I.A. No. 721 of 2016

By the Court - This application been filed seeking amendment to challenge order dated 20.05.2005 whereby, defendants were debarred from filing written statement.

For the reasons stated in the application and there being no serious objection from the respondents, I.A. No. 721 of 2016 is hereby allowed.

W.P(C) No. 1554 of 2011

Aggrieved by orders dated 25.05.2007 and 21.08.2010 in Title Suit No. 3 of 2004, the present writ petition been filed.

2. Title Suit No. 3 of 2004 was instituted for declaration of plaintiffs' right, title and interest over the suit land and for a decree of confirmation of their possession. A further declaration that gift deed dated 05.03.1984 executed by defendant no. 1 in favour of defendant no. 2 is void ab initio and not binding upon the plaintiffs and the same is liable to be cancelled was also sought by the plaintiffs. The private defendants namely, Dubki Oraon and Gandhauri Orain did not appear in the suit and the suit was fixed for ex-parte hearing vide order dated 02.07.2004 however, the said order was recalled on 09.03.2005, still the defendants did not file written statement within time and they were debarred from filing written