( 1 ) THESE two revision petitions are filed against the common order dated 4-1-2000 passed by the court below in I. A. Nos. 415 and 416 of 2000 in O. S. No. 1 of 2000.

( 2 ) I. A. NO. 415 of 2000 is filed under order 6 Rule 16 C. P. C. to strike out the pleadings filed on behalf of the defendants or otherwise to expunge the written statement filed in their names by their previous Advocate Sri Sunil Kumar in O. S. No. 408/1994 on the file of iii Additional Judge, City Civil Court, secunderabad, which was transferred and numbered as O. S. No. 1/2000 on the file of the lower court.

( 3 ) I. A. NO. 416/2001 was filed by the defendants under Order 8 Rule 9 C. P. C. read with Section 151 C. P. C. to permit the defendants to file a detailed written statement.

( 4 ) BY the impugned common order and decree, the court below dismissed both the i. As. Hence, the defendants in the suit filed the present revision petitions.

( 5 ) THE suit was filed for declaration of title and injunction with regard to the disputed property of about Ac. 4-10 guntas of Tirumalgiri.

( 6 ) FOR the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as plaintiff and defendants.

( 7 ) IT is neces