These civil revision petitions and civil miscellaneous appeals arise out of the orders passed under Rule 11 of Order VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short 'CPC') read with Section 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963 rejecting the plaints in three suits.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to, as arrayed in C.R.P. No.5153 of 1998.

3. The genesis for this long drawn and multifaceted litigation is as under:

The 1st respondent is the mother of respondents 2 and 3. They are the owners of the premises bearing No. 1-6-49, Park Lane, Secunderabad. The said property was leased to Sri Amir Ali and his brother Mehdi Mahmood, petitioners 1 and 2 under a registered document dated 30.5.1977. The rent was fixed at Rs.600/- for the first three months and thereafter at Rs.750/per month. The lease was agreed to be in force for a period of 9 years. The petitioners were conferred with the right to exercise option for renewal of the lease for three spells of 9 years each, beyond 1986, by enhancing the rent by 10%. Other conditions were also stipulated. The third petitioner, M/s. AA Lords Shoes Private Limited, is a company, comprising of the petitioners 2 and 3 and s