1. The 8th defendant in a suit pending before the Munsiff's Court Neyyattinkara is the revision petitioner.

The suit filed by the respondent stood posted for trial on 27-8-1975. On that day, the plaintiff and his counsel were not present and the suit was dismissed for default. An application for restoration of the suit to file was dismissed by the Munsiff C.M.A. 41 of 1976 was filed against the order of dismissal before the District Court, Trivandrum. The first Additional District Judge Trivandrum allowed the appeal on condition that the Plaintiff paid or deposited in court Rs. 30/-each to the counsel of respondents 1 to 3, 5 and 7 in the appeal within a period of 10 days. The order proceeded that if the direction was not complied with, the appeal would stand dismissed. This order was passed on 14 -7-76. The Plaintiff-respondent did not pay the costs within the stipulated period of 10 days. An application was filed by him on 29 71976 for extension of time stating that he was not aware of the directions to pay costs. The petition was taken up on 317 76. The court passed the following order:

"Costs of Rs. 30/-paid to Advocate for respondents 1, 2, 3 and 5 by memo dated 317