JUDGMENT :

1) Heard Sri. V.N. Chakrapani, learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Sri. Maheswara Rao Kuncheam, learned Counsel for the Respondent No. 1.

2) The Plaintiff/Respondent No. 1 filed O.S. No. 454 of 2010 in the Court of Junior Civil Judge, Tirupathi for declaration, possession, permanent injunction and damages. It was later on transferred and registered as O.S. No. 285 of 2014 [Jakkadanam Radha Vs. Anjuru Janaki @ J. Janaki @ Nirmala and another] and is pending before IIIrd Additional District Judge, Tirupati.

3) The Petitioner is the Defendant No. 2; the 1st Respondent is the Plaintiff and the Respondent is Defendant No. 1, in O.S. No. 285 of 2014 pending in the Court of IIIrd Additional District Judge, Tirupati.

4) The 2nd Respondent filed written statement.

5) The Petitioner did not file written statement.

6) On 15.11.2010, Order to proceed exparte was passed against the Petitioner.

7) After twelve [12] years, the Petitioner, on 20.04.2022, filed I.A. No. 821 of 2022, to set-aside the Order, dated 15.11.2010 under Order IX Rule 7 Code of Civil Procedure [in short ‘C.P.C.’]

8) I.A. No. 821 of 2022 has been rejected by the Order, dated 06.12.2022, which is impugned in this Petiti