K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.

The above mentioned Civil Revision Petition, Appeals and Civil Miscellaneous Cases are filed by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd. a Government of Kerala undertaking, who is the plaintiff in all the suits.

2. Plaintiff-corporation had entered into various agreements with respondents-defendants for the purpose of cutting and removing of rubber trees from their plantation. According to the plaintiff, defendants committed breach of the agreements and consequently they filed three suits, O.S. No. 73,74 and 75 of 1991 before the Munsiff s Court, Perambra and five suits, O.S. Nos. 47,51,52,45 and 50 of 1991 before the Sub Court, Quilandy. Three suits which were filed before the Munsiff s Court, Perambra were subsequently transferred to Sub Court, Quilandy and renumbered as O.S. Nos. 41,42 and 43 of 1995, and ordered to be jointly tried along with O.S. No. 50 of 1991 and other connected cases by order in LA, No. 1352 of 1992.

3. In all the suits, defendants filed their written statements and also raised counter claim against the plaintiff. Plaintiff filed a list of witnesses to be examined on 7.11,1992. One of the witnesses to be examined on the side