( 1 ) IN the first appeal [fao (OS ). No. 77/2000] order dated 1. 3. 2000 and in the second appeal [fao (OS) No. 235/2000] order dated 10. 3. 2000 passed by learned Single Judge in Suit No. 2274/97 are under challenge at the behest of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.

( 2 ) THE facts in brief are that on 27. 12. 1997 Hari Chand Sachdeva filed a suit in this Court impleading Smt. Shakuntla Devi as defendant No. 1 and Rakesh sachdeva, defendant No. 2 in which he prayed for passing a decree dissolving the partnership from the date of notice given by him to Shakuntia Devi or from such date, as may be deemed just and proper by the Court. In addition, he prayed for: a preliminary decree against the defendants to render accounts of the partnership; a decree for the amounts to be found due to the plaintiff from the defendants; and a decree for permanent injunction against the defendants restraining them from interfering in his possession in respect of the Petrol Pump being run by the name of raj Nath Motors, Moti Bagh, New Delhi.

( 3 ) AT this stage, it may be mentioned that Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (for short "bpcl") was not a party to the suit. No relief had