ORDER :

Prayer: Civil Revision Petition is filed under Section 115 of the Civil Procedure Code, praying to set aside the fair and decreetal order made in I.A.No.1297/2016 in O.S.No.299/2006 on the file of the Principal District Munsif at Alandur.

The Civil Revision Petition has been filed against the fair and decreetal order made in I.A.No.1297 of 2016 in O.S.No.299 of 2006 on the file of the Principal District Munsif at Alandur.

2. The revision petitioner is the first defendant in the suit filed in O.S.No.299 of 2006. The first respondent instituted the suit for permanent injunction and the revision petitioner states that the revision petitioner was set ex-parte and an order was passed on 30.08.2010, due to the nonappearance of the learned counsel, who appeared for the revision petitioner before the trial Court. The revision petitioner states that an ex-parte order passed on 30.08.2010 was known to him only on 10.08.2014. Thus, he was not able to file a petition to set aside the ex-parte order within a period of 30 days and there was a delay of 1789 days in filing a petition for setting aside the ex-parte order.

3. The reasons stated for such a long delay is that the learned counsel,