. Lakshman

Bench:
K. Lakshman

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN
AND
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

APPEAL SUIT No.112 OF 2024

DATE: 01-12-2025.

Between:
Ms. Neelima Vanguru .. Appellant - Plaintiff
Vs.

Kaza Kavya .. Respondent - Defendant

The Court made the following:
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JUDGMENT:
(Per Hon'ble Sri Justice K. Lakshman)

Heard Mr. M. Radha Krishna, learned counsel for the appellant

- plaintiff and Mr. M.V. Durga Prasad, learned counsel for the

respondent - defendant.

2. This appeal is preferred under Section - 96 read with Order -

XLI, Rule - 1
of CPC
assailing the order dated 09.08.2023 in I.A.

No.663 of 2023 in O.S. No.38 of 2023 passed by learned VI

Additional District and Sessions Judge, Rangareddy District at

Kukatpally.

3. The facts which are not in dispute are as follows:

i) The appellant herein is the plaintiff and the respondent herein

is the defendant in O.S. No.38 of 2023.

ii) The appellant filed a suit in O.S. No.38 of 2023 against the

respondent for specific performance of agreement of sale dated

03.1.2020 in respect of suit schedule property i.e., Flat No.1402,

admeasuring 2838 square feet in 14th Floor, F-Block, Sale Area which

comprises of 1988 square feet of Carpet Area exclusive balcony area

admeasuring 191 square feet and proportionate common area

admeasuring 656 square feet along with allotment of three Car
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Parking spaces in basement and undivided 76 square yards of land out

of 58585 square yards in Survey No.5, situated at Kondapur Village,

Serlingampally Mandal, Rangareddy District.

iii) In the said suit, the respondent - defendant filed an

application under Order - VII, Rule 11 (a)
of CPC
to reject the plaint

on the following grounds:

(a) The appellant through her father approached the respondent's

father, GPA Holder, to cancel the agreement of sale dated

03.11.2020 for sale of suit schedule flat and sought for refund of

entire amount paid by her enabling her to purchase the bigger

size of flat which belongs to the father of the respondent.

(b) After several negotiations, the father of the respondent agreed to

cancel the said agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 and

accordingly entire advance sale consideration paid by the

appellant was returned through RTGS on 02.03.2022 and

06.04.2022.

(c) The father of the respondent also addressed a letter on

12.04.2022 to the appellant intimating about cancellation of said

agreement and return of sale consideration amount and also the

original agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020. The said letter was
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handed over to the father of the appellant when he visited to the

office of the father of respondent, but the said original agreement

was not returned.

(d) The father of respondent informed the respondent that he had

cancelled the subject agreement of sale with the appellant and he

had already entered into another agreement of sale on 25.11.2021

and the appellant utilized the repaid amount towards advance for

fresh agreement of sale dated 25.11.2021.

(e) Thus, there is no subsisting cause of action between the parties.

(f) The averments of entire plaint do not disclose any cause of action

for the appellant.

(g) There is no evidence to establish compliance of Section - 16 (c)

of the
Specific Relief Act
.

iv) The appellant - plaintiff opposed the said application

contending as follows:

(a) The respondent - defendant failed to make out any ground for

rejection of plaint.

(b) The petition filed by the defendant is an abuse of process of the

Court, vexatious, to prolong the hearing.
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(c) She denied about her father approaching the father of defendant

to cancel the agreement dated 03.11.2022 and refund of amount

etc.

(d) She also denied about cancellation of agreement of sale dated

03.11.2022 and refund of amount.

(e) The amounts paid under the subject agreement and the amounts

paid under another agreement dated 25.11.2021 are different

and they are no way concerned with each other.

(f) There is cause of action in the plaint.

(g) Non-issuance of notice cannot be a ground for rejection of

plaint.

v) Vide the aforesaid order dated 09.08.2023, learned trial

Court allowed the said application holding that:

(a) Admittedly the defendant returned the advance and part sale

consideration amount paid by the plaintiff i.e., Rs.1,55,00,000/-

to the plaintiff through RTGS on 02.03.2022 and 06.04.2022.

(b) Though the appellant contended that the agreement of sale was in

subsistence, there is no cause of action as to why the defendant

refunded the advance sale consideration of Rs.1,55,00,000/-.
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(c) In the plaint, the appellant has not clearly mentioned the reason

as to why advance sale consideration was refunded, and it is only

averred that the defendant proposed to return the advance sale

consideration amount, stating that as there was delay in execution

of sale deed and asked the plaintiff to enjoy the benefit of the

advance sale consideration, which contention is not believable.

(d) As the defendant has refunded the advance sale consideration to

the plaintiff by 06.04.2022, there was no subsisting contract

between the parties after the said date.

(e) Though the plaintiff contended that she waited for the defendant

to approach her for execution of sale deed, there is no oral or

written agreement between them extending time or executing a

fresh agreement of sale for purchase of suit schedule property.

(f) Even in the plaint, plaintiff mentioned that as informed by the

defendant, the suit agreement of sale was presumed to be

`terminated; the plaintiff has not issued any notice to the

defendant prior to filing of the suit.
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(g) The trial Court also placed reliance on the principle laid down by

the Hon'ble Supreme Court in
Chennadi Jalapathi Reddy v.

Baddam Pratapa Reddy
1.

4. Challenging the said order, the appellant - plaintiff preferred

the present appeal.

5. Both learned counsel for the appellant and respondent made

their submissions extensively.

i. Learned counsel for the appellant placed reliance on the

principle
laid down in
Syed Dastagir v. T.R. Gopalakrishna

Setty 2;
Hari Shanker Jain v. Sonia Gandhi
3; Church of

Christ Charitable Trust and Educational Charitable

Society, rep.by its
Chairman v. Ponniamman Educational

Trust
, rep.by its Chairperson/Managing Trustee4;
Dahiben

v. Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali (Gajra
), dead through

legal representatives 5; E. Anantha Padmanabha Reddy v.
. (2019) 14 SCC 220
. (1999) 6 SCC 337
. (2001) 8 SCC 233
. (2012) 8 SCC 706
.
(2020) 7 SCC 366
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Chadalavada Srinivasa Rao6 and Pulipati Naga Venkata

Krishna Rao v. Shafathunnisa 7.

ii. Learned counsel for the respondent placed reliance on the

principle laid down in
Bhargavi Constructions v. Kothakapu

Muthyam Reddy
8;
Mohinder Kaur v. Sant Paul Singh9
;

Sangita Sinha v. Bhawana Bhardwaj10
and
R. Kandasamy

(since died) v. T.R.K. Sarawathy
11.

