( 1 ) WE have heard the learned counsel appearing for both the parties and taken up these three appeals for final disposal.

( 2 ) THESE three appeals are filed against the orders of the V Additional judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, dated 12-11-1982 refusing to set aside the ex-parte decrees.

( 3 ) THE main submission of the learned counsel for the appellant is that the matter was posted to 17-8-82 and on that day a memo was f led by the learned counsel appearing for the appellant (5th defendant) that he was going to file a transfer petition in the High Court On that basis the case was adjourned to 18-9-1982. The learned counsel for the appellant requested one of his colleagues Sri raghava Rao to represent him in the court and ask for an adjounment on ground that the transfer petition was filed in the High Court. Sri Raghava Rao, for some reason or the other, did not appear on that day before the Court and request for an adjournment. Consequently, the learned Judge set the defendant-appellant ex-parte and proceeded further. Arguments were heard for the plaintiff and the judgment was delivered on 20-9-1982, the petition for setting aside, the exparte decrees was fi