CRP/6661/2026 of E. Arumugam Vs S. Prema on 15 October 2026

ORDER

This Civil Revision Petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the fair and decreetal order dated 18.08.2026 passed in IA No.3/2026 in OS No.18 of 2020 on the file of the District Munsif Cum Judicial Magistrate Court, Cheyyur, wherein the application filed by the respondents/plaintiffs under Order VI Rule 17 of C.P.C., to amend the plaint, came to be allowed by the Court below.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and carefully perused the materials available on record and this Court also carefully went through the order passed by the Court below.

3. The respondents/plaintiffs filed the suit in O.S.No.18 of 2020 seeking for the relief of declaration of title, delivery of possession and for damages. Initially, the suit was filed in the year 2009 and subsequently, it was transferred to the file of the District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate, Cheyyur and renumbered as O.S.No.18 of 2020. The suit reached the stage of final arguments and the Court had listed the suit under the caption ‘For Clarification’ and at that stage, the present Interlocutory Application was filed by the plaintiffs under Order VI Rule 17 of C.P.C., to make the following amendment in the plaint.

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I. In memo of valuation after the 4th line that the following 5th line to b included "Illegal construction value of Rs.5,00,000/-" to be included.

II. In memo of valuation 6th line after the words of Court fee paid thereo under Section 25 (a) of TNCF Act "Rs.113" to be deleted and in that plac ""Rs.15,113/-" to be included.

III. In memo of valuation 9th line total value claim Rs.1,600/- to be delete and in that place "Rs.5,01,600/-" to be included.

IV. In memo of valuation total court fee Rs.121/- to be deleted and in th place "15,121/-" to be included.

4. The Court below has allowed the application mainly on the ground that the amendment sought for does not introduce any new case or alter the nature of the suit and it only proposes to assign a value to the building and the appropriate Court fees has been paid and that is not in any way cause prejudice to the defendants. Aggrieved by the said order, the present Civil Revision Petition has been filed before this Court.

5. In the considered view of this Court, the order passed by the Court below does not suffer from any perversity warranting interference of this Court. As rightly held by the Court below, there are sufficient pleadings already available and through the amendment, the plaintiffs were only attempting to assign a value to the building and appropriate Court fees has been paid. By no stretch, this will cause any prejudice to the defendants. In view of the same, the order passed by the Court below is sustained and there shall be a direction to the learned District Munsif Cum Judicial Magistrate Court, Cheyyur, to dispose of

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suit filed in OS No.18 of 2020, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

6. In the result, this Civil Revision Petition stands dismissed in the above terms. No Costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 15-10-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No SSR

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To The District Munsif Cum Judicial Magistrate Court, Cheyyur.

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N.ANAND VENKATESH, J. SSR CRP No. 6661 of 2026 15-10-2026

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