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\par }{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 (WESTERN DIVISION)
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8129763 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid7808805 AT LAUTOKA}{
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2968526 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763\charrsid7808805 CIVIL JURISDICTION}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8129763 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763\charrsid7808805 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2968526 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 Action No. 94 of 1979
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2968526 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 BETWEEN
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2968526 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 HOUSING AUTHORITY
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8809996 Plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2968526 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 AND
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7808805 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 SUBARMANI}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7808805 
 }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid7808805 s/o Punsami}{\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid7808805 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2968526 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8809996 Defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2968526\charrsid2968526 

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\par Mr. A. Patel, Counsel for the Plaintiff
\par Defendant in Person.
\par 
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3815700 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700\charrsid3815700 This is an action }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 under S. 169 L.T.A. 19 of 1971 by the Lautoka Housing }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 Authority}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700  for position of lots 29 and 30 occupied by the }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 defendant}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700  in an}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554  area scheduled for development}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763 .}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 
\par 
\par The summons issued on 24.4.79 supported by the Housing Manager}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 s affidavit. It alleges that the Housing }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 Authority}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700  holds over 1000 acres under Crown Lease No.5037 of which a large acreage has been set apar}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11476718 t for housing development as show}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 n in }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700\charrsid15084640 D.P.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 4298 filed with the affidavit.
\par 
\par D.P.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 4298 was registered with the R}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763 egistrar of Titles on 10/12/75.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 
\par 
\par In a notice to quit dated 5/5/75 and served on 28/5/75 the plaintiff informed the defendant that on 11.11.69 the }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 
 had received a 99 year lease from the Director of lands and requires position of lots 29 & 30 as from 31/12/75}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 .}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 
\par 
\par On 18/5/79 the }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 , who was in person, informed the Court that he }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 had}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700  occupied the land for 13 }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 years paying $2.00 per year until 1974, that a Field Officer of the Housing Authorit
y said he could build and that he had built a house worth $8000. He wished to seek legal advice and so the matter was adjourned to 25.5.79 on which }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 date }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554 the defendant did not appear. However, no proof was tendered by the plaintiff who requested an adjournm
ent sine die for re-service on the defendant who on his original appearance had not been given the full 16 days notice required by S.170.The defendant }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 
was re-served on 26.6.79 with a summons, affidavit of the plaintiff and proof of title of the plaintiff. He was required to appear }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11476718 and }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 s}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11476718 h}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11476718 w}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 
 cause on the 20th July 1979.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 
\par 
\par On}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9129593  10.7.79 the defendant filed an}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517  affidavit saying that his mother and he had been allowed by the C.S.R. Ltd}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 .}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517  to occupy the land in 1966 at $2.00 per year. He refers to a letter of 2.9.68 from the}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3566554  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 C.S.R. informing him that the land had been transferred to Government from1/9/68. In 1973 he built his present house and when the land was}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487  subdivided it overlapped each }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 lot. His mother died in 1978 and }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9129593 he }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 claims the right to lot No.30; it appears that his mother had paid the rent for lot No.29 until 1974 when the Housing Authority had stopped receiving rents.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3815700 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 
\par At the hearing on 20.7.79 the defendant, who appeared in person, was given an opportunity of adding to the information contained in his affidavit. He added nothing except that the Housing Authority officer}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4353670  who had said he could build on the land was called Vishnu.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7811517 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4353670 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 It seems to me that under S.89}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3540710 (1) of }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9129593 T}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3540710\charrsid9129593 he}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3540710  Property L
aw Act 18 of 1971 the defendant and his mother were not tenants from year to year but since they paid paltry yearly rent they were entitled to 6 months notice of termination. Rent recei}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 
pts attached to his affidavit sho}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3540710 w tha}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 t he usually paid his rent of $2.00 in January }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3540710 which suggests that his tenancy ran from 1st }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1835575 January }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3540710 to 31st December.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid872602  That view is confirmed by a receipt for $1.00 issued by the Director of Lands on 29.5.69 for the period 1.7.69 to 31.12.69. }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948275 All}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid872602  subsequent rents were paid to the Housing Authority. Consequently the notice to quit expires on the correct date and is of ample duration. The defendant did not in any}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid872602 way }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948275 challenge}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7430487 