6. As discussed above, the appellant - plaintiff had filed the

aforesaid suit for specific performance of agreement of sale dated

03.11.2020. The respondent - defendant had filed an application

under Order - VII, Rule - 11 (a)
of CPC
, to reject the plaint on the

aforesaid grounds. The same was allowed by the trial Court.

Challenging the same, the appellant - plaintiff preferred the present

appeal.

7. In the light of the above, it is apt to note that Order - VII,

Rule - 11
of CPC
deals with 'rejection of plaint'. The same is relevant

and extracted as under:
. 2019 (2) ALD 85 (DB)
. 2025 SCC OnLine AP 2785
. (2018) 13 SCC 480
. (2019) 9 SCC 358
. 2025 SCC OnLine SC 723
. (2025) 3 SCC 513
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"11. Rejection of plaint.-- The plaint shall be
rejected in the following cases:--

(a) where it does not disclose a cause of action;

(b) where the relief claimed is undervalued, and
the plaintiff, on being required by the Court
to correct the valuation within a time to be
fixed by the Court, fails to do so;

(c) where the relief claimed is properly valued,
but the plaint is returned upon paper
insufficiently stamped, and the plaintiff, on
being required by the Court to supply the
requisite stamp-paper within a time to be
fixed by the Court, fails to do so;

(d) where the suit appears from the statement in
the plaint to be barred by any law;

(e) where it is not filed in duplicate;

(f) where the plaintiff fails to comply with the
provisions of rule 9:

Provided that the time fixed by the Court for
the correction of the valuation or supplying of the
requisite stamp-paper shall not be extended unless
the Court, for reasons to be recorded, is satisfied
that the plaintiff was prevented by any cause of an
exceptional nature from correcting the valuation or
supplying the requisite stamp-paper, as the case
may be, within the time fixed by the Court and that
refusal to extend such time would cause grave
injustice to the plaintiff."
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8. In Dahiben5, the Apex Court considered the scope and ambit

of Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
and held as under:

"23.2. The remedy under Order 7 Rule 11 is an
independent and special remedy, wherein the court
is empowered to summarily dismiss a suit at the
threshold, without proceeding to record evidence,
and conducting a trial, on the basis of the evidence
adduced, if it is satisfied that the action should be
terminated on any of the grounds contained in this
provision.

23.3. The underlying object of Order 7 Rule 11(a)
is that if in a suit, no cause of action is disclosed,
or the suit is barred by limitation under Rule 11(d),
the court would not permit the plaintiff to
unnecessarily protract the proceedings in the suit.
In such a case, it would be necessary to put an end
to the sham litigation, so that further judicial time
is not wasted.

23.4.
In
Azhar Hussain v. Rajiv Gandhi
[1986
Supp SCC 315.
Followed in Manvendrasinhji
Ranjitsinhji Jadeja v. Vijaykunverba, 1998 SCC
OnLine Guj 281 : (1998) 2 GLH 823] this Court held
that the whole purpose of conferment of powers
under this provision is to ensure that a litigation
which is meaningless, and bound to prove
abortive, should not be permitted to waste judicial
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time of the court, in the following words : (SCC p.
324, para 12)
"12. ... The whole purpose of conferment of

such powers is to ensure that a litigation which is
meaningless, and bound to prove abortive should
not be permitted to occupy the time of the court,
and exercise the mind of the respondent. The
sword of Damocles need not be kept hanging
over his head unnecessarily without point or
purpose. Even in an ordinary civil litigation, the
court readily exercises the power to reject a
plaint, if it does not disclose any cause of action."

23.5. The power conferred on the court to
terminate a civil action is, however, a drastic one,
and the conditions enumerated in Order 7 Rule 11
are required to be strictly adhered to."

9. In Hari Shanker Jain3, the Apex Court held that the

expression "cause of action" has been compendiously defined to mean

every fact which it would be necessary for the plaintiff to prove, if

traversed, in order to support his right to the judgment of Court.

Omission of a single material fact leads to an incomplete cause of

action and the statement of claim becomes bad. The function of the

party is to present as full a picture of the cause of action with such

further information in detail as to make the opposite party understand

the case he will have to meet. Merely quoting the words of the
section
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like chanting of a mantra does not amount to stating material facts.

Material facts would include positive statement of facts as also

positive averment of a negative fact, if necessary. Failure to plead

"material facts" is fatal to the election petition and no amendment of

the pleadings is permissible to introduce such material facts after the

time-limit prescribed for filing the election petition. It is the duty of

the Court to examine the petition irrespective of any written statement

or denial and reject the petition if it does not disclose a cause of

action. To enable a Court to reject a plaint on the ground that it does

not disclose a cause of action, it should look at the plaint and nothing

else. Courts have always frowned upon vague pleadings which leave

a wide scope to adduce any evidence. No amount of evidence can

cure basic defect in the pleadings.

10. It is apt to note that the said judgment is in respect of an

election petition and it is on consideration of scope and ambit of

Section - 83 (1) (a) of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951
.

11. In Church of Christ Charitable Trust and Educational

Charitable Society4, wherein the date of Agreement of Sale is not

mentioned in the plaint, considering Forms 47 and 48 of Appendix 'A'

of CPC
, the Apex Court held that failure to mention the date violates
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the statutory requirement and if the date is one which attracts the bar

of limitation, the plaint has to conform to Order - VII Rule - 6 and

specifically plead the ground upon which exemption from limitation is

claimed. The Apex Court found fault with the pleadings of the plaint

in the said case and held that there was shortfall in the plaint

averments and statutory provisions, namely, Order - VII Rule - 11,

Rule - 14 (1) and Rule - 14 (2), Forms 47 and 48 in Appendix A
of the

CPC
which are statutory in nature. The Apex Court also held that the

learned Single Judge of the High Court has correctly concluded that in

the absence of any cause of action shown as against the first defendant

therein, the suit cannot be proceeded either for specific performance

or for the recovery of money advanced which according to the

plaintiff was given to the second defendant in the suit and rightly

rejected the plaint as against the first defendant.

