The main legal point established in the judgment is that amendments to the pleadings should be allowed if they are necessary for comprehensive adjudication of the dispute and do not change the nature of the suit.

ORDER :

1. C.R.P.Nos.736, 737 & 738 of 2023, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, are preferred by the plaintiffs challenging the common order, dated 09.02.2023, dismissing I.A.Nos.382 of 2022, 383 of 2022 and 384 of 2022 in O.S.No.103 of 2015 on the file of the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Punganur, whereas C.R.P.No.739 of 2023 is preferred against the order, dated 09.02.2023, passed in I.A.No.385 of 2022 in the same suit.

2. Heard Sri S.V. Muni Reddy, learned counsel for the revision petitioners/plaintiffs. In spite of service of notice on the 1st respondent, no appearance has been made and the 2nd respondent was shown as died even before the trial Court.

3. I.A.No.382 of 2022 is filed under Section 151 CPC to reopen the suit for the purpose of marking the documents; I.A.No.383 of 2022 is filed under Order 18 Rule 17 CPC read with Section 151 CPC to recall PW1 and to mark the documents; I.A.No.384 of 2022 is filed under Order VII Rule 14(3) CPC read with Section 151 CPC to receive the documents by condoning the delay. I.A.No.385 of 2022 is filed under Order VI Rule 17 CPC read with Section 151 CPC and Rule 28 of Civil Rules of Practice to permit the petitioners to amend the plaint and also to make necessary consequential amendments.

4. The case of the revision petitioners/plaintiffs in support of their case, briefly stated, is as follows:

(a) The suit is posted to 05.12.2022 for arguments. At the time of filing of the suit, the plaintiffs handed over the link documents to their previous counsel but, he failed to file the same. Hence, he is now filing the list mentioned certified copies of various sale deeds obtained recently. Therefore, the petitions, viz., I.A.Nos.382, 384 & 383 of 2022 to reopen the suit, to receive the documents and to recall PW1 for the purpose of marking the same through him were filed. The list of documents is indicated in the proposed amendments to the plaint in the later part of this order. So, to avoid repetition, they are not noted here.

(b) I.A.No.385 of 2022 is filed alleging that the suit was filed against the defendants for permanent injunction to restrain the defendants not to enter into the suit schedule property, that at the time of filing of the suit, the plaintiffs handed over the link documents to their previous counsel and he has not filed the said documents into the Court, that the defendants denied the right, title and possession of the plaintiffs over the suit schedule property. Hence, they are advised to amend the plaint pleadings seeking declaration of their right and title over the suit schedule property and consequential relief of permanent injunction.

5. Counter affidavit was filed opposing the petitions. It is stated that the documents sought to be filed are no way connected to the suit and that the petitions are intended to drag on the matter unnecessarily to harass the defendant without any reasonable cause. It is prayed to dismiss the petitions.

6. After hearing both parties, the trial Court, by way of common order, dated 09.02.2023, dismissed I.A.Nos.382 of 2022, 383 of 2022, 384 of 2022 and by a separate order of even date, the trial Court dismissed I.A.No.385 of 2022 also.

7. Aggrieved by the common order, dated 09.02.2023, passed in I.A.Nos.382 of 2022, 383 of 2022, 384 of 2022, C.R.P.Nos.736, 737 & 738 of 2023 are preferred, and whereas aggrieved by order, dated 09.02.2023, passed in I.A.No.385 of 2022, C.R.P.No.739 of 2023 is preferred. In the grounds of revisions, the petitioners reiterated their pleaded case.

8. Since all these revisions are connected, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

C.R.P.Nos.736, 737 & 738 of 2022:

9. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the documents proposed to be filed are very much required to prove the case of the petitioners and that they were, in fact, handed over to the earli