The petitioner is the second plaintiff in a suit for specific performance. He is aggrieved against the order of the court below in dismissing his application filed under sections 148 and 151 C.P.C. seeking extension of time to deposit the sale consideration as per the decree passed in the said suit.

2. Short facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner's father filed O.S.No.177 of 1996 on the file of the Sub Court, Krishnagiri against the respondent herein seeking for decree of specific performance based on an agreement of re-conveyance. It is his contention that he sold the suit property to the respondent herein on 11.09.1990 for a sum of Rs.1,51,900/- and on the same day, both parties entered into an agreement of re-conveyance agreeing to re-convey the suit property to the plaintiff within a period of 10 years on receiving the same sale consideration. During the pendency of the suit, the petitioner's father/original plaintiff died and consequently, the petitioner herein was arrayed as the second plaintiff in I.A.No.142/2003 dated 07.03.2003. The defendant/respondent herein remained exparte and the trial court by judgment and decree dated 28.08.2003 decreed the suit thereby