 its validity in that respect.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4353670 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid872602 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948275 Having received proper notice to quit in 1
975 terminating on 31/12/75 the defendant is obliged to show that as against his landlord, the Housing Authority, he has a right to possession. His only argument is the existence }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4074489 o}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948275 f th}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1120 e $8000 house and his affidavit}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948275  includes two photos of a presentable woo
den building. He does not claim that the Housing Authority allowed him to erect it simply that one Vishnu, an officer of the Housing Authority, said it would be all right to do so. But it is the defendant who has to show a right to possession and if he is
 
suggesting that the Housing Authority is estopped from claiming possession because they led him to believe that he would not be evicted and that he could erect a house he should call the person who gave that permission. He has made no effort to call any w
itness from the Housing Authority. There is no evidence }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1120 that }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3948275 
on receiving notice to quit four years ago that the defendant protested to the Housing Authority asking why they had allowed him to erect a decent house and just over a year later gave him notice 
to quit. The defendant must have been aware that he could not remain indefinitely on that land for a yearly ac}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16344745 
knowledgement of $2.00, and the Housing Authority would have been very foolish to suggest by word or deed that the defendant could remain on two plots without fixing the purchase price and the ground rent. A booklet issued by the }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16344745\charrsid5913467 Housing Authority (hereinafter mentioned)}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467  puts the price of some plots in 1969 at }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3438879 $2000 and the rent at }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467 $40.00 per annum. What price and rent would the defendant now expect
 to pay and how much would the Housing Authority demand?}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid872602 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467\charrsid10319644 
It seems that far from giving any tacit approval to the defendant to erect a house the Housing Authority warned him along with other occupants against building without approaching the Housing Author
ity. The warning appears in a foolscap sized booklet printed by the Housing Authority on 22.12.69. }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4462657 I}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467\charrsid10319644 
t describes itself as a notice to residents in }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467\charrsid10319644 
the Golf Links, Waiyavi, Tavakubu, Simla, Chandmari, Rifle Range, Field 40 and Benares}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467\charrsid10319644 . Receipts filed by the}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10319644  defendant describe him as living in the }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10319644 Golf Links}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10319644  area. The defendant tendered that booklet which is in English, Hindi and Fijian. It paints out that when the area is fully devel}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4462657 oped for building the present occ}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10319644 upiers will as far as possible be given an opportunity to purchase the lots they now us}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 e but because of space needed for}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10319644 
 new roads, schools, parks etc., some residents may be disappointed. In other words guarantees and promises were definitely excluded. It specifically}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4462657  warns that no alterations or addition}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 s should be made to houses with}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4462657 
out prior approval from the Housing Authority and that warning should have had an even stronger meaning for someone intending to build a substantial new dwelling.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4462657 
\par In spite of that warning the defendant went ahead}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3748060  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid418700 on e}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3748060 recte}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10163278 d the house in such a way that i}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3748060 
t overlapped the land his mother and he occupied. I do not believe that he had any permission or encouragement from the Housing Authority to do so. I do not accept that my field officer misled 
him. Had this been so he would have made some strong protest ag}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7738566 ainst the injustice}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3748060 
 of a notice to quit. He appears to have been silent about it for four years.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4462657 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 
\par Since December 31st 1975 the defendant has occupied the area without any right to do so. He sai
d at the hearing that he would give up possession if he were compensated and given a plot of land. If the defendant ever suspected that he had some right to compensation or damages arising from the Housing Authority}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 s behaviour I have no doubt, from what I
 have seen of the defendant, that he would not have let 4 years go by without making any protest. His r}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10163278 equest is to be compensated for}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 
 something the Housing Authority had expressly warned him not to do, i.e. to erect a dwelling.
\par 
\par The defendant must give up possession of the land occupied by him which he says is plot 30.
\par 
\par It seems that his house overl}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14500161 aps the land i}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 .e. plot 29 which his mother occupie}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6096721 
d. His mother died in 1978 and o}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 n the defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 s own evidence she was simply}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771 
 a tenant at will for a nominal rent of $2.00 per year. On her death her tenancy would terminate. Accordingly there would be no reversion which the defendant or her heirs would inherit. I think it follows that the defendant has no right to continue occupy
ing his mother}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8129763 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771 s plot nor has any other third party.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3371329 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771 
\par There will be judgment for the plaintiff }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6096721 f}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771 or possession of plots 29 & 30 as described in the summons.
\par 
\par The defendant will pay the costs which I fix at $50.00.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1321771 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6096721 (Sgd.) J. T. WILLIAMS}{
\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771\charrsid1321771 
\par JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14500161 {\b\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771\charrsid1321771 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3815700 {\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1321771 LAUTOKA,
\par 27th July, 1979.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5913467\charrsid3815700 
\par }}