ORDER

K. Venkataswami, J.-The petitioner initially filed Interlocutory Application (unnumbered) for bringing the legal representatives of Respondent Nos. 4 to 7 on the assumption that those respondents were no more. However, when the matter came up before the Court on February 24, 1997, time was taken to ascertain the particulars of the legal representatives of the deceased respondents. Later on, it was asserted that only respondent No. 5 was dead and the earlier application for bringing on record the legal representatives of respondents 4 to 7 had been filed on a mistaken impression. The petitioner filed I.A. No. 5 of 1997 to withdraw the earlier application for substitution of legal representatives. Thereafter, a fresh application, I.A.No. 2 of 1997, was filed to bring the legal representatives of deceased respondent No. 5 on record, I.A.No. 3 of 1997 was filed for condoning the delay of nearly five years in substituting the legal representatives of respondent No. 5 and I.A. No. 4 of 1997 was filed for an interim injunction restraining the respondents from alienating, selling or transferring in any other manner the suit property.

2. It is stated in the application for condoning the