1. The facts leading to Civil Revisions 697 and 698 of 1968 are common and may be set out as under; Firm Raj Singh Baldev Kishan instituted a suit for permanent injunction restraining the defendants, Balwant Sinmgh and Surjit Kaur , from interfering with the plaintiffs possession of a house. Written statement was filed by the defendants on 31-10-1967. The case was then fixed for the plaintiffs evidence on 14-12-1967. On that date, the plaintiff examined 5 witnesses. One witness, who did not appear on that day , was examined on a subsequent date, namely, 15-2-1968. The plaintiff concluded his evidence on that day. The case was then fixed for 5-4-1968, on which date the defendants furnished a list of their witnesses. The defendants named Dassundhi Ram. Pritam Singh . Darshan Singh, and Karnail Singh as their witnesses. They also made an application for summoning the records of another case., Dasaundhi Ram actually appeared in response to the summons on 6-5-1968. He could not be examined on that date because the presiding officer of the Court was on leave. He was bound down to appear on 17-5-1968. The other witnesses could not be served. The Court , therefore, ordered that bil