ORDER :

(Inderjeet Singh, J.)

This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners-defendants challenging the order dated 12.01.2023 passed by the learned trial court whereby the application under Order 7, Rule 14 CPC filed on behalf of the respondents-plaintiffs was allowed.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the respondents-plaintiffs filed a suit for eviction, cancellation of patta and permanent injunction against the petitioners-defendants. During pendency of the suit proceedings when the matter was at the stage of plaintiffs' evidence, the respondents-plaintiffs filed an application under Order 7, Rule 14 CPC for taking the additional documents on record which was allowed by the learned trial court vide order dated 12.01.2023. Being aggrieved by the order dated 12.01.2023 the petitioners-defendants have approached this court by filing of the present writ petition.

3. Counsel for the petitioners-defendants submitted that the respondents-plaintiffs have submitted/produced the documents after a delay of more than four years. Counsel further submits that the said documents are not related to the dispute pending between the parties.

4. In support of the contention counsel relied upon the judgment passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this court in the matter of Leeladhar v. Ramkishan & ors. passed in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9944/2019.

5. Heard counsel for the petitioners-defendants and perused the record.

6. This writ petition filed by the petitioners-defendants deserves to be dismissed for the reasons; firstly, the application was filed by the respondents-plaintiffs at the stage of plaintiffs' evidence, therefore, in my considered view, no illegality has been committed by the learned trial court in allowing the application under Order 7, Rule 14 CPC filed by the respondents-plaintiffs and the petitioners-defendants have opportunity to cross-examine the respondents-plaintiffs' witnesses at the time of cross-examination and the petitioner-defendants also have a right to submit any document in rebuttal before the learned trial court; secondly, so far as the delay of two years in submitting the documents in the year 2022 is concerned the court was not functioning regularly due to Covid- 19 Pandemic and lastly, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, no case is made out for interference by this court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.

7. Hence, this writ petition is dismissed.