JUDGMENT :

1. C.R.P. 671/73 is filed against the order in I.A. 122/73. C.R.P. 672/73 is filed against I.A. 123/73. C.R.P., 673/73 is against I.A. 121/73. I.A. 122/73 was filed under Order 9, Rule 13 C.P.C. The 2nd defendant in the suit was the applicant and the petition was ordered after condoning the delay as prayed for in I.A. 121/75 in filing the application to set aside the exparte decree. I.A. No. 123/73 was filed for amendment of the judgment and decree passed by the lower Court under Section 152 C.P.C. The plaintiff is the petitioner in all these C.R.Ps. The facts necessary for disposal of these revision petitions may briefly be stated.

2. The plaintiff filed O.S. 43/72 impleading defendants I and 2 seeking recovery of a sum of Rs. 70,390/- inclusive of interest on a principal amount of Rs. 54,000/- Defendants 1 and 2 appeared by the same counsel and filed a written statement jointly. It was inter alia contended that the suit promissory note was executed by the 2nd defendant in the agency area and that the civil court had no jurisdiction to try the suit. It was also urged that the plaintiff was a regular moneylender and that as he did not hold a money-lending licence, the su