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AKHIL BHARTVARSHIYA MARWARI AGARWAL JATIYA KOSH & ORS.versusBRIJLAL TIBREWAL & ORS.

Citation
2018 INSC 1215
Decided
14 December 2018
Disposal
Disposed off

Holding

A "Note for speaking to the Minutes" is limited to correcting typographical or clerical errors and cannot be used to modify substantive orders; therefore the High Court exceeded its jurisdiction and the decree to convey only 1009.70 sq m stands.

Summary

The Trust, a charitable public trust, acquired land and built a housing block (A‑1) of 1009.70 sq meters for weaker sections. Flat purchasers (original plaintiffs) sued for a conveyance of the land underlying the building, claiming entitlement to the entire plot. The trial court decreed that the Trust must convey only the area of the building (1009.70 sq m). On appeal, the High Court, via a "Note for speaking to the Minutes", altered its earlier order and directed conveyance of 2700 sq m and affirmed a deemed conveyance of 2593.70 sq m, which the appellants challenged. The Supreme Court held that a "Note for speaking to the Minutes" is confined to correcting typographical or clerical errors and cannot be used to modify substantive orders, and that the High Court had exceeded its jurisdiction by directing conveyance beyond the trial court decree. Consequently, the Supreme Court set aside the High Court orders and modified the deemed conveyance to the building’s actual area of 1009.70 sq m. The appeals were allowed and the impugned orders quashed.

Issues considered

  • Whether a High Court may, under a "Note for speaking to the Minutes", go beyond correcting clerical errors and substantively modify its earlier judgment.
  • Whether the High Court could lawfully direct the Trust to execute a deed of conveyance for 2700 sq m when the trial court decree limited conveyance to 1009.70 sq m.
  • Whether the High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by passing orders without a cross‑appeal or cross‑objection from the original plaintiffs.
  • Whether the Deemed Conveyance of 2593.70 sq m granted by the Divisional Registrar is valid in view of the trial court decree.

Legislation cited

Subjects

Note for speaking to the Minutesjurisdictiondeed of conveyanceco-operative societybuilt‑up areaFSItypographical error correctioncivil appealdeemed conveyanceproperty lawtrust

Judgment

870                SUPREME[2018]
                           COURT 14REPORTS
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A        AKHIL BHARTVARSHIYA MARWARI AGARWAL JATIYA
                              KOSH & ORS.
                                      v.
                      BRIJLAL TIBREWAL & ORS.
                  (Civil Appeal Nos. 12088-12089 of 2018)
B                          DECEMBER 14, 2018
        [A. K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN AND M. R. SHAH, JJ.]
             Practice & Procedure – Appellant No.1-Trust acquired 9797
      sq. meters of land for providing housing to weaker sections of the
      society – Said area of 9797 sq. meters included the Plot bearing
C     CTS No.97/A-5/2 – Trust constructed building A-1 on sub-plot carved
      out of the said plot – Purchasers-Respondents took possession of
      the respective flats – Respondents filed suit inter alia for
      directing the Trust and others to execute the Conveyance of Plot
      No. A/1 claiming that they were entitled to the Plot area of around
      1205 sq. yards (1009.70 sq.meters) – Trial Court decreed the Suit –
D     First Appeal before the High Court, dismissed vide order dated
      04.12.2014 – Thereafter, the High Court on oral application of the
      Respondents by way of “Note for speaking to the Minutes” clarified
      that the words “2700 sq. feet” appearing in the judgment
      dtd. 04.12.2014 should be read as “2700 sq. meters” and directed
E     the execution of the deed of Conveyance of the land to the extent of
      building i.e. 2700 sq. meters – On appeal, held: A “Note for speaking
      to Minutes” is required to be entertained only for the limited purpose
      of correcting a typographical error or an error through oversight,
      which may have crept in while transcribing the original order – It
      cannot be considered at par with review application or with an
F     application for clarification/modification of order – While passing
      the order below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, the High
      Court travelled beyond its jurisdiction in regard to the scope of
      deciding a “Note for speaking to the Minutes” and virtually modified
      its original order passed in First Appeal – Order passed below the
G     “Note for speaking to the Minutes” set aside – Even otherwise,
      it is not appreciable how the High Court arrived at the figure of
      2700 sq. meters – Order passed by the Divisional Registrar, Co-
      operative Societies, in proceedings initiated by the Society of flat
      purchasers, granting deemed conveyance of area admeasuring
      2593.70 sq.meters is modified to the extent of area admeasuring
H     1009.70 sq.meters only.
                                       870
   AKHIL BHARTVARSHIYA MARWARI AGARWAL JATIYA                           871
             KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL

