Writ appeal against a single judge order. The parties compromised and filed I.A.No.6 of 2021. The High Court allowed the compromise petition and disposed of the appeal in terms of the compromise.
I.A.No.6 of 2021 allowed; writ appeal disposed of in terms of compromise. No costs.
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133771
HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEIVBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE AND
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVANKUMAR
|.A.NO.6 0F 2021
IN / AND
W.A.NO: 2063 OF 2002
W.A.No.2063 ot 20O2
Wdt Appeal under clause'15 of the Letters Patentpreferred against the order dated'1 5-1'l-2002 in W.P No.14216 of 19ggon lhe file of the High Court.
Between:
M/s. Amrutha Estate, rep by its Managing Partner,Y. Ra.ieev Reddy,8-2-703, Amrutha Valley Road No.12, Banjara Hills, Hyderbad -500034.
.....APPELLANT
AND
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(Respondent Nos.7,'10, 12, 15 and 16 are substituted amended as per Court Order dated 22.12 2021 vide t.A.Nos.1 to S of 2021 in W.A.No.2063 of 2002)t
.....RESPONDENTS/ WRIT PETITIONERS
....RESpONDENTS/RESPONDENTS Nos.1, 3,4, 5, 6 & 7
28.Anil Chawla, S/o. Late. Hari Sharan Chawla, Aged about 64years,RJo.Flat No.6-3-713/tu6 UGF(c) Saphire Complex Amrutha Hills, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500082.
(Respondent No.2B is impleaded as per Court Order dated.24.O1 .2012in W.P.M.P.No.1 315 of 201 1).
29.A. Krishna Murthy, S/o late A. AppaRao,aged 66 years,Flat No.305'
32.S. Rakesh Reddy, S/o VemaReddy,aged 35 years, Flat No.3-8,
35.P. Dayakar Reddy, S/o P. MallaReddy, aged 60 years,FlatNo.315'
4'1 . S. Nanda Kumar, S/o K.G.Shankaran,aged58 years, Flat No.G-C,
42.V. Suvarna, W/o RamchendraReddy, aged 45 years, Flat No.G-'l0,
45.C. Krishna Veni, W/o late C. ShankarNarayana, aged 58 years,Flat No.3-A,
48.V. Kishore Babu, S/oV.S. Prasad, aged 68 years' FlatNo.2-D'
5 t. Ruksana Gulabi, W/oM.Z.Khader, aged50 years, Flat No.G-5,
54.1. Rajeshwari, W/oBala Subramanyam, aged 58 years,FlatNo.209'
55.Dr. K. Kalyani, W/oYaduMohan,aged30 years,Flat No.'102,
56.Chaitanyayedla, S/oPrakashaRaoYedla' aged 28 years,FIat No 203,
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58.K. Sesha Sai, S/o Kameshwar Rao, aged 60 years, Flat No.1 15,
(Respondent Nos.29 to 75 are impleaded as per Court Order dated. 22.03.2012 in W.P.[V.P.No.3B7 of 2012).
(Respondent No.76 is impleaded as per Court Order dated. 14.12.2021 in l.A.No.1 of 2015 (WA.lVP.No.1856 of 2015 and Respondent No.77 is impleaded as per Court Order dated. 14.12.2021 in i.A.No.2 of 20.19 in W.A.No.2063 ol 2O02
.....RESPONDENTS
l.A.NO:1 OF 2019
Petition Under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the appellant to execute a registered sale deed in favour of the petitioner herein in respect of Flat No. 310, Third Floor, bearing municipal number 6-3-713t A/6UGF (C), Sapphire Complex, Amrutha Hills, Bearing Survey No..l 77 situated at Panjagunnta, Khairatabad Village, Hyderabad- SOOOB2 which has become all the more necessary due to advanced age.
