1. This revision petition is directed against the order dated 21.6.2000 passed in unnumbered I.A.No.of 2000 in O.S. No. 389 of 1998 (C.R.19. Register No. 1348, dt. 31.1.2000) by the learned Principal District Munsif, Kumbakonam.

2. Learned District Munsif by the impugned order has dismissed the application filed by the petitioner herein for the grant of extension of time for payment of costs awarded in I.A. No. 1056 of 1999 for a period of four weeks from 3.1.2000. Learned District Munsif found that the suit O.S. No. 380 of 1998 was decreed ex parte and the petition, I.A. No. 1056 of 1999 was filed to set aside the ex parte decree and that petition was ordered on condition that the petitioner should pay to the respondent in I.A. No. 1056 of 1999 a sum of Rs. 250/- as costs on or before 3.1.2000. In I.A. No. 1056 of 1999, the learned District Munsif has ordered that on payment of Rs. 250/- on or before 3.1.2000, the petition would be allowed and on failure to pay the money, the petition would be dismissed. The above order was passed on 21.12.1999. The learned District Munsif also directed the matter to be posted on 4.1.2000. On 4.1.2000, the learned District Munsif found t