JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to set aside the fair and decretal order dated 13.08.2021 made in I.A.No.136 of 2021 in O.s.No.56 of 2017 on the file of the Principal District Judge, Dindigul.)

1. The above civil revision petition is preferred against the order dated 13.08.2021 made in I.A.No.136 of 2021 in O.S.No.56 of 2017 on the file of the learned Principal District Judge, Dindigul.

2. The suit in O.S.No.56 of 2017 is filed by the respondents/plaintiffs for the relief of partition and for permanent injunction, in which, an ex parte decree was passed on 18.08.2020. Thereafter, the petitioner/9th defendant filed an application in I.A.No.136 of 2021 under Section 5 of Limitation Act to condone the delay of 184 days in filing the petition for setting aside the ex parte decree passed on 18.08.2020. In the said petition, the petitioner/ 9th defendant has stated that the 9th defendant was set ex parte for non-filing of the written statement and an ex parte order was passed against him and thereafter, the petitioner/9th defendant filed an application under Order 9 Rule 7 of CPC in I.A.No.321 of 2019 to set aside the ex part