1. The Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order o the learned Additional District Munsif, Cuddalore, dated 1.2.2000, in an unnumbered application in O.S.No.160 of 1996.

2. The petitioner herein initially filed a suit for partition at Sub-Court, Cuddalore on 17.2.1994. Thereafter, the same was transferred to District Munsif Court, Cuddalore and numbered as O.S.No.160 of 1996 and a preliminary decree was passed on 6.8.1998. It is is the case of the petitioner that in the meanwhile the respondents have sold certain suit properties to various third parties. He has also filed an application for passing a final decree. Accordingly, he has filed the present application under Order I, Rule 10 of C.P.C for impleading respondents 4 to 6 to bring as Defendants 4 to 6 in the suit. The learned Additional District Munsif, Cuddalore, after holding that after passing of the preliminary decree on 6.8.1998 and at the stage of passing of final decree the petitioner has filed the present application for impleadment of certain parties who are said to have purchased certain items of suit properties, they are neither necessary nor proper parties, dismissed the said application, h