12. Referring to the said judgment, Mr. M. Radha Krishna,

learned counsel for the appellant, would contend that if clever drafting

has created an illusion of a cause of action, trial Court can nip it in the

bud at the first hearing by examining the party under Order - X
CPC
.

13. Order - X
of CPC
deals with 'examination of parties by the

Court' and Order - X, Rule - 1
of CPC
. Order - X Rule - 1
of CPC
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deals with 'Ascertainment whether allegations in pleadings are

admitted or denied'. The same is relevant and extracted as under:

"1. Ascertainment whether allegations in
pleadings are admitted or denied.- At the first
hearing of the suit the Court shall ascertain from
each party or his pleader whether he admits or
denies such allegations of fact as are made in the
plaint or written statement (if any) of the opposite
party, and as are not expressly or by necessary
implication admitted or denied by the party against
whom they are made. The Court shall record such
admissions and denials."

Thereafter, it is for the trial Court to opt for any one mode of

alternative dispute resolution etc.

14. In the said judgment, referring to Order - VII, Rules - 11 (a)

and 11 (d), the Apex Court held that the Court has to satisfy that the

plaint discloses a cause of action and does not appear to be barred by

any law. The statutory forms require the date of agreement to be

mentioned to reflect that it does not appear to be barred by limitation.

In addition to the same, in a suit for specific performance, there should

be an agreement by the defendant or by a person duly authorised by a

power of attorney executed in his favour by the owner. It was further
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held that in the plaint, the plaintiff has to specifically plead the ground

upon which exemption from limitation is claimed.

15. In E. Anantha Padmanabha Reddy6, A Division Bench

of High Court of Judicature for the States of Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh, considered the non-adherence to the stipulations contained in

Form Nos.47 and 48 of Appendix-A read with Order - VI, Rule - 3
of

CPC
. The Division Bench placed reliance on the principle laid down

in
Ouseph Varghese v. Joseph Aley
12, which was cited in
Abdul

Khader Rowther v. P.K. Sara Bai
13, wherein the Apex Court held

that a suit for specific performance has to conform to the requirements

prescribed in Form Nos.47 and 48 of Appendix-A to
the CPC
and that

it is incumbent upon the plaintiff in a suit for specific performance to

plead that he applied to the defendant specifically to perform the

agreement, but the defendant had not done so in the said case. Placing

reliance on
the said judgment
and also considering the scope of Order

- VI, Rule - 3
of CPC
, the Division Bench held that Order - VI, Rule -
of CPC
merely advocates the use of Forms provided in Appendix -

A, "as nearly as may be". Paragraph Nos.2 and 3 of Form Nos.47

and 48 are intended to serve two purposes, viz.,(1) to demonstrate that
. (1969) 2 SCC 539
. (1989) 4 SCC 313
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the agreement purchaser was ready and willing to perform his part of

the obligation; and (2) also to demonstrate that the defendant was

either unwilling to perform his obligation or positively refused to

perform his obligation under the agreement. The averments in

paragraph Nos.2 and 3 of Form Nos.47 & 48 are intended to

demonstrate (1) the readiness and willingness on the part of the

plaintiff; and (2) the unwillingness or refusal on the part of the

defendant to perform his obligations. These two paragraphs of Form

Nos.47 & 48 are correlatable to
Section 16 (c)
of the Specific Relief

Act, 1963 and the Explanation there under. Therefore, the

requirement under Section - 16 (c) of the
Specific Relief Act
has to be

considered. If those requirements are satisfied otherwise than by way

of a parrot like repetition of the contents of Form Nos.47 and 48, then

there can be no objection on the basis of Form Nos.47 and 48.

16. In
the said judgment
, the Division Bench also considered

that the plaintiff therein specifically pleaded that the entire sale

consideration had been paid by the date of execution of the agreement

of sale, as evidenced by the recitals contained in the agreement of sale,

and that the possession of the property had also been delivered.

Therefore, the only obligation left over, if the case of the plaintiff was
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true, was the mere execution of a sale deed. There was nothing left

under the agreement of sale, for the plaintiff to do. Therefore, there is

no use in the plaintiff pleading as an empty formality that he was

always ready and willing to perform his part of the obligations,

especially when his part of the obligations already stood performed, at

least according to him. In
the said judgment
, it was the admitted case

of the agreement vendor himself that on 03.03.2010, he cancelled the

GPA. By the time the suit was filed, agreement vendor had taken a

positive stand that the nature of the transaction as reflected in Ex.A.1

was not one of sale and purchase of immovable property. Therefore,

on consideration of the said fact, the Division Bench held that failure

of the plaintiff therein to incorporate the contents of Form Nos.47 and

48 at least as an empty formality, cannot be put against him.

17. In Syed Dastagir2, the Apex Court framed the following

issue for consideration:

"How to construe a plea of 'readiness and
willingness to perform' to sub-serve to the
requirement of
Section 16(c)
of the Specific Relief
Act, 1963 and the interpretation of its
explanation."
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The Apex Court held that no specific phraseology or language is

required to take such a plea. The language in Section - 16 (c) of the

Specific Relief Act
does not require any specific phraseology but only

that the plaintiff must aver that he has performed or has always been

and is willing to perform his part of the contract. So the compliance

of "readiness and willingness" has to be in spirit and substance and

not in letter and form. So to insist for a mechanical production of the

exact words of a statute is to insist for the form rather than the

essence. So the absence of form cannot dissolve an essence if already

pleaded. The Apex Court also relied upon the principle
laid down by

it in
R.C. Chandiok v. Chuni Lal Sabharwal
14, wherein it was held

that readiness and willingness cannot be treated as a strait-jacket

formula. This has to be determined from the entirety of the facts and

circumstances relevant to the intention and conduct of the party

concerned. The pleading as made by the plaintiff therein not only

shows his readiness and willingness to perform his part of the

obligation under the contract but by tendering the total amount which

shows he has performed his part of the obligation. On examination of

the said facts, the Apex Court held that such a plea to be a plea of
. (1970) 3 SCC 140
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"readiness and willingness" as required under Section - 16 (c) of the

Specific Relief Act
.