      Disposing of the matters, the Court                               A
       HELD: 1.1 While passing order below the “Note for
speaking to the Minutes”, the High Court travelled beyond its
jurisdiction in regard to the scope of deciding a “Note for speaking
to the Minutes”. A “Note for speaking to Minutes” is required
to be entertained only for the limited purpose of correcting a          B
typographical error or an error through oversight, which may have
crept in while transcribing the original order. Once, the judgment/
order is pronounced and if any party to the same wants any
rectification of any typographical error and any clerical mistake
regarding the date or number, such a party may apply to the
concerned Court for correcting such an error in the judgment/           C
order. However, a “Note for speaking to the Minutes” cannot
be considered at par with a review application or in a given case,
with an application for clarification/modification of an order. While
passing the impugned order below the “Note for speaking to the
Minutes”, the High Court virtually modified its original order          D
passed in First Appeal. While passing the impugned order, the
High Court has given further directions as if the High Court was
passing the order on an application for clarification/modification.
Therefore, such a course was not open to the High Court while
deciding a “Note for speaking to the Minutes”. Since, the High
Court has travelled beyond its jurisdiction in regard to the scope      E
of deciding a “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, the impugned
order passed below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes” is
set aside. [Para 12][888-A-E]
      1.2 Even otherwise, the impugned orders are not
sustainable at law. It was the Appeal before the High Court,            F
preferred by the Appellants herein–original Defendants,
challenging the judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court,
by which the Trial Court specifically passed a decree directing
the only Defendant No.1 to convey the title and execute document
in favour of the Society in respect of Suit Building and land to the    G
extent of Suit Building. The area of Suit Building was 1009.70
sq. meters. Against that judgment and decree, original Private
Defendants-Appellants were before the High Court. The Trial
Court never passed any decree directing the Appellants to
execute the Deed of Conveyance to the extent of 2700 sq. meters
of land. Therefore, while dismissing the appeal, even otherwise,        H
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A     the High Court could not have passed any further order beyond
      the judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court and that too
      in absence of any cross objection and/or cross appeal preferred
      by the original Plaintiffs. In an Appeal preferred by the original
      Defendants, at the most, the High Court can dismiss the Appeal
      and confirm the judgment and decree. However, the Appellants-
B
      original Defendants cannot be put in a worse condition than beyond
      the judgment and decree passed by Trial Court which was appealed
      before the First Appellate Court and that too in the absence of
      any cross-appeal or cross objection by the original Plaintiffs.
      Therefore also, the impugned orders passed by the High Court
C     which, as such, will go beyond the judgment and decree passed
      by the Trial Court are not sustainable. Thus, by passing the
      impugned order, it can be said that the High Court has passed
      order beyond the scope and ambit of the Appeal before it and has
      exceeded in its jurisdiction not vested in it. [Para 12.1]
      [888-F-H; 889-A-D]
D
            1.3 Even otherwise, it is not appreciable how the High Court
      has arrived at the figure of 2700 sq. meters. It appears from the
      material on record that it was never the case on behalf of the
      original Plaintiffs that the original Defendant No.1-Trust shall
      execute the Deed of Conveyance of the land to the extent of
E     2700 sq. meters. Even considering the map sanctioned by the
      Corporation and even considering the reply filed by the
      Corporation before this Court, it appears that the total plot area
      of CTS No. 97/A-5/2 on which the building A-1 was constructed,
      was 2593.70 sq. meters, out of which there was construction of
F     building A-1 on the land admeasuring 1009.70 sq. meters.
      Therefore also, the impugned order passed by the High Court
      directing the Appellants herein-original Defendant No.1 to
      execute the Deed of Conveyance in respect of the land to the
      extent of 2700 sq. meters is not sustainable.[Para 12.2]
      [889-E-G]
G           1.4 The impugned orders passed by the High Court dated
      23.12.14 passed below “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, in
      First Appeal and the order passed in Civil Application deserve
      to be quashed and set aside. [Para 12.5][890-H; 891-A]
            1.5 The original Plaintiff-Society shall not be entitled to the
H     Deed of Conveyance to the extent of area admeasuring 2700
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             KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL

sq.meters and/or even 2593.70 sq.meters and they shall be                    A
entitled to the Deed of Conveyance of the area admeasuring
1009.70 sq.meters which was the built up area of building A-1
and, therefore, the judgment passed by the High Court confirming
the order passed by the Divisional Registrar Co-operative
Societies of deemed Conveyance of the area admeasuring
                                                                             B
2593.70 sq. meters is also quashed and set aside. The order
passed by the Divisional Registrar of Deemed Conveyance of
the area admeasuring 2593.70 sq.meters is modified to the extent
of granting deemed Conveyance of the area admeasuring 1009.70
sq.meters only. [Para 13.1, 15][891-D-F; 892-B]
       CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal Nos. 12088-               C
12089 of 2018.
       From the Judgment and Order dated 23.12.2014 of the High
Court of Judicature at Bombay in First Appeal No. 466 of 2010 and
order dated 04.07.2015 in Civil Application No. 1698 of 2015.
                                   With                                      D
       Civil Appeal No. 12090 of 2018 and Contempt Petition
Nos. 25-26 of 2018.
       C. A. Sundaram, Shyam Divan, Neeraj Kishan Kaul, P. S. Patwalia,
Pallav Shishodia, Sr. Advs., Jatin Zaveri, Suraj Iyer, Neel Kamal Mishra,
Ms. Rohini Musa, Abhishek Gupta, Zafar Inayat, R. P. Bhatt, Ashok M.         E
Saroagi, Ms. Vithika Garg, Ms. Sangeeta Kumar, R. R. Verma, Ms.
Vidushi Garg, Bhushan Oza, Ms. Priti Purandare, Anand Sukumar,
Bhupesh Kumar Pathak, Ms. Meera Mathur, Nishant Ramakantrao
Katneshwarkar, Advs. for the appearing parties.
       The Judgment of the Court was delivered by                            F
       M. R. SHAH, J.
       1. Leave granted in all the Special Leave Petitions.
       2. As all these appeals are interconnected between the same
parties and with respect to the same properties, these are being disposed
of by this common judgment.                                                  G
       3. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order dated
23.12.2014 in F. A. No. 466 of 2010 and the order dated 04.07.2015 in
Civil Application No. 1698 of 2015 in F.A.No.466 of 2016 passed by the
High Court of Judicature at Bombay (hereinafter referred to as the ‘High
Court’), the original Defendants have preferred the present appeals.
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A           3.1 Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned final order
      dated 10.09.2015 passed by the High Court in Writ Petition No. 992 of
      2015 the original Petitioners of the aforesaid Writ Petition have preferred
      the present appeals.
            4. The facts leading to the present appeals in nutshell are as under:
B            That Appellant No. 1 Trust- Akhil Bhartvarshiya Marwari Agarwal
      Jatiya Kosh (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Trust’) was, registered under
      Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. According to the Trust, under a duly
      registered Conveyance dated 30.10.1974, the Trust acquired 9797 sq.
      meters of land with a charitable object of providing Housing to weaker
C     sections of the Society. That the said area of 9797 sq. meters included
      the Plot bearing CTS No. 97/A-5/2 of Village Chinchavli, Malad (East),
      Mumbai admeasuring 2593.70 sq. meters. According to the Trust, the
      Mumbai Municipal Corporation sanctioned the plan of the Trust in the
      year 1974-75 for construction of building A-1 to be constructed on sub-
      plot carved out of CTS No. 97/A-5/2 (the disputed property). That the
D     building A-1 was to consume the area of 1009.70 meters equivalent to
      1205 sq. yards. That, between 1975-78, the Trust constructed building
      A-1 comprising of 20 Flats each admeasuring built-up area of 588 sq. ft.
      and the purchasers took possession of the respective flat. Thereafter,
      about 26 years after they took possession, the Purchasers-Respondents
E     herein the original Plaintiffs filed Suit No. 4111 of 2004, inter alia,
      for directing the Trust and others to execute the Conveyance of Plot
      No. A/1 claiming that they were entitled to the Plot area of around 1205
      sq. yards (1009.70 sq.meters). That the original Plaintiffs prayed for
      the following reliefs in the Suit:

