JUDGMENT :

A. BADHARUDEEN, J.

1. This Original Petition (Civil) has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging Ext.P3 judgment dated 27.9.2011 in O.S. No. 511/2021 on the file of the Second Additional Munsiff Court, Thrissur.

2. Heard both sides.

3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the learned Munsiff as per Ext.P3, impugned order, found that the Munsiff Court lacks territorial jurisdiction to deal with the issue raised in the above Suit.

4. Refuting this contention, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the contesting respondents that this Original Petition is not maintainable since an order returning the plaint under Order 7 Rule 10 is an appealable order as provided under Order 43 Rule 1(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure. It is submitted further that availability of appellate remedy can be near to total bar for exercising supervisory jurisdiction. In this connection the learned counsel for the respondents placed decision reported in Virudhunagar Hindu Nadargal Dharma Paribalana Sabai and Others vs. Tuticorin Educational Society and Others, 2019 (9) SCC 538 : 2019 KHC 7006.

5. However, the learned counsel appearing for the