P.C.MISRA, S.C.MOHAPATRA
PADMALAYA PANDA – Appellant
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MASINATH MOHANTY – Respondent
P. C. MISRA, J.
( 1 ) THIS case has come before this Bench on being referred for resolving a conflict in some decisions of the learned single Judges of this Court with regard to the question whether after the order rejecting a plaint under Order 7, Rule 11 of the C. P. C. (hereinafter referred to as the `code'), which is appealable, an application under Section 151 of the Code for setting aside or recalling the order would be entertainable by the trial Court. The petitioner filed M. S. No. 54/ 83 in the Court of Subordinate Judge, Berhampur which was rejected under Order 7, Rule 11, C. P. C. for non-payment of deficit court-fee. The plaintiff filed an application under Section 151, C. P. C. praying for setting aside the order of dismissal and for restoration of the suit in M. J. C. No. 203/83 which was rejected as not maintainable. The plaintiff-petitioner has filed this revision contending inter alia that the learned trial court has failed to exercise jurisdiction vested in it by law by refusing to entertain the application under Section 151 of the Code, as according to him, there is no other remedy available to meet such a contingency. Whether the court in exercise of its inhere
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