F           a) That it is declared that the Defendant No. 1 is bound and liable:
                i) To complete the said building A/1 in accordance with the
                   building plans sanctioned by and in terms of the conditions
                   of IOD and CC issued by the Defendant No. 2 in respect
                   thereof.
G               ii) To obtained Occupation Certificate for the said building No.
                    A/1.
                iii) To provide supply of municipal water to the said building
                     A/1.
                iv) To obtain building Completion Certificate for the said building
H                   A/1.
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      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

         v) To form co-operative housing society of the Plaintiffs.             A
         vi) To convey the said building A/1 together with the plot of
             land J/1.
       b) That this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to pass permanent
order directing:
                                                                                B
         i)   Defendant No. 1 to obtain occupation certificate and
              municipal water connection to the said building A/1.
         ii) Defendant No. 1 to form co-operative housing society of
             the plaintiffs.
         iii) Defendant No. 1 to convey the said building together with         C
              plot J/1 to the Co-operative Housing Society of the Plaintiffs.
         iv) Defendant No. 1 not to carry out any construction upon
             the said plot J.
         v) Defendant No. 2 to cancel the permission given to the
                                                                                D
            Defendant No. 1 to carry out construction on the said
            plot “J”.
         vi) Defendant No. 2 not to give any further permission to
             Defendant No. 1 to carry out any construction on the said
             plot “J”.
                                                                                E
         vii) Defendant No. 2 to take necessary actions against
              Defendant No. 1 for carrying out construction of
              unauthorized hutments.
         viii)Defendant No. 2 to take necessary actions against
             Defendant No. 1 for cutting of trees.                              F
        4.1 It was the case on behalf of the original Plaintiffs that the
Plaintiffs have paid full purchase price for purchase of their respective
flats in the said building A-1, constructed by the original Defendant No.
1, Trust. That, though the Trust handed over the possession of the flats
to the respective flat owners and they are put in possession and                G
occupation of the respective flats, the Trust have failed to obtain
occupation certificate of the said building in terms of the IOD and CC
issued by the Corporation. That it was the case on behalf of the original
Plaintiffs that the original Defendant No. 1 Trust, as promoter under the
provisions of Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963 (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘MOFA’) were bound to enter into the agreement, as           H
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A     prescribed under the said Act with all such flat purchasers for sale of
      the flats. It was the case on behalf of the original Plaintiffs that, under
      the provisions of the ‘MOFA’ and, otherwise also, it is the basic duty and
      responsibility of the Trust to provide all the essential supplies and services
      including supply of water, electricity and sanitary services to be enjoyed
      by the flat purchasers. It was also the case of the original Plaintiffs that
B
      the Trust was bound to form the Co-operative Society of the flat
      purchasers under the ‘MOFA’, however, though the Trust collected from
      each of the flat purchasers an amount of Rs. 351/- towards membership
      fee and share money of such Society, they did not form such a Co-
      operative Society. It was a specific case on behalf of the original Plaintiff
C     that the building occupied by the plaintiffs are consisting of ground plus
      four storeys and the total built-up area is around 1205 sq. meters. It was
      the case on behalf of the original Plaintiffs that, under the provisions of
      law, the Plaintiffs and/or the Society to be formed by the flat purchasers
      are entitled to an area of land corresponding to the built-up area of building
      so constructed of such land utilizing the FSI permissible at the relevant
D
      time. It was the further case on behalf of the original Plaintiffs that
      despite the above, the Trust original Defendant No. 1, made an attempt
      to carry out some construction just adjacent to the said building A-1 of
      the plaintiffs which was registered by the plaintiffs even by making
      complaint to the Defendant No.2, Corporation. However, as no action
E     was taken by the Corporation for illegal and unauthorized construction
      on the plot adjacent to building A-1, the original Plaintiffs instituted the
      aforesaid Suit and prayed for the aforesaid reliefs.
             4.2 The Suit was resisted to by the original Defendants. The original
      Defendant No. 1 Trust and original Defendants Nos. 3 to 17, filed the
F     common written statement denying the averments and allegations in the
      Suit. It was the case on behalf of the original Defendant, so stated in the
      written statement that the original Defendant No. 1 and 3 to 17 are the
      owners of property bearing CTS Nos. 97/A-5/2, 97/A-5/4 and 97/A-5/3
      total admeasuring 9797 sq. meters. That the property was purchased
      by the Trust with intention to develop the same for the benefit of middle-
G     class citizens. The application was made to the Divisional Registrar to
      grant permission which was granted on 20.12.1975. That thereafter,
      Defendant No. 1 Trust appointed an Architect, for the purpose of
      submitting plans. The plans were submitted for construction of 14
      buildings, each being ground plus four upper floors. It was further
H     contended that the Trust could complete only one building, as further
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construction could not be done because of the declaration of the Suit           A
Plaint as the surplus land under Urban Land Ceiling Act. The appeal
preferred by the Trust was partly allowed in 1993 and 1998 and only
4000 sq. meters area was declared as surplus land. It was submitted
that, therefore, the Trust has to drop the idea of further development and
it was, therefore, decided to construct structures for only charitable
                                                                                B
purposes like Schools, Colleges etc. It was further contended that the
plot is effectively divided into three parts, first part is building occupied
by the plaintiffs, second is the School building and the third being the plot
reserved for garden. It was further contended that FSI in respect of the
plot in which the plaintiffs’ building is situated is not fully consumed and
they are entitled to consume full FSI by putting up additional construction     C
for charitable purposes and only thereafter they are ready and willing to
convene the property. It was further contended that there is no
agreement entered into with any of the flat purchasers and that only
after approval of the draft, the agreement can be entered into. It was
submitted that after compliance of all these formalities, the original
                                                                                D
Defendant No. 1 Trust, can consider the formation of the society.
Therefore, it was requested to dismiss the Suit.
      4.3 That the learned Trial Court framed the following issues:
          1) Does the defendant no. 2 prove that the suit is maintainable
             in absence of notice u/section 527 of MMC Act?                     E
          2) Does plaintiff prove that he is entitled for direction to
             defendant no. 1
               I.   To complete the building A-1 in accordance with the
                    building plans sanctioned by and in terms of the
                    condition from IOD and CC issued by the defendant           F
                    no. 2 Corporation in respect thereof?
               II. To obtain occupation certificate for the building
                   no. A-1.
               III. To provide supply of municipal water to the building
                                                                                G
                    no.-A.
               IV. To obtain building completion certificate for building
                   no. -A.
               V. To form co-operative housing society of the front age.
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A                    VI. To convey building no. A-1 with the plot of land J-1 to
                         the purchasers.
                3) Does plaintiff prove that they are entitled for the reliefs as
                   prayed?
                4) What decree/order?
B
            4.4 That on behalf of the plaintiffs as many as seven witnesses
      came to be examined who were all flat purchasers.
            4.5 On behalf of Defendant. one Omprakash Didwanja DW-1
      came to be examined. Both the parties produced the documentary
C     evidences. That, on appreciation of evidence, the learned Trial Court
      decreed the Suit as under:
             “Defendant No.1 shall execute and register the agreements in
      favour of flat purchasers as per Section 4 of ‘MOFA’ at the cost of
      plaintiffs within three months from the date of order.
D            Defendant No.1 shall complete the suit building in accordance
      with the building plans sanctioned as per IOD and CC issued by
      Defendant No. 2 and obtain Occupation Certificate within four months
      from the date of order. If defendant no. 1 failed to do so within stipulated
      time, plaintiffs shall get the work done through any other Builder of their
      choice and recover the cost from defendant no. 1 and thereafter BMC
E
      shall grant Occupation Certificate to the plaintiffs.
             Defendant No.1 is also directed to make the necessary compliance
      for obtaining supply of municipal water to the suit building.
            Defendant No. 2 shall supply the municipal water to the suit building
F     on humanitarian ground till the full compliance is made by plaintiffs and
      defendant no. 1.
             Defendant No. 1 is directed to form a co-operative Housing Society
      of the flat purchasers of the suit building within four month from the date
      of order:-
G           Defendant No. 1 is entitled to the balance FSI of the said plot of
      land which was available to them at the time of sanction of original
      plans, which Defendant No. 1 is entitled to consume the same till
      conveyance is registered.