18. In Kamala Kumar v. Premlata Joshi 15 the Apex Court

held as follows:

"It is a settled principle of law that the grant of
relief of specific performance is a discretionary
and equitable relief. The material questions, which
are required to be gone into for grant of the relief
of specific performance, are:

First, whether there exists a valid and concluded
contract between the parties for sale/purchase of
the suit property;

Second, whether the plaintiff has been ready and
willing to perform his part of contract and whether
he is still ready and willing to perform his part as
mentioned in the contract;

Third, whether the plaintiff has, in fact,
performed his part of the contract and, if so, how
and to what extent and in what manner he has
performed and whether such performance was in
conformity with the terms of the contract,|
Fourth, whether it will be equitable to grant the
relief of specific performance to the plaintiff
against the defendant in relation to suit property
or it will cause any kind of hardship to the
. (2019) 3 SCC 704
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defendant and, if so, how and in what manner and
the extent if such relief is eventually granted to the
plaintiff; and
Lastly, whether the plaintiff is entitled for grant
of any other alternative relief, namely, refund of
earnest money etc. and, if so, on what grounds."

19. In Ouseph Varghese13, the Apex Court held as under:

"....A suit for specific performance has to conform
to the requirements prescribed in Forms 47 and 48
of the 1st Schedule in the Civil Procedure Code. In
a suit for specific performance it is incumbent on
the plaintiff not only to set out the agreement on
the basis of which he sues in all its details, he must
go further and plead that he has applied to the
defendant specifically to perform the agreement
pleaded by him but the defendant has not done so.
He must further plead that he has been and is still
ready and willing to specifically perform his part
of the agreement. Neither in the plaint nor at any
subsequent stage of the suit the plaintiff has taken
those pleas. As observed by this Court in
Prem
Rai v. D.L.F. Housing and Construction (P)
Ltd.
1968 SCC OnLine SC 151 that it is well
settled that in a suit for specific performance the
plaintiff should allege that he is ready and willing
to perform his part of the contract and in the
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absence of such an allegation the suit is not
maintainable."

20.
In
J.P. Builders v. A. Ramadas Rao
16, the Apex Court

held as under:

"It is settled law that even in the absence of
specific plea by the opposite party, it is the
mandate of the statute that plaintiff has to comply
with
Section 16 (c)
of the Specific Relief Act and
when there is non- compliance with this statutory
mandate, the Court is not bound to grant specific
performance and is left with no other alternative
but to dismiss the suit. It is also clear that readiness
to perform must be established throughout the
relevant points of time. "Readiness and
willingness" to perform the part of the contract has
to be determined/ascertained from the conduct of
the parties."

21. In Chennadi Jalapathi Reddy1, the Apex Court held as

under:

"Moreover, the High Court has wrongly observed
that the plaintiff has not produced any evidence to
prove that he demanded the performance of sale
after the execution of the agreement of sale. The
filing of a suit for specific performance of an
. (2011) 1 SCC 429
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agreement of sale is governed by
Section 16 (c)
of
the Specific Relief Act, 1963, read with
Article 54

of the
Schedule of the Limitation Act, 1963
. In
addition to this, Forms 47 and 48
of the Code of
Civil Procedure
, 1908 prescribe the format of the
plaint for such a suit. Thus, a plaint which seeks
the relief of specific performance of an
agreement/contract must comply with all these
requirements. In the matter at hand, the plaintiff
has specifically averred in his plaint that he was
ready and willing to perform his part of the
contract under the agreement of sale dated
20.04.1993. It was also specifically stated that the
plaintiff had been demanding that the first
defendant receive the balance consideration of Rs.
58,800/ and execute a regular registered sale deed
at his cost, but the first defendant had been
avoiding the specific performance of the
agreement of sale. In light of this, in our
considered opinion, all the formalities which are to
be pleaded and proved by the plaintiff for getting a
decree of specific performance have been
fulfilled. Moreover, there cannot be any proof of
oral demand. Be that as it may, we are satisfied
from the evidence that the plaintiff had sufficient
money to pay the balance consideration to the first
defendant and was ready and willing to perform
his part of the contract."
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22. In Bhargavi Constructions8, the Apex Court held that the

term 'law' used in Order - VII, Rule - 11 (d)
of CPC
includes not only

legislative enactments but also judicial decisions of the Apex Court in

view of
Article - 141
of the Constitution of India.

23. There is no dispute that the law
laid down by
the Apex

Court is binding on all the Courts including trial Court and this Court

in terms of
Article - 141
of the Constitution of India.

24. In Mohinder Kaur9, the Apex Court held that where the

agreement of sale has been cancelled by Vendor, the party has to seek

relief of declaration of such cancellation, in addition to seek relief of

specific performance of such agreement of sale. The said principle

was also reiterated by the Apex Court in Sangita Sinha10 and R.

Kandasamy11.

25. Considering the pleadings, in
Manickam v. Vasantha
17,

wherein suit was filed for specific performance of agreement of sale,

the Apex Court held that relief of specific performance of contract is a

discretionary relief, and pleadings in a suit for specific performance

have to be very direct, specific and accurate. A suit for specific
. (2022) SCC OnLine SC 2096
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performance based on bald and vague pleadings must necessarily be

rejected. Section - 16 (c) of the
Specific Relief Act
requires readiness

and willingness to be pleaded and proved by the plaintiff in a suit for

specific performance of contract and the same are mandatory.

26.
In
R. Shama Naik v. G. Srinivasiah18
, the Apex Court

held that the plaintiff is obliged not only to make specific statement

and averments in the plaint but is also obliged to adduce necessary

oral and documentary evidence to show the availability of funds to

make payment in terms of the contract in time. There is a fine

distinction between readiness and willingness to perform the contract.

Both the ingredients are necessary for the relief of specific

performance. While readiness means the capacity of the plaintiff to

perform the contract which would include his financial position,

willingness relates to the conduct of the plaintiff.

