1. This case is a glaring example of the misuse of the judicial process to stall and delay the judicial proceedings. The civil suit out of which this revision petition arises was filed almost 18 years back and evidence is still to be recorded.

2. The present revision petition under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter referred to as “the CPC”) is directed against order dated 22.01.2016 passed by the Third Additional District Judge, Raipur in Civil Suit No.9A of 2012 whereby the learned Trial Court rejected the application filed by the Applicants/ Defendants No.1 and 2 under Order XIV Rule 2(2) of the CPC for treating issue No.10 as a preliminary issue.

3. At the out set, it would be relevant to set out the parameters of the dispute to really understand the issue involved in this case. The Plaintiffs/ Respondents No.1 and 2 herein filed a civil suit before the Trial Court on 11.09.1998 for seeking declaration and permanent prohibitory injunction. The case of the Plaintiffs is that Late Shri Upendra Shandilya along with the Plaintiffs and one Shri R.P. Singh had set up an educational institute under the name and style of Gyan Ganga Educational Academy. Thi