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   AKHIL BHARTVARSHIYA MARWARI AGARWAL JATIYA                                  879
      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

       Defendant No. 1 shall convey the title and execute documents in         A
favour of the society in respect of the suit building and land to the extent
of suit building as shown in the plans within six months from the date of
the order, failing which plaintiffs shall be entitled to apply before the
Competent Authority u/section 5A for unilateral conveyance in their
favour.
                                                                               B
      Decree be drawn accordingly.”
        5. That feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment and
decree passed by the Trial Court decreeing the Suit No. 4111 of 2004,
the original Defendants (except for Defendant No. 2 Corporation)
preferred the First Appeal No. 466 of 2010 before the High Court. At           C
this stage, it is required to be noted that during the pendency of the Suit,
the Society of the flat purchasers was registered in the name of Agrasen
Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. under the provisions of the
Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. Thereafter, during the
First Appeal preferred by the original Defendants, in the year 2014, the
Society initiated proceedings before Divisional Registrar, Co-operative        D
Societies for execution of Conveyance Deed. That, thereafter, the High
Court dismissed the Appeal No. 466 of 2010 by judgment and order
dated 04.12.2014. The High Court specifically held that a Deed of
Conveyance of the land to the extent of the building to be executed
within nine months.                                                            E
       5.1 It appears that in the proceedings before the Divisional
Registrar initiated by the Society, the Trust filed a reply before the
Divisional Register on 10.12.2014 pointing out that the Respondents herein
the original Plaintiffs were entitled to the Conveyance of land admeasuring
1009 sq. meters only and not 2593.70 sq. meters as claimed by original         F
Plaintiffs. That, thereafter, the High Court, on an oral application of the
Respondents herein by way of “Note for speaking to the Minutes” clarified
that the words “2700 sq. feet” appearing in paragraph 8 of the judgment
and order dated 04.12.2014 should be read as “2700 sq. meters”. It
appears that as the objection was raised by the Trust before the Divisional
Registrar that the Respondents are entitled to Conveyance of land              G
admeasuring 1009 sq. meters only and not 2593.70 sq. meters as alleged
and prayed, and to get over the said objection of the Appellants before
the Divisional Registrar, the Respondents-original Plaintiffs again made
an oral application by way of “Note for speaking to the Minutes” alleging
that though in the paragraphs 8 and 9 of the judgment and order dated          H
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A     04.12.2014, it was mentioned that the Respondents were entitled to get
      the Deed of Conveyance executed in respect of the area equivalent to
      2700 sq. meters, but in the operative part, it was mentioned that
      Conveyance in respect of the land only to the extent of plot be executed
      and, therefore, the order deserves to be corrected by way of mentioning
      the area of 2700 sq. meters. That by the impugned order, the High
B
      Court virtually modified its earlier order dated 04.12.2014 and directed
      the execution of the deed of Conveyance of the land to the extent of
      building i.e. 2700 sq. meters. It appears that on the basis of the order
      dated 23.12.2014 passed by the High Court directing to execute the
      Conveyance of the land to the extent of the building i.e. 2700 sq. meters,
C     vide order dated 13.01.2015, the Divisional Registrar passed an order
      granting deemed Conveyance of the area admeasuring 2593.70 sq.
      meters.
             5.2 It appears that, thereafter, the Appellant herein, the Trust and
      other filed Civil Application No. 1698 of 2015 in F.A. No. 466 of 2010,
D     praying for modification of the direction to execute the deed of
      Conveyance to the extent of 2700 sq. meters. Simultaneously, the
      Petitioner also filed Writ Petition No. 992 of 2015, challenging the order
      passed by the Divisional Registrar granting the deemed Conveyance.
             5.3 That by impugned order the High Court has dismissed the
E     Civil Application No. 1698 of 2015 in First Appeal No. 466 of 2010.
      However, by dismissing the Civil Application, the High Court has further
      clarified that the appellants shall be entitled to consume the balance FSI
      of plot of the land. That by the impugned order, the High Court has also
      dismissed the Writ Petition No. 992 of 2015 and has confirmed the order
      of deemed Conveyance for the area admeasuring 2593.70 sq. meters.
F
             6. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order
      passed by the High Court below “Note for speaking to the Minutes” in
      First Appeal No. 466 of 2010 as well as the order passed in Civil
      Application No. 1698 of 2015 in First Appeal No. 466 of 2010, the original
      Defendants-Appellants have preferred the present SLP (Civil) Nos.
G     10093-94 of 2016. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the order
      passed by the High Court in Writ Petition No.992/2015, the original
      Petitioners have preferred the SLP (C) Nos. 15056 of 2016.
           7. Shri C.A. Sundaram, learned Senior Advocate and Shri Shyam
      Divan, learned Senior Advocate have appeared on behalf of the
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   AKHIL BHARTVARSHIYA MARWARI AGARWAL JATIYA                                 881
      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

