ORDER :

The petitioners are the plaintiffs and the respondents are the defendants in the suit O.S No. 52/2015 on the file of the Munsiff's Court, Thiruvalla.

2. The parties shall be hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs and the defendants for the sake of convenience.

3. The defendants did not file written statement and they were set ex parte in the suit. On 31.10.2018, an ex parte decree was passed in the suit against the defendants.

4. The defendants filed Annexure-5 application for setting aside the ex parte decree passed against them. Annexure-6 application was also filed by them for condoning the delay of 146 days in preferring Annexure-5 application for setting aside the ex parte decree.

5. Subsequently, the defendants filed O.P.(C) No. 1297/2019 before this Court for issuing a direction to the court below to expedite the disposal of Annexure-5 and Annexure-6 applications. As per Annexure-7 judgment dated 26.04.2019, this Court directed the court below to expedite the disposal of the aforesaid two applications positively before the date 30.04.2019.

6. On 26.04.2019, the court below dismissed for default Annexure-5 and Annexure-6 applications filed by the defendants for the reaso