JUDGMENT :

Civil Revision Petition No.94 of 2019 and Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No.7 of 2019 are directed against the common order dated 07.12.2018 in I.A.No.15 of 2016 and G.L.No.8 of 2016 in O.S.No.248 of 2007 on the file of the Court of the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge (FTC), Gudivada respectively.

2. I.A.No.15 of 2016 was filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act to condone the delay of 993 days in filing petition G.L.No.8 of 2016 under Order-9, Rule-13 CPC to set aside the ex-parte decree. The 1st defendant is the revision petitioner as well as the appellant in the above matters.

3. Civil Revision Petition No.420 of 2019 and Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No.229 of 2019 are directed against the common order in I.A.No.2 of 2016 and un-numbered I.A. in O.S.No.248 of 2007 dated 07.12.2018 on the file of the same Court respectively. The 2nd defendant is the revision petitioner in I.A.No.2 of 2016 filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act to condone the delay of 948 days in filing petition in unnumbered I.A. under Order-9, Rule-13 CPC to set aside the ex parte decree in the suit.

4. Since both these matters arise out of the proceedings relating to the same suit against common