respective Appellants in respective Appeals and Shri Neeraj Kishan Kaul,      A
learned Senior Advocate, Shri P.S. Patwalia, learned Senior Advocate
and Shri R.P. Bhatt, learned Senior Advocate have appeared on behalf
of the contesting Respondents-original Plaintiffs. Shri Pallav Shishodia,
learned senior counsel has also appeared on behalf of the Respondent,
Municipal Corporation.
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      8. Shri C. A. Sundaram, learned Senior Advocate appearing on
behalf of the Appellants-original Private Defendants has vehemently
submitted that the impugned orders are not sustainable at law.
      8.1 It is vehemently submitted by learned counsel that the impugned
order dated 23.12.2014 passed in F.A. No. 466 of 2010 on the “Note for        C
speaking to the Minutes” is wholly unsustainable under the law and is
wholly without jurisdiction.
        8.2 It is vehemently submitted by learned counsel that the impugned
order below “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, is, as such, can be said
to be wholly without jurisdiction inasmuch as such order could not have       D
been passed on the “Note for speaking to the Minutes”. It is vehemently
submitted by the learned counsel that an application for “Note for
speaking to the Minutes” is required to be entertained only for the limited
purposes of correcting the typographical error or an error through
oversight, which may have crept in while transcribing the original order.
It is submitted that as such, the impugned order on the “Note for speaking    E
to the Minutes” is virtually modifying and/or reviewing the earlier order
passed in First Appeal and, therefore, such an order could not have
been passed by the High Court on an application for “Note for speaking
to the Minutes”. It is submitted that while passing the impugned order,
the High Court has given further directions and, thereby, has virtually       F
modified the original order. It is submitted that such a course was not
open to the High Court while deciding the said “Note for speaking to the
Minutes”. It is submitted that, therefore, the impugned order on “Note
for speaking to the Minutes” is not sustainable at law. In support of his
above submissions, the learned Senior Advocate has heavily relied upon
the decision of Gujarat High Court in the case of Kotak Mahindra              G
Bank Ltd. Vs. Official Liquidator of M/s. Gujrat BD Luggage Ltd.
2012 SCC Online Gujrat 4339 as well as the decision of the Division
Bench of the Bombay High Court in the case of the Artson Engineering
Ltd. Vs. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. 2015 SCC Online Bombay 39.
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A             8.3 It is further submitted by learned counsel that such an order
      passed on “Note for speaking to the Minutes” is virtually modifying its
      earlier judgment and order in Frist Appeal. It is submitted that as such,
      while at the time of deciding and disposing of the First Appeal, a specific
      submission was made on behalf of the parties with respect to the area
      for which the Deed of Conveyance to be executed and the submission
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      on behalf of the respective parties were noted and thereafter the High
      Court dismissed the appeal without any specific reference whether the
      Deed of Conveyance to be executed for the total area of 2700 sq. meters.
      It is submitted that, therefore, even if an independent review application
      would have been preferred in that case also such an order could not
C     have been passed, which is passed as such on the “Note for speaking to
      the Minutes”, which is not sustainable as submitted hereinabove.
             8.4 It is further submitted by learned counsel that even otherwise
      the impugned order could not have been passed by the High Court and
      that too in the appeal preferred by the appellants more particularly when
D     the High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by Appellants-original
      Private Defendants and confirmed the judgment and decree passed the
      learned Trial Court. It is vehemently submitted that by the impugned
      order, as such the High Court has granted the relief which as such was
      not specifically granted by the learned Trial Court while decreeing the
      Suit preferred by the original Plaintiffs. It is submitted that when against
E     the judgment and decree passed by the learned Trial Court, only the
      original Private Defendants preferred the appeal and there was neither
      any cross objection preferred by the original Plaintiffs nor any appeal
      preferred by the original Plaintiffs, the High Court could not have passed
      such order (apart from the fact passing the order on “Note for speaking
F     to the Minutes”), when the High Court dismissed the appeal. It is
      submitted that at the most the High Court can/could have dismissed the
      appeal confirming the judgment and decree passed by the learned Trial
      Court. It is submitted, that by dismissing the appeal preferred by the
      Appellants-original Private Defendants and when neither there was any
      cross objection nor any appeal preferred by the original Plaintiffs, the
G     High Court could not have passed any order beyond the judgment and
      decree passed by the learned Trial Court. It is submitted that by passing
      the impugned order as such the High Court has granted the relief and
      issued directions which is beyond the judgment and decree passed by
      the learned Trial Court. It is submitted that, therefore, thereafter when
H     the appellants preferred the application to recall the order passed on
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“Note for speaking to the Minutes”, the High Court ought to have recalled        A
such order. It is submitted that, however, the High Court has mechanically
rejected the review application. It is submitted that, therefore, the
impugned orders passed on “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, and the
order passed in review application deserves to be quashed and set aside.
       8.5 It is further submitted by the learned counsel that even              B
otherwise the High Court has committed grave error in passing the
impugned order on “Note for speaking to the Minutes” directing the
Appellants/original Defendants to execute the Deed of Conveyance of
the land to the extent of building i.e. 2700 sq. meters. It is submitted that
while passing the impugned order and directing the appellants the original
Defendant No. 1 to execute the Deed of Conveyance of the land to the             C
extent of the building i.e. 2700 sq. meters, the High Court has not at all
considered the fact that as such the built up area of the building (A-1),
even as per the original Plaintiff was admeasuring 1009 sq. meters (1205
sq. yards).
       8.6 It is further submitted that as such the built-up area of the         D
building A-1 was admeasuring 1009 sq. meters even as per the Plan
approved and the Suit was filed only to execute the Deed of Conveyance
to the extent of area of the building. It is submitted that, therefore, also
the High Court has committed grave error in directing to execute the
Deed of Conveyance to the extent of building i.e. 2700 sq. meters.               E
       8.7 It is submitted by learned counsel that even otherwise it is not
appreciable how the High Court has arrived at the figure of 2700 sq.
meters. It is submitted that even that was not the case on behalf of the
plaintiffs.
       8.8 It is further submitted by the learned counsel that even the          F
averments made in the Plaint, the Plaintiffs so stated in paragraph 18,
that the total built-up area of building of A-1 is around 1205 sq. yards
(wrongly stated as 1205 sq. meters). It is submitted that in paragraph 18
the Plaintiffs specifically stated and it was the specific case that original
Plaintiffs and/or the Society to be formed by the flat purchasers are            G
entitled to an area of land corresponding to the built-up area of the building
so constructed on such land utilizing the FSI permissible at the relevant
time. It is submitted that it was specifically stated in paragraph 18 in the
Plaint that the Plaintiffs are entitled to a minimum plot area of around
1205 sq. yards (wrongly stated as 1205 sq. meters) or thereabout. It is
submitted that, therefore, the impugned orders passed by the High Court          H
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A     directing to execute the Deed of Conveyance to the extent of 2700 sq.
      meters is beyond even the case on behalf of the Plaintiffs so pleaded in
      the Plaint.
             8.9 Taking us to the reply filed on behalf of the Municipal
      Corporation, it is vehemently submitted by learned counsel that even
B     according to the Corporation as per approved layout plan, CTS No. 97/
      A-5/2 on which building A-1 on the total area of 1009 sq.meters was
      constructed was total measuring 2593.70 sq. meters. It is submitted,
      therefore, in any case, how the High Court has arrived at the figure of
      2700 sq. meters is not at all appreciable. It is submitted that when the
      entire plot bearing CTS No. 97/A-5/2, as per the approved layout plan
C     was of 2593.70 sq. meters on which building A-1 was constructed
      admeasuring 1009 sq. meters, there is no question of executing the Deed
      of Conveyance more than that more particularly 2700 sq. meters as
      directed by the High Court while passing the impugned order on “Note
      for speaking to the Minutes”.
D            8.10 It is further submitted by the learned counsel that even while
      passing the decree and allowing the Suit, the learned Trial Court
      specifically directed the original Defendant No. 1 to convey the title and
      execute documents in favour of the Society in respect of the Suit building
      and the land to the extent of Suit building as shown in the Plans i.e. 1009
E     sq. meters. It is submitted, therefore, while dismissing the appeal preferred
      by the Appellants, the High Court could not have passed any order beyond
      the decree passed by the learned Trial Court, more particularly, when
      the original Plaintiffs neither filed any cross objection nor preferred any
      appeal.