l.A.NO:6 OF 2021
Petition Under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispose of the above Writ Appeal in terms of the memorandum of Compromise filed by Respondent No.1,74,73,6,7,8,9,'10,'1 1,12,13,14,15,16,17,19.20 and21 . Counsel for the Appellant : Sri C.V.Mohan Reddy, Senior Advocate for Sri K.Raghuveer Reddy
Counsel for Respondent No.1 : Ms.Nausheen Najm Us Sahar, Advocate for Sri M.V.Durga Prasad
Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 to 6, 7, 8 to 21 : --
Counsel for Respondent No.22 : Sri K.Ravinder Reddy, SC for GHMC
Counsel for Respondent No.23 : -
Counsel for Respondent No.24 : Sri Pasham Krishna Reddy, GP For Municipal Administration and Urban Development
Counsel for Respondent Nos.25 to 39 : --
Counsel for Respondent No.40 : Sri Putta Krishna
Counsel for the Respondent Nos.41 to 75 : --
Counsel for the Respondent No.76 : Sri Subrahmanyam Kurella
Counsel for Respondent No.77 : Sri Challa Gunuranjan
The Court made the following Common Judgment :-
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appcllant tricfly'thc l>uildcr' h r:rein'.rfter); Ms. Nausheen Najm Us
:lrrirlr. lcarncd counscl rep r'.lsr'1r t irr g Mr'. M.'.I)urea l)ras..rci, learned ( ()urrscl fr.,l- t'r:s1-ror,dcnt N(r.1 : '[r-. I(aulir llar.indel Iicddv, lca.neri 5.r,rrrdrrrr3(.ortrrscl firr(lrcltcr Ilvdt:rabatl I{Lrntci,tal C.,rrporatton ri ii ll\l(.1 irrr r:csr-ron,,lcnr No.22; au,.i !r- I)zisharn I'ilshni Ilcci,-lr . lc,rr.rt:tl(lor,crrrlci-r' PLettlcr fiir Municipal ,\cllnrn rs u ,Lt irtrr lrrrl r l--an l)evclopmcnt lcrr rcsf)cnLl(:nt No.24
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f,rtssc,lbv rhc lerarrrr:dSirrqlc-ltr,let'in\'.1).No-l4216 oi 1999. .l l,carnc'rl cr',unsc:l for rh,: apPcll;rnt, whilc invitin.q thc rttcrrtion ol rtris(-or-rri to I./.r\l').6,ri ll[ti1(t:r- nrit ronrisc pctirion), which tras Lrit'rr tlulr sir5r,,d l>r thc' 1-r:u tics il. r,,'c I rs thcir cilnrrsc], srrbmits tl..at til(.i rljspul(i ir:ru,c :n t1r,. lr.ticl: hlli br-cn an-,ic:ibly rcslh cd
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W.A.N . 2063 of ZOO2 agrd
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M/s Atnnttha Estates, 8-2-703, Amrutha Va Jley, Road i\i 12, Banjara Hills, Hyflerabad, represe ted by its Managin g Partner, y.Rajee{ Reddy l Appellant
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Sapphire Residents Welfure Associati n, enor represented by its Secretary&Co of Adhoc Committee, 5-3-773, Sap Complex, Amrutha Hills, Punjagrl Hyderabad and others
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2 ;\ND \VHERIIAS lV A No. 7742 of 2OO4 was filed bv thc Sapphire Ilesidc|rG \/clfale Association and 20 others questionjng some of the firrdinrls recorded b1, the Learned Single Judge while disposing of W.p.No. 14216 of 1999. In effect, above 2 Wrir Appeals u,ere filed against the judqmnnr dt 15 j l Z)OZ passed in h p No. t4}lo of 1999.
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r) A compound wall of extent feasrbie I feet height all around the build[rg to the including barbed wire fencing in the roc which is inclusive of the o k area], Square yards on the wes n land admeasuring approxima tely 425 side oI the building in which bo re well, _transformer, rain water ha + esting and visitors, parking is situated afienities was handed fu oaet be construedfu the aSSoclation as pqrt of contnton areas antl ttto the satisfactioh of first respondent. Neither the Builder nor a of the owners of the property shall .rnterfere with the rights and possession oi the Association in respect of above 425 sq yds of land a d the Builder assures that they shall nor make any claim in respect of the above land and the said land rvill be ibr exclusive use oI the Sa Phire Resi sha indemnify dents j,Velfare Assbciation and and kee the essociation initemnified, the association ilepriued. of the nd or qnv part thereof. The parking area occupied by Manapalli Jew IIers and AC Ducts w,hich are on the setback areas of the buiidrrg Ibere moved and a road will be laid uPto hillock. THE builder s ll had o acr lo the Association a clear diagram delineating the outl rorad nes of tlrc bountlary and. all round CC
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litres for o ther occu ancies Terrace Tank of ot provided To be provided 20,000 litres capacify for residential buildhgs and 30,000 litres for other occu ancles Mandato IV Flre PumPs Provided Deficit Flre Pu mD (E ec hic t provided of 1 620 PM ca a c To be provided Fire P ump (Diesel) of t provided To be provided 1620 LPM ca cl Booster Pump of 900 t provided To be provided LPM ca acr Jock ey Pump of 180 t provided To be provided LPM ca act
iii) Two additional lifts ha rng capacity of 8 passengers each, with speed of 1.5 merres/sec (OT )make.
it) Two addiLional bore_wr ll and overhead tanks to rneet the water requirements for the existin8 . flats and additional floors conskucted by the builder.
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Confirmation by resiaj"e to be given within 2 weeks from the date of compromise aimaximum of one car slot per apartrnent will be given at the su sidi zed prices. There calnot be any re_ sale of only the car par slot (ithas to be sold along with rhe apartment).
