( 1 ) AGGRIEVED by the orders passed by the Principal District Munsiff, Srikalahasti in I. A. Nos. 461 of 1993 and 408 of 1994 filed by respondents 1 and 2 herein as defendants 1 and 2 in the suit, staying the proceedings in the suit in O. S. No. 70 of 1993 filed by the petitioner herein for rendition of accounts which were confirmed by the Senior Civil Judge, Srikalahasti in C. M. A. Nos. 10 of 1996 and 11 of 1996, the petitioner (Plaintiff in the suit) filed these two revision petitions. As the issue raised in both the revision petitions is common, they can be disposed of by a common order.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of this case are that the petitioner s Grand-father by name Pasupuleti Sreenivasulu Chetty along with the predecessors-in-interest of the respondents formed into an unregistered Partnership firm in the year 1927 and was running the Rice Mill in the name and style of Sri Lakshminarayana Rice Mill, Kothapeta Srikalahasti. As and when the original partners died, their legal representatives are being admitted to partnership. After the death of Srinivasulu Chetty, his sons Rama Murthy, and Venkata Ratnam were admitted to partnership. After the