F             8.11 It is further submitted by learned counsel that even the original
      Private Defendants used the FSI corresponding to the built-up area of
      the building A-1 i.e. 1009 sq. meters. It is further submitted that what
      was sold/sought to be conveyed to the original Plaintiffs/Occupiers was
      the building A-1 admeasuring 1009 sq. meters only. It is submitted,
      therefore, that they could not have sought any relief beyond the area
G     admeasuring 1009 sq. meters. It is submitted, therefore, as such they
      rightly averred in the Plaint that they are entitled to the Deed of
      Conveyance to the extent of the land of the building i.e. 1009 sq. meters.
      It is submitted, therefore, even the learned Trial Court also while passing
      the Decree directed to execute the Deed of Conveyance accordingly.
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      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

        8.12 The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Appellants       A
have taken us to the layout plans and had submitted that on the plot
bearing CTS No. 97/A-5/2 other three buildings were also to be
constructed over and above building A-1, however, during the pendency
of litigation under the Urban Land Ceiling Act, further construction was
not made. It is submitted that, therefore, at the most original Plaintiff
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shall be entitled for execution of the Deed of Conveyance to the extent
of 1009 sq. meters only, that is the land on which building A-1 was
constructed which was sold to the original Plaintiffs and its Members.
      8.13 Making the above submission made by Shri C.A. Sundaram,
learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the Appellant has
requested to allow present Appeals and quash and set aside the impugned      C
orders passed by the High Court.
       9. Shri Shyam Divan, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf
of the Appellants in Civil Appeals arising out of the SLP(Civil) No. 15056
of 2016 has reiterated what was submitted by Shri Sundaram, learned
Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the Appellants in Civil Appeals       D
arising out of SLP (Civil) Nos.10093-94 of 2016. He has further submitted
that as such the order passed by the Divisional Registrar directing of
deemed Conveyance of the land to the extent of 2593.70 sq. meters is
as such based upon and relying upon the order passed by the High Court
below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes” (the impugned order before      E
this Court). It is submitted that, therefore, once the impugned order
passed by the High Court passed below the “Note for speaking to the
Minutes” is set aside, as prayed for by the Appellants, the order passed
by the Divisional Registrar confirmed by the High Court would
automatically go. It is submitted that even otherwise, even on merits
also the order passed by the Divisional Registrar of deemed Conveyance       F
of the land to the extent of 2593.70 sq. meters is not sustainable and is
actually illegal. It is submitted that, therefore, the High Court ought to
have allowed the writ petition preferred by the appellants.
       9.1 Making above submission it is requested to allow the present
appeals and quash and set aside the order passed by the High Court           G
dismissing the Writ Petition confirming the order of deemed Conveyance
of the land to the extent of 2593.70 sq. meters passed by the Divisional
Registrar.

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A           10. All these appeals are vehemently opposed by Shri Neeraj
      Kishan Kaul, learned Senior Advocate, Shri P.S. Patwalia, learned Senior
      Advocate and Shri R.P. Bhatt, learned Senior Advocate appearing on
      behalf of the original Plaintiffs.
             10.1 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the original Plaintiffs
B     have vehemently submitted that, in the facts and circumstances of the
      case, no error has been committed by the High Court in passing the
      impugned order on “Note for speaking to the Minutes”. It is vehemently
      submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf the original Plaintiffs
      that when it was pointed out to the High Court that while disposing of
      the appeal, though there was specific observation in paragraphs 8 and 9
C     that the Deed of Conveyance is to be executed for 2700 sq. meters,
      while passing the operative portion of the order there was no specific
      reference to the area of the land and, therefore, when the same was
      pointed out by submitting “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, the same
      is rightly corrected by the High Court by passing the impugned order. It
D     is submitted that the impugned order on the “Note for speaking to the
      Minutes”, as such can neither be said to be either wholly without
      jurisdiction as contended on behalf of the Appellants nor it can be said to
      be an order reviewing/modifying earlier order passed in First Appeal.
              10.2 It is vehemently submitted by learned counsel for the original
E     Plaintiffs that even in the prayer clause in the Suit, in paragraph 37(vi), it
      was prayed to direct the original Defendant No. 1 to convey the said
      building A-1 together with the plot of land J-1. It is submitted that the
      building A-1 might have been constructed on the land admeasuring 1009
      sq. meters, however, the entire plot was admeasuring 2593.70 sq. meters.
      It is submitted that, therefore, the Suit was for 2593.70 sq. meters of
F     land. It is submitted that even the Defendants’ witness-DW-1-
      Omprakash Didwanja in his cross-examination specifically admitted that
      the Suit building has been constructed on the plot of land admeasuring
      2573.31 sq. meters. It is submitted that, therefore, the High Court has
      not committed any error in directing the Appellant-original Defendant
G     No. 1, to execute the deed of Conveyance of the land to the extent of
      the plot area. However, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
      original Plaintiffs are not in a position to satisfy how the High Court has
      arrived at the figure of 2700 sq. meters of the land for which the
      Defendant No. 1 is directed to execute the Deed of Conveyance. It is
      submitted that, in any case, the original Defendant No. 1 is required to
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      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