27. Referring to the principle
laid down in

T. Arivandandam

v. T.V. Satyapal
19 and other judgments in
Indian Evangelical

Lutheran Church Trust Association v. Sri Bala & Co.20
, the Apex

Court held that the Court while dealing with an application filed under
. 2024 INSC 927
. (1977) 4 SCC 467
. 2025 (6) ALD 108 SC
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Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
, has to consider whole plaint has to be

read and not any particular plea has to be considered. The averments

in the plaint as a whole have to be seen to find out whether Clause -

(d) of Rule - 11, Order - VII
of CPC
is applicable. The relevant facts

which need to be looked into for deciding an application thereunder

are the averments in the plaint which are germane. The pleas taken by

the defendant either in the affidavit filed in support of an application

filed under Order - VII, Rule -11
of CPC
or in the written statement

would be wholly irrelevant at that stage. Under Order - VII, Rule -11

of CPC
, the Court has to take a decision looking at the pleadings of

the plaintiff only and not on the rebuttal made by the defendant or any

other material produced by the defendant.

i)
Referring to the Limitation Act, 1963
, the Apex
Court further

held
that
Limitation Act
does not confer any substantive right, nor

defines any right or cause of action. The Law of Limitation is based

on delay and laches. Unless there is a complete cause of action,

limitation cannot run and there cannot be a complete cause of action

unless there is a person who can sue and a person who can be sued.

28. It is apt to note that in the present case, the appellant -

plaintiff filed the aforesaid suit against the respondent - defendant
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seeking specific performance of agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020.

Section - 16 of the
Specific Relief Act, 1963
deals with 'personal bars

to relief'. The same is relevant and extracted as under:

"16. Personal bars to relief.--Specific performance
of a contract cannot be enforced in favour of a
person--

(a) who has obtained substituted performance of
contract under
section 20
; or

(b) who has become incapable of performing, or
violates any essential term of, the contract that on his
part remains to be performed, or acts in fraud of the
contract, or willfully acts at variance with, or in
subversion of, the relation intended to be established
by the contract; or

(c) who fails to prove that he has performed or has
always been ready and willing to perform the essential
terms of the contract which are to be performed by
him, other than terms the performance of which has
been prevented or waived by the defendant.
Explanation.--For the purposes of clause (c),--

(i) where a contract involves the payment
of money, it is not essential for the plaintiff to
actually tender to the defendant or to deposit in
court any money except when so directed by the
court;

(ii) the plaintiff must prove performance
of, or readiness and willingness to perform, the
contract according to its true construction."
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29. Form Nos.47 and 48 of Appendix 'A"
of CPC
are as

follows:

"No. 47

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE (No. 1)
(Title)
A.B., the above-named plaintiff, states as follows:--

1. By an agreement dated the .......day of ....... and signed by the
defendant, he contracted to buy of [or sell to] the plaintiff certain immovable
property therein described and referred to, for the sum of ....... rupees.

2. The plaintiff has applied to the defendant specifically to perform the
agreement on his part, but the defendant has not done so.

3. The plaintiff has been and still is ready and willing specifically to
perform the agreement on his part of which the defendant has had notice.

[As in paras 4 and 5 of Form No. 1.]

6. The plaintiff claims that the Court will order the defendant specifically
to perform the agreement and to do all acts necessary to put the plaintiff in
full possession of the said property or to accept a transfer and possession of
the said property and to pay the costs of the suit.

No. 48

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE (No. 2)
(Title)
A.B., the above-named plaintiff, states as follows:--

1. On the........ day of........19....../20....., the plaintiff and defendant
entered into an agreement, in writing, and the original document is hereto
annexed. The defendant was absolutely entitled to the immovable property
described in the agreement.

2. On the ........ day of........19...../20.... , the plaintiff Tendered rupees to
the defendant, and demanded a transfer of the said property by a sufficient
instrument.

3. On the ....... day of ........19 ......./20...., the plaintiff again demanded
such transfer. [Or the defendant refused to transfer the same to the plaintiff.

4. The defendant has not executed any instrument of transfer.

5. The plaintiff is still ready and willing to pay the purchase-money of the
said property to the defendant.
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[As in paras 4 and 5 of Form No. 1]

8. The plaintiff claims--

(1) that the defendant transfers the said property to the plaintiff by a sufficient
instrument [following the terms of the agreement;
(2) . . . . . . rupees compensation for withholding the same."

30. Order - VI, Rule - 6
of CPC
deals with 'condition

precedent'. The same is relevant and extracted as under:

"6.Condition precedent.- Any condition
precedent, the performance or occurrence of which
is intended to be contested, shall be distinctly
specified in his pleading by the plaintiff or
defendant, as the case may be; and, subject thereto,
an averment of the performance or occurrence of
all conditions precedent necessary for the case of
the plaintiff or defendant shall be implied in his
pleading."

31. As discussed supra, respondent - defendant filed the

aforesaid I.A. under Order - VII, Rule -11
of CPC
to reject the plaint

contending that plaint does not disclose cause of action, the agreement

of sale dated 03.11.2020 is novated and they have entered into an oral

agreement.

32. In the light of the principle
laid down in
the aforesaid

judgments and provisions, coming to the facts of the present case, it is
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not in dispute that the respondent had executed an agreement of sale

dated 03.11.2020 in favour of the appellant - plaintiff in respect of sale

of suit schedule property on the specific terms and conditions

mentioned therein. The total sale consideration agreed was

Rs.1,89,55,000/-. The appellant paid an amount of Rs.80.00 lakhs

under three cheques on the said date of agreement. It is agreed that

the respondent - vendor shall hand over possession of the Apartment

along with ready and complete common areas with all specifications,

amenities and facilities of the project in place on or before 30.11.2021

subject to the extension of registration, if any, granted to the said

project by the Authority, unless there is delay or failure due to war,

flood, drought, fire, cyclone, earthquake or any other calamity caused

by nature or any Court stay or Government order affecting the regular

development of the real estate project (Force Majeure). The appellant

being the Vendee, agreed that in the event it becomes impossible for

the Promoter/Developer/Vendor to implement the project due to Force

Majeure conditions, then this allotment shall stand terminated and the

Promoter/Developer/Vendor shall refund to the Allottee the entire

amount received by the Promoter/Developer/Vendor from the

allotment within 90 days from that date.
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33. It is also relevant to note that Clause - 5.5 of the said

Agreement of Sale deals with 'cancellation by Purchaser/Allottee'.

The same is relevant and it is extracted as under:

"Cancellation by Purchaser/Allottee: The
Purchaser shall have the right to cancel/only as
provided in the Act. Provided that where the
Purchaser proposes to cancel/withdraw from the
project without any fault of the /Vendor, the
/Vendor herein is entitled to forfeit Rs.10,00,000/-
from the amount paid. The balance amount of
money paid by the Purchaser shall be returned by
the Promoter/ Developer/ Vendor to the Purchaser
within three months of such cancellation or at the
time that the /Vendor is able to resell the said
Apartment to another purchaser, whichever is
later."

