G.V. SEETHAPATHY, J:-

These civil revision petitions are filed seeking to assail the order dated 8.6.2007 in LA. No.12l of 2007 in O.P. No.1630 of 2003 and batch, on the file of the XIV Additional Chief Judge, Fast Track Court, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, wherein the said petitions filed by the petitioners herein under Order XIV Rule 2 C.P.C., read with Section 19 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, (Central Act 27 of2006) (for short 'the New Act'), praying to decide the preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of the original petitions without deposit of 75% of the awarded amount, were dismissed.

2. As this batch of civil revision petitions involve common questions of fact and law and have arisen out of the impugned common order, they are heard together and being disposed of by this common order.

3. The petitioners herein entered into certain contracts with the first respondent for supply of conductors, cables/wires of varying quantities under various purchase 211 orders. The petitioners filed a claim statement before the second respondent A.P. Industry Facilitation Council for payment of amounts outstanding, with interest. Awards were passed

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