This revision petition has been filed against the order dated 6.1.2004, passed in I.A. No. 122 of 2003 in unnumbered suit on the file of the Principal Sub-Court, Erode (now numbered as O.S. No. 105 of 2004 on the file of the Principal District Munsif's Court, Erode).

2. The defendant in O.S. No. 105 of 2004 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Erode is the revision petitioner before this Court. He is aggrieved by the order of the trial Court dated 6.1.2004 made in I.A. No. 122 of 2003 by which the trial Court condoned the delay of 1664 days in representing the suit papers on condition that a sum of Rs. 1,500- to be paid to the other side as cost. Subsequent to the order dated 6.1.2004, the suit was numbered as O.S. No. 105 of 2004.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. I have also perused the documents filed and the judgments referred to by them in support of their submissions.

4. The learned counsel for the revision petitioner strenuously contended that there is no difference in between a petition filed to condone the delay in presentation and the petition filed to condone the delay in representation