execute the Deed of Conveyance of the land total admeasuring 2593.70               A
sq. meters which is the area of the plot.
       10.3 It is further submitted by learned counsel that, as such, the
original Defendants constructed the building A-1 only and it is an admitted
position that, thereafter, no construction has been made on the remaining
land of the plot. It is submitted that even the original Defendant No. 1           B
used the FSI of the total area of the plot. It is submitted that, therefore,
the original Defendant No. 1 has to execute the Deed of Conveyance of
the land to the extent of at least 2593.31 sq. meters. It is submitted that
even the Divisional Registrar also, not only on the basis of the order
passed by the High Court impugned in the present appeals, even on
considering the materials on record, passed an order of deemed                     C
Conveyance of the land to the extent of 2593.31 sq. meters.
       10.4 Making above submissions and relying upon the layout plans
sanctioned by the Corporation, it is requested to dismiss the present
appeals. The learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the original
Plaintiffs has submitted that even by the impugned orders the High Court           D
has passed in favour of the Appellants herein to the extent allowing the
additional FSI.
       11. Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective
parties at length. We have also gone through the impugned order passed
by the High Court passed below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes”.             E
While passing the impugned order, the High Court has directed the
Appellants herein to execute the Deed of Conveyance of the land to the
extent of the building i.e. 2700 sq. meters in favour of the original Plaintiffs
and/or the Society. It is also required to be noted that while passing the
impugned order in Civil Application No.1698 of 2015 in First Appeal                F
No.466 of 2010, in which it was requested by the Appellants herein to
modify the order dated 23.12.2014 passed below the “Note for speaking
to the Minutes”, the High Court has even further clarified that the
Appellants herein are entitled to consume balance FSI of plot of land.
Therefore, in short, the orders passed by the High Court passed below
“Note for speaking to the Minutes” in First Appeal No.466 of 2010 and              G
the order passed in Civil Application No.1698 of 2015 in First Appeal
No.466 of 2010 are impugned in the present appeals. Therefore, the
short question posed for the consideration of this Court is whether such
an order/orders could have been passed by the High Court below the
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A             12. Having heard the learned counsel for the respective parties
      and considering the impugned order passed by the High Court passed
      below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, we are of the opinion that
      while passing such order below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes”,
      the High Court has travelled beyond its jurisdiction in regard to the scope
      of deciding a “Note for speaking to the Minutes”. A “Note for speaking
B
      to Minutes” is required to be entertained only for the limited purpose of
      correcting a typographical error or an error through oversight, which
      may have crept in while transcribing the original order. Once, the
      judgment/order is pronounced and if any party to the same wants any
      rectification of any typographical error and any clerical mistake regarding
C     the date or number, such a party may apply to the concerned Court for
      correcting such an error in the judgment/order. However, a “Note for
      speaking to the Minutes” cannot be considered at par with a review
      application or in a given case, with an application for clarification/
      modification of an order. A “Note for speaking to the Minutes” can
      never be considered to be an application of such a nature. While passing
D
      the impugned order below the “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, the
      High Court has virtually modified its original order passed in First Appeal.
      While passing the impugned order, the High Court has given further
      directions as if the High Court is passing the order on an application for
      clarification/modification. Therefore, such a course was not open to the
E     High Court while deciding a “Note for speaking to the Minutes”. Since,
      the High Court has travelled beyond its jurisdiction in regard to the scope
      of deciding a “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, we have no option but
      to set aside the impugned order passed below the “Note for speaking to
      the Minutes”.
F            12.1 Even otherwise, the impugned orders are not sustainable at
      law. It is required to be noted that it was the Appeal before the High
      Court, preferred by the Appellants herein–original Defendants, challenging
      the judgment and decree passed by the learned Trial Court, by which the
      learned Trial Court specifically passed a decree directing the only
      Defendant No.1 to convey the title and execute document in favour of
G     the Society in respect of Suit Building and land to the extent of Suit
      Building. The Suit Building, from the material on record, it is emerging
      that the area of the building was 1009.70 sq. meters. Against that judgment
      and decree, original Private Defendants-Appellants were before the High
      Court. The Trial Court never passed any decree directing the Appellants
H     to execute the Deed of Conveyance to the extent of 2700 sq. meters of
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      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