For Semr Covered p irrg - Payment of Rs 25000/_ for each booking is requred fo confirmation. Full amount to be paid on possession
For Parking Deck - pa ment of Rs 25000/ - for each booking is required for confirma on. Another Rs 25000/- ar thc time of alloknent and the bala e amount at the time of possession
xi) Execute and register s e deeds in respect of all the flats along i, with propbrtiona te undivided share h land and common areas in favour of the purc ers, includin g the members of the first rcspondent associatioriI in W.A. No.2063 of 2002 anv trme within 6 months from the date of the compromise memo, after veriJication of accoun and settlements of dues if any towards purchase price / pro hansformer cost and electricity meter deposit charges by the concerned flat owner to the builder (as per originally agreed a ounts without any interest) deposited/ to be deposited with epartment by the builder and payment of registration and cidental expenses to the registering authority dilectly to registering d!$roriiy by the flat buyer.
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Lr) Thc appellarrt-buildershallcompletethe lvorks mentioned al.ove irr all respectson gettngpermission {Lom GHMC,subjectto the condirion that no flatora'ners,third parties, court, Government or anv starutory authority stoppingthe workThe executionand registationof tl.re sale deeds as perCiause 2(a) (XI) above, shallbe done at the earliest and r'ithin Six tnot'rths.as ano r;henthe indr"'idr.'alflat ownets approach the'petitioner rvith requfueddocumentsand .are prepared with rc{lisLaation and incidentalexpenses.
c) A charge irl favout ofthe Respoudent-Associationis hereb,v created in respect of sixapartments consistingof fourthree -bedroom al.rarhnents and hvohvo - bed roomaParhnentsbearing No, 407,507and 607 on 4rh,5rh and 6L\ flo and Flat Nos. 707.406 atd 506 in7th,4thand5rr
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d) The flats shall be rele d on .the compleLion of the works as under:
i) Complerion of the mpound wall and installarion of fire fighting equipment, f t rwo bed room flat and one three bed room flat shall be rele ed
ii) On insrallahon of o I:Jts and gencrator/ second three bed room flat shall be rele ed
iii) On completion of el<temal starrcase, laying of the concrete i road and delivery of pirking units to flat owners who conJirm the bookhg against piyment as supra, third three bed room flat shall be released
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r,) On completion of all theremaining rvorks, induding erecntion and regiskationof thesaledeeds in favour of aLI the purchasers as supra and handingoverof oPen spaceon the Western Srde adrneasuringaPproximately425Square Yards by enclosing the samc rvithinthe compound rvall tothe respondent- Associationand Pa)'mer1tof amountas per clause A (ix) above, the fourththree bed room flat shallbe released
c) t he appelllnt-bui lder shallbe responsible for the sh'uctural safetl, installation of filc Safety equipmentas rveil as underthe permission granted bir the Creater Hyderabari Municipal Corporation or other authoritv. The appellant-builderaione shall be responsible for payment of any penalty or anyother amount due or that may be found due to the Greater Hydcraharci lr4unicip,al Corporaljoir or the Hycislabad Metropolitan Development Authoriry or Govemment or any other authoritl and for due cornpletion oi all the pending u,orirs
f) On compietion of the aforesaid n'orks and also rehnquishing its rights in respect of terrace rights (except terrace rights on pent houses) and common areas over dre Sapphire Block and
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g) There i,i.ll be a Joint Supervisory Committee consisting of Prcsitlcttl (Mr I Srinnuton l lan t. ll 5t crclat.yt Sattjiz, krtttrar Gupta) and oue Execu tio Merubcr (K Rannkislqa) and Mr P Varun Reddy, loint Mana 1 g Director of appellant and (2) Mr P' D.Seetharam Reddy and l(3) D.Sudheer Reddy who together will oversee the comple on of rhe works mentioned in the compromise and supeT$e theregltstion of terms of 4H cbmpromise and who s all periodically be r#a&"rr6g the progress. The Comniltc shnlh7t6gq,c_.and nake aua ilable nrontltly progtess repol . t,, tt," "r.i,!Tf"fn"y'udr1l",r,,r", o, rlipputes dndng t!ft Cotn ttittcL: itenb:trs,l, or fu the ez'eti o.f a deacllock, tlt e mttcr s ll be refen'ed to an ARBITITATOR tuhose decisiotr u'ill be INAL nnd BINDING. Tlrc cost of Arbitratriot nnd rel.otul crpcnses SHALL BE BORNE by the Builder
h) The Builder shall apfly for grant of Occupancy Cerfificate from GHMC ard OBTA the same and the Cc.rmmittee shall
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i) In vierr- of tl.ris C-ontprornise, the Ilesponclent Association shall have no objection to tlte bujlder. proceeding rvith the constructior r of lhc sr:mi firrisired upper floors in Sapphire Complcx.
j) Both parties shall bear their Iespectjve costs of the litigafion
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M/s. Amrutha Estate, rep by its Managing Partner, Y. Rajeev Reddy
Sapphire Residents Welfare Association
Surat Singh
N.Radhika Reddy
K.Ramakrishna
Abdul Raheem
Alok Aradhe
N.V.Shravan Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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