( 1 ) THE petitioners in this Civil Revision Petition are the plaintiffs in O. S. No. 158/92 pending on the file of the Court. of the Addl. Subordinate Judge at ongole. The C. R. P is directed against the order dated 1-8-1996 of the learned additional Subordinate Judge passed in IA. Nb. 1298 of 1996 in O. S. No. 158 of 1992 allowing the application filed by Mandava Rambabu, the respondent herein under Order 1 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure to implead himself as defendant No. 15 in the suit.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of this Civil Revision Petition be summarised briefly as under: the petitioners filed the suit in O. S. Nq. 158 of 1992 in the Court of the additional Subordinate Judge;. Ongole fee demarcationthat the plaintiffs 1 and 2 are the absolute owners of Acs. 5-73 cents of land i. e. , item No. 1 of plaint schedule and me plaintiff No. 3 is the absolute owner of item No. II of plaint schedule and for permanent injunction restraining the defendants 10 to 12 (officials of the department of Mining) from granting mining licences to the defendants 1 to 9 in respect of the plaint scheduld land and for other consequential reliefs. The plaintiffs fi