V. Ratnam, J.

1. The 1st defendant in O.S. No. 315 of 1984, Sub-Court, Coimbatore, is the petitioner in this Civil Revision Petition. That suit was laid by respondents 1 to 7 herein against the petitioner and respondents 8 to 10, praying for the relief of partition and separate possession of the suit properties. According to the case of the petitioner, summons in the suit was served on him and he engaged a counsel and the suit was posted to 28-8-1984, but that on 22-8-1984, respondents 1, 8, 9 and 10 arid two of the Advocate-relations of the petitioner, approached the petitioner and represented that there was no need to contest the suit, as they were agreeable for a compromise on the basis of allotting 1/6 share each to the 1st plaintiff and defendants 1 to 4, and 1/6 share to plaintiffs 2 to 7 together, in respect of the suit items. The further case of the petitioner was that his signatures were obtained on several papers, blank as well as written up, and that the petitioner was informed to be present in Court on 23-8-1984 for reporting the compromise. The petitioner claimed that he was asked to answer questions that may be put by the Court on that day in the affirmative and t