ORDER :

1. This is an application filed by the applicants-appellants under Order I, Rule 10(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for substitution of appellant No. 1, the Kerala State Electricity Board, Vydyuthi Bhavanam, Pattom, PIN-695004, Thiruvananthapuram, represented by its Secretary by the Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd. Vyddyuthi Bhavanam, Pattom, PIN-695004, Thiruvananthapuram, represented by Secretary (Administration).

2. The applicants-appellants would contend that by virtue of G.O. (Ms) No. 37/2008/PD dated 25.09.2008, the functions, properties, interests, rights, obligations and liabilities of the Kerala State Electricity Board were vested with the State Government and subsequently by a re-vesting Scheme promulgated by G.O. (P) No. 46/2013/PD dated 31.10.2013, the functions, properties, interests, rights, obligations and liabilities of the erstwhile Kerala State Electricity Board, which stood vested with the Government of Kerala have been re-vested with the Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd.

3. The respondent filed the suit, O.S. No. 102 of 2015 before the I Additional Sub Judge, Thiruvananthapuram, against the Kerala State Electricity Board and others and, the dec