land. Therefore, while dismissing the appeal, even otherwise, the High        A
Court could not have passed any further order beyond the judgment and
decree passed by the Trial Court and that too in absence of any cross
objection and/or cross appeal preferred by the original Plaintiffs. In an
Appeal preferred by the original Defendants, as observed above, at the
most, the High Court can dismiss the Appeal and confirm the judgment
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and decree. However, the Appellants-original Defendants cannot be
put in a worse condition than beyond the judgment and decree passed by
learned Trial Court which was appealed before the First Appellant Court
and that too in the absence of any cross-appeal or cross objection by the
original Plaintiffs. Therefore also, the impugned orders passed by the
High Court which, as such, will go beyond the judgment and decree             C
passed by the learned Trial Court are not sustainable, more particularly,
in absence of any cross-appeal and/or order the cross objection by the
original Plaintiffs. Once the High Court has dismissed the Appeal
preferred by the Appellants-original Defendants, in that case, in an appeal
preferred by the original Defendant, the High Court could not have passed
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any further order beyond the judgment and decree passed by the learned
Trial Court appealed. Thus, by passing the impugned order, it can be
said that the High Court has passed order beyond the scope and ambit
of the Appeal before it and has exceeded in its jurisdiction not vested in
it.
       12.2 Even otherwise, it is not appreciable how the High Court has      E
arrived at the figure of 2700 sq. meters. It appears from the material on
record that it was never the case on behalf of the original Plaintiffs that
the original Defendant No.1 shall execute the Deed of Conveyance of
the land to the extent of 2700 sq. meters. Even considering the map
sanctioned by the Corporation and even considering the reply filed by         F
the Corporation before this Court, it appears that the total plot area of
CTS No. 97/A-5/2 on which the building A-1 was constructed, was
2593.70 sq. meters, out of which there was a construction of building A-
1 on the land admeasuring 1009.70 sq. meters. Therefore also, the
impugned order passed by the High Court directing the Appellants herein-
original Defendant No.1 to execute the Deed of Conveyance in respect          G
of the land to the extent of 2700 sq. meters is not sustainable.
      12.3 Even otherwise, it is required to be noted that in the Plaint/
Suit before the Trial Court it was specifically averred by the Plaintiffs
that:
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A           i) Building occupies by the Plaintiffs are consisting of ground plus
            four storeys and the total built-up area is 1205 sq. meters;
            ii) That under the provisions of law, the Plaintiffs and/or the Society
            to be formed by the flat purchasers are entitled to an area of land
            corresponding to the built-up area of the building so constructed
B           on such land utilizing the FSI permissible at the relevant time;
            iii) The Plaintiffs are entitled to a minimum plot are of around
            1205 sq. yards.
            It cannot be disputed that the building A-1 was constructed on the
            land admeasuring 1205 sq. yards-1009.70 sq. meters and that was
C           the total built-up area of building A-1 which was occupied by the
            Plaintiffs.
            The Plaintiffs, therefore, cannot go beyond the averments and
            pleadings in the Plaint. Therefore, the Plaintiffs could not have
            even asked for the execution of the Deed of Conveyance in respect
D           of the land beyond the built-up area of building A-1, more
            particularly, when the Allottees/original Plaintiffs can claim the
            rights with respect the building A-1 only.
             12.4 The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the original
      Plaintiffs have heavily relied upon the cross-examination of DW-1
E     Omprakash Didwanja and have submitted that the Defendants’ witness
      specifically admitted that the Suit building has been constructed on the
      plot of the land admeasuring 2573.31 sq. meters and, therefore, the
      Plaintiffs were entitled to the Deed of Conveyance with respect to the
      entire plot of land 2573.31 sq. meters. The same has no substance.
F     There is a difference and distinction between the built-up area of building
      and the plot area. As observed above, the Plaintiff specifically averred
      and pleaded in paragraphs 18 that they are entitled to an area of land
      corresponding to the built-up area of the building so constructed on such
      land. Therefore also, the High Court is not justified in directing Defendant
      No.1 to execute the Deed of Conveyance with respect to the land
G     admeasuring to the extent of 2700 sq.meters.
            12.5 In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the
      impugned orders passed by the High Court dated 23.12.14 passed below
      “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, in First Appeal No.466/2010 and
      the order dated 04.07.15 passed in Civil Application No.1698/2015 in
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      KOSH v. BRIJLAL TIBREWAL [M. R. SHAH, J.]

First Appeal No.466/2010 deserve to be quashed and set aside and the       A
Civil Appeals arising out of the said orders are required to be allowed.
      13. So far as the Appeals arising out of the impugned judgment
and order passed by the High Court dated 10.09.2015 in WP© No.992/
2015 is concerned, it appears that the Divisional Registrar of the Co-
operative Societies has passed an order of deemed Conveyance of the        B
area admeasuring 2593.70 sq. meters, which was the subject matter in
the Writ Petition before the High Court and the High Court by impugned
judgment and order has dismissed the Writ Petition confirming the order
passed by the Divisional Registrar granting deemed Conveyance of the
area admeasuring 2593.70 sq.meters.
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       13.1 Having heard the learned counsel for the respective parties
and considering the order passed by the Divisional Registrar of deemed
Conveyance of the area admeasuring 2593.70 sq.meters, it appears that
the Divisional Registrar considered the orders passed by the High Court
below “Note for speaking to the Minutes”’ in the First Appeal as well as
solely relying upon the property card. However, as observed hereinabove,   D
while deciding the Appeals arising out of the order passed by the High
Court below “Note for speaking to the Minutes”, the original Plaintiff-
Society shall not be entitled to the Deed of Conveyance to the extent of
area admeasuring 2700 sq.meters and/or even 2593.70 sq.meters and
they shall be entitled to the Deed of Conveyance of the area admeasuring   E
1009.70 sq.meters which was the built up area of building A-1 and,
therefore, for the reasons stated hereinabove, the impugned judgment
and order passed by the High Court dated 10.09.2015 in Writ Petition ©
No.992/2015 confirming the order passed by the Divisional Registrar
Co-operative Societies of deemed Conveyance of the area admeasuring
2593.70 sq.meters also deserves to be quashed and set aside and the        F
Appeals arising out of the impugned orders passed by the High Court in
W.P. No. 992 of 2015 deserves to be allowed.
       14. In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, all
these appeals succeed and are hereby allowed. The impugned orders
dated 23.12.2014 passed by the High Court of Bombay passed below           G
“Note for speaking to the Minutes” in First Appeal No.466/2010 as well
as the impugned order dated 04.07.2015 passed by the High Court of
Bombay in Civil Application No.1698 of 2015 in First Appeal No.466/
2010 are hereby quashed and set aside.
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A            15. The impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court
      of Bombay dated 10.04.2015 in Writ Petition (C) No.992/2015 confirming
      the order passed by the Divisional Registrar of the Co-operative Societies
      of deemed Conveyance of the area admeasuring 2593.70 sq.meters is
      also hereby quashed and set aside and consequently the order passed by
      the Divisional Registrar of Deemed Conveyance of the area admeasuring
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      2593.70 sq.meters is hereby quashed and set aside and it is directed and
      the same is modified to the extent of granting deemed Conveyance of
      the area admeasuring 1009.70 sq.meters only. The Appeals stand disposed
      of accordingly.
             16. In the facts and circumstances of the cases, there will be no
C     order as to costs. In view of the disposal of the Appeals, the Contempt
      Petitions as well as the interlocutory application pending, if any, shall
      also stand disposed of.

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