34. Perusal of record would also reveal that the appellant herein

has paid an amount of Rs.50,00,000/- on 16.01.2021, Rs.10,00,000/-

on 31.03.2021 and Rs.15,00,000/- on 21.04.2021. Thus, in all, the

appellant had paid an amount of Rs.1,55,00,000/- leaving balance sale

consideration of Rs.34,55,000/-. According to the appellant, the

respondent failed to receive balance sale consideration and execute

register sale deed in her favour. The respondent - defendant returned

the said sale consideration amount received by her to the appellant -
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plaintiff on 02.03.2022 and 06.04.2022 by way of RTGS. Therefore,

the appellant had filed the aforesaid suit for specific performance of

agreement of sale and sought a direction to the respondent - defendant

to execute a register sale deed in favour of the plaintiff or her nominee

by receiving balance sale consideration as per the agreement of sale

dated 03.11.2020 and in default thereof, the Court may execute and

register a sale deed in favour of the plaintiff or her nominee and also a

direction to respondent - defendant to deliver vacant physical and

peaceful possession of suit schedule property.

35. In view of the allegations made by the respondent -

defendant in the affidavit filed in support of petition vide I.A. No.663

of 2023 under Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
, paragraph Nos.7, 8, 9

and 13 of the plaint are relevant and the same are extracted hereunder:

"7. The Plaintiff submits that she had also
purchased a residential Apartment bearing Flat
No.B 10004, 10th Floor, Block-B, admeasuring
4095 sq.ft., along with three car parking's in the
complex called TRENDSET JAYABHERI
ELEVATE together with proportionate undivided
share of land admeasuring 38720 Sq.Yds., in
Sy.No.5, situated at Kondapur Village,
Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District
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from the father of Defendant herein namely
Dr.K.L.Narayana who is her power of attorney
also under an Agreement of Sale Dated 25.11.2021
which is followed by execution of Registered Sale
Deed Dated 11.04.2022 bearing Document No
5886/2022. Thus the Plaintiff got great confidence
in the Defendant to proceed and conclude the
transaction liberally without adhering to the
conditions strictly. The Plaintiff always kept good
faith in the family of Defendant and equally she is
ready to pay the balance sale consideration of Rs.
34,55,000/- towards the Suit Schedule Property. It
is needless to add that the plaintiff is solvent and
holding sufficient funds to pay the balance sale
consideration thereby to obtain sale deed from the
Defendant. There is ample evidence to substantiate
her solvency and financial ability to conclude the
sale transaction within the Schedule subject to
compliance of conditions by the Defendant. The
Defendant is in obligation to complete the Suit
Schedule Property in accordance to the
specification mentioned in the Agreement of sale
on or before 30.11.2021 along with the amenities
prescribed. On 30.11.2021 the plaintiff reiterated
her demand to the defendant for receiving balance
sale consideration of Rs. 34,55,000/- and to
execute Registered Sale Deed while delivering
physical possession of Suit Schedule Property.
Unfortunately the Defendant did not yielded to the
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request of Plaintiff and continued to dodge on one
or the other pretext and more particularly the Suit
Schedule Property was still kept Incomplete
without attaining the specifications mentioned in
the Agreement of Sale.

8. The Plaintiff submits that the acts of Defendant
in not honoring Suit Agreement of Sale created
impatience to her and therefore she express her
discomfort in the transaction. It is obvious to
understand that the Defendant had already received
major part of sale consideration except the minor
part of sale consideration which is to be paid at the
time of sale transaction. Therefore the Plaintiff
demanded the Defendant either to receipt balance
sale consideration thereby to execute sale deed
with possession or to compensate for the delay. In
such circumstances the Defendant assured as she
will execute and register the Sale Deed by
honoring Agreement of Sale Dated 03.11.2020 in
favour of Plaintiff and till such time the defendant
proposed to return the advance paid amount of
Rs.1,55,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore Fifty Five
Lakhs only) to retain the same with the Plaintiff till
she gets communication from the Defendant. Thus,
the defendant pampered the Plaintiff to enjoy the
benefit on advance part of Rs.1,55,00,000/- while
retuning the same by way of RTGS Dated
02.03.2022 for an amount of Rs.85,00,000/- and by
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way of RTGS Dated 06.04.2022 for an amount of
Rs.70,00,000/- to the Plaintiff. Thus the Defendant
assured the Plaintiff and requested to pay the
complete sale consideration of Rs. 1,89,55,000/-
(Rupees One Crore Fifty Nine Lakhs Fifty Five
Thousand only) at the time of Registration of Sale
Deed in compliance to the Suit Agreement of sale
on communication from her. Thus the Plaintiff is
enjoying the interest on 1,55,00,000/- apart from
the keeping ready of balance consideration amount
of Rs. 34,55,000/- thereby to handover to the
Defendant on communication to conclude to
transaction. It is essential to had that the Defendant
assured the Plaintiff as the Suit Schedule Property
will be completed with all specifications agreed by
the end of December 2022 for which the Plaintiff
is awaiting.

9. The Plaintiff submits that believing the version
of Defendant waited till the end of December
2022, more particularly when the representative of
Defendant and her father had executed sale deed
dated 11.04.2022 bearing Document No.
5886/2022 in respect of other purchased residential
apartment No.B1004 in the same project. But
unfortunately the Defendant did not evinced any
positive expression to honour the promise at the
end of December 2022. Therefore on 07.01.2023,
the Plaintiff approached the Defendant demanding
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to execute and register the Sale Deed by honoring
the unterminated Agreement of Sale Dated
03.11.2020 pertaining to Suit Schedule Property.
The Defendant instead of honoring Suit Agreement
of Sale despite the assurance made by her, had
started demanding extra amount over and above
Rs. 1,89,55,000/- to convey the Suit Schedule
Property which is unlawful and unethical. The
Defendant further threatened the Plaintiff as by
reversing advance paid amount it is to be presumed
that the Suit Agreement of Sale is terminated. But
fact remains that the suit Agreement of Sale Dated
03.11.2020 was never cancel or terminated and the
same is enforceable lawfully. Thus, the attitude of
Defendant demonstrates her malice intention to
evade the contractual obligation.

