ORDER :

PRAYER:- Civil Revision Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against the fair and decreetal order passed I.A.No. 683 of 2017, in O.S.No.421 of 2010, dated 06.09.2017, on the file of the Principal Subordinate Judge, Karur.

The Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order passed in I.A.No.683 of 2017 in O.S.No.421 of 2010, on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Karur, dismissing the petition filed under Order 8 Rule 9 C.P.C.

2. The respondents 1 to 4 as plaintiffs have filed the suit for partition of the suit properties and allotment of 1 / 4 share to the plaintiffs. Originally the suit was filed against 20 defendants and pending suit, the sixth defendant had died and hence his legal representatives were impleaded as defendants 21 and 22. It is not in dispute that the defendants 1 to 3, 7, 9, 20 to 22, by filing their written statement, are contesting the suit. When the trial was in part heard stage, the 20th defendant has filed the above application under Order 8 Rule 9 C.P,.C., seeking permission to file the additional written statement. The respondents/plaintiffs have filed their counter statement raising serious objections. The l