13. The Plaintiff submits that the cause of action
for the Suit arose on 03.11.2020 when the
Defendant executed Agreement of Sale in favour
of Plaintiff, and on 16.01.2021 when the defendant
received Rs. 50,00,000/- as part of Sale
consideration and on 31.03.2021 when the
Defendant received Rs. 10,00,000/- as part of sale
consideration and on 02.03.2022 and 06.4.2022
when the Defendant reversed the advanced paid
consideration keeping the Suit Agreement intact
and without termination promising to receive the
entire consideration at the time of Registering the
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sale deed and in the end of December 2022 when
the Defendant promised to convey the Suit
Schedule Property and on 07.01.2023 when the
Plaintiff finally demanded the Defendant for
honoring the suit transaction which was denied by
her acts and the same is to be considered as
declining to honour the contractual obligation and
hence the suit is well in time and not borrowed by
the provisions of the
Limitation Act
."

36. Thus, the appellant - plaintiff specifically pleaded that she

had also purchased a residential Apartment bearing Flat No.B 10004,

10th Floor, Block-B, admeasuring 4095 square feet along with three

Car Parking's in the Complex called 'TRENDSET JAYABHERI

ELEVATE together with proportionate undivided share of land

admeasuring 109 square yards out of total extent of 38720 square

yards in Survey No.5, situated at Kondapur Village, Serilingampally

Mandal, Rangareddy District from the father of defendant, who is her

Power of Attorney also under an Agreement of Sale dated 25.11.2021,

which is followed by execution of registered sale deed dated

11.04.2022 bearing document No.5886 of 2022. Thus, according to

the appellant, she has reposed confidence on the defendant to proceed
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and conclude the transaction liberally without adhering to the

conditions strictly.

37. The plaintiff also specifically pleaded that she is always

kept good faith in the family of the defendant and equally she is ready

to pay balance sale consideration of Rs.34,55,000/- towards suit

schedule property. She has also pleaded that she is solvent and

holding sufficient funds to pay the balance sale consideration. In the

light of the same, the respondent - defendant cannot contend that the

appellant - plaintiff has not pleaded that she is ready and willing to

perform an obligation casts upon her under the aforesaid agreement of

sale.

38. It is also apt to note that on receipt of the aforesaid amount

of Rs.1,55,00,000/- from the respondent - defendant, the appellant

herein did not address a letter or make any correspondence as to why

the respondent - defendant returned the said amount. However, she

has specifically pleaded in the plaint that the said agreement of sale

dated 03.11.2020 was not cancelled in terms of Clause - 5.5 and that

the said original agreement of sale is with her. In fact, she has filed
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the original agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 in the Court along

with the plaint.

39. Therefore, the respondent - defendant cannot contend that

she has already cancelled the said agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020.

The respondent also cannot contend that the appellant has purchased

another Flat No.B 10004 of the very same apartment. As discussed

above, the appellant - plaintiff has specifically contended in paragraph

No.7 of the plaint that she has purchased the said Flat from the father

of the defendant and he has already executed a registered sale deed.

Therefore, the aforesaid allegation of the respondent that the

agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 was cancelled / novated and,

thereafter, there was an oral agreement between the appellant and the

respondent is without any basis. However, the said aspect cannot be

considered in a petition filed under Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC

while rejecting the plaint.

40. The trial Court has to consider only the contents of the

plaint and documents filed by the plaintiff along with plaint, nothing

more as held by the Apex Court in Dahiben5. In the present case, the

appellant has specifically pleaded that the agreement of sale dated
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03.11.2020 is subsisting and it was not cancelled as per Clause - 5.5 of

the said agreement of sale and that she is in possession of original

agreement of sale with her. Therefore, she has also specifically

pleaded with regard to return of advance sale consideration of

Rs.1,55,00,000/- paid by her on two occasions by way of RTGS.

Therefore, there is no suppression of fact on the part of the appellant.

41. With regard to the contention of Mr. M.V. Durga Prasad,

learned counsel for the respondent that there was no demand from the

appellant to the respondent to pay the balance consideration and

execute register sale deed in her favour, it is relevant to note that the

appellant has specifically pleaded that the respondent has returned the

aforesaid amount of Rs.1,55,00,000/- by way of RTGS without

informing the appellant and it is unilateral. Therefore, in paragraph

No.8 of the plaint, she has specifically pleaded that the acts of the

defendant in not honouring the suit agreement of sale caused

impatience to her and, therefore, she expressed her discomfort in the

transaction. It is obvious to understand that the defendant had already

received major part of sale consideration except the minor part of sale

consideration which is to be paid at the time of sale transaction.

Therefore, the plaintiff demanded the defendant either to receive the
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balance sale consideration and thereby to execute sale deed with

possession or to compensate for the delay. The defendant assured as

she would execute and register the sale deed by honouring agreement

of sale dated 03.11.2020 in favour of the plaintiff. Thus, the

defendant allowed the plaintiff to enjoy the benefit on advance part of

Rs.1,55,00,000/- while returning the same by way of RTGS dated

02.03.2022 for an amount of Rs.85.00 lakhs and by way of RTGS

dated 06.04.2022 for an amount of Rs.70.00 lakhs to the plaintiff.

Thus, the plaintiff is enjoying interest of Rs.1,55,00,000/- apart from

keeping ready the balance consideration amount of Rs.34,55,000/-.

42. She has also specifically pleaded that she has waited till

end of December, 2022 and approached the defendant on 07.01.2023

with a request to execute a register sale deed by honouring

unterminated agreement of sale deed dated 03.11.2020. She has also

specifically pleaded that instead of honouring suit agreement of sale

despite assurance made by her, had started demanding extra amount

over and above Rs.1,89,55,000/- to convey the suit schedule property,

which is unlawful and unethical. The defendant further threatened the

plaintiff by reversing advance paid amount, it is to be presumed that

the suit agreement of sale is terminated. But, the fact remains that the
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suit agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 was never cancelled or

terminated and the same is enforceable lawfully. Thus, the attitude of

defendant demonstrates her malice intention to evade the contractual

obligation. Thus, she has specifically pleaded about existence of

agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 and that it was not cancelled.

43. It is apt to note that the said aspects are triable issues. The

contentions of the respondent - defendant that her father addressed a

letter dated 12.04.2022 to the appellant - plaintiff intimating about

cancellation of the agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020, the said letter

was handed over to the father of the appellant when he visited the

office of respondent's father is also a triable issue. The further

contention of the respondent - defendant that the father of the

respondent informed the respondent that he had cancelled the subject

agreement of sale with the appellant and he had already entered into

another agreement of sale dated 25.11.2022 etc., are also triable

issues. The same cannot be considered in a petition filed under Order -

VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
. At the cost of repetition, the Court has to

consider pleadings of the plaint and documents filed along with the

plaint. The said aspects are not there in the plaint and documents filed
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along with the plaint. The respondent herein - defendant asserted the

said contentions in the affidavit filed in support of I.A. filed under

Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
. The said aspects cannot be considered

in a petition filed under Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
. Even then,

vide order dated 09.08.2023, learned trial Court held that the stand

taken by the plaintiff, her contentions are not believable. The said

finding is not based on pleadings of the plaintiff in the plaint and

contrary to the documents filed by her along with plaint.

44. The further finding of trial Court that as the defendant has

refunded the advance sale consideration to the plaintiff on 06.04.2022

itself, there was no subsisting contract between the plaintiff and the

defendant after the said date is also factually incorrect. The finding of

trial Court that though the plaintiff contended that she waited for the

defendant to approach her for execution of sale deed, there is no oral

or written agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant

extending the time or executing a fresh agreement of sale for purchase

of suit schedule property is also contrary to record. The trial Court

erred in holding that even in the plaint, the plaintiff got mentioned that

as informed by the defendant the suit agreement of sale was presumed

to be terminated. The further findings of trial Court that the plaintiff
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has not stated the dates on which she allegedly demanded the

defendant to execute the sale deed and that there is no explanation as

to why the plaintiff kept quiet till February, 2023 without seeking

specific performance of agreement of sale are contrary to the

pleadings of the plaintiff in the plaint and also documents filed by her

along with plaint. They are beyond the scope of enquiry under Order -

VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
. Thus, learned trial Court also erred in holding

that the plaintiff has not issued any notice to the defendant prior to

filing of the suit.

45. As discussed above, the plaintiff has specifically contended

that the respondent - defendant has refunded the said amount received

by her unilaterally and that there was another transaction between the

plaintiff and the father of the defendant, she has approached the

defendant on 07.01.2023 with a request to receive sale consideration

and execute and register the sale deed in terms of agreement of sale

dated 03.11.2020. The said aspects were not considered by the trial

Court. It is not a clever drafting as contended by Mr. M.V. Durga

Prasad, learned counsel for the respondent herein. The said aspects

cannot be considered by trial Court while deciding an application filed

under Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
.
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46. However, there is no dispute with regard to object of Order

- VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
that trial Court has to discourage frivolous

litigation, more particularly suits filed without proper pleadings, cause

of action etc., and on going through the contents of the plaint, the trial

Court instead of proceeding with trial, can nip the same at the budding

stage. At the same time, when there are specific pleadings and

documents filed along with the plaint, the trial Court cannot reject

plaint by invoking its power under Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
.

47. It is also contended by Mr. M.V. Durga Prasad, learned

counsel for the respondent that there is no cause of action in the plaint.

As discussed above, paragraph No.13 of the plaint deals with cause of

action and plaintiff has specifically pleaded regarding cause of action.

However, cause of action is a mixed question of fact and law and in

fact it is a bundle of facts as held by the Apex Court in
Shakti Bhog

Food Industries v. Central Bank of India
21. In the present case, the

plaintiff has specifically pleaded cause of action including the

aforesaid dates. Therefore, the respondent cannot contend that there is

no cause of action in the plaint. It is a triable issue and, therefore, on

the said ground, learned trial Court cannot reject the plaint.
. (2020) 17 SCC 260
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48. In R. Kandasamy11, Sangita Sinha10 and Mohinder

Kaur9 relied upon by learned counsel for the respondent herein -

defendant, the agreements entered by Vendors therein, were cancelled

in writing and the said cancellation was informed to the Vendees

therein. Therefore, on consideration of the said facts, the Apex Court

held that the Vendees therein have to seek declaration instead of suit

for specific performance of agreement of sale, whereas, in the present

case, there is no cancellation of agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 by

the respondent. Therefore, the facts of the said cases are different to

the facts of the present case.

49. As discussed above, in the present case, the respondent -

defendant has not cancelled the agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020,

more particularly in terms of Clause - 5.5. It is also apt to note that

the original of agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020 is with the

appellant. She has filed the said original agreement of sale along with

plaint. All the said aspects are triable issues and trial Court has to

consider the same during the course of trial, but not in an application

filed under Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
. The scope of inquiry under

Order - VII, Rule - 11
of CPC
is very limited. The trial Court has to

consider pleadings in the plaint and the documents filed by the
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plaintiff along with plaint and not more than that. It cannot go beyond

the same. In the present case, the trial Court gave the aforesaid

findings contrary to the pleadings of the plaint and the documents

filed by the plaintiff along with the plaint.

50. With regard to readiness and willingness to perform her

part of obligation, the plaintiff has specifically pleaded that she is

ready and willing to perform her part of obligation under an

agreement of sale dated 03.11.2020. She has also specifically pleaded

that she is solvent and ready to pay balance sale consideration amount.

In proof of the same, she has filed bank statement. The trial Court has

to consider the said document and the aforesaid pleadings during trial.

Therefore, the impugned order is not a reasoned order and it is not on

consideration of the aforesaid aspects. Thus, the impugned order is

liable to be set aside.

51. The present Appeal is accordingly allowed, setting aside

the order dated 09.08.2023 in I.A. No.663 of 2023 in O.S. No.38 of

2023 passed by leaned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge,

Rangareddy District at Kukatpally. I.A. No.663 of 2023 is

accordingly dismissed. However, liberty is granted to both the parties
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to take all the pleas and grounds which they have raised before this

Court during trial and the trial Court shall consider the same and

dispose of the suit strictly in accordance with law without being

influenced of any of the aforesaid findings. In the circumstances of

the case, there shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous applications, if any, pending

in the appeal case shall stand closed.

________________________________
K. LAKSHMAN, J

________________________________
NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA, J
1st December, 2025
Mgr