B.S. Verma, J.

1. The writ petition is admitted.

2. This writ petition has been preferred for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned Judgment and order dated 15-4-2000 and 14-10-1999 passed by the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 respectively (Annexure Nos. 8 and 7 respectively), By the order dated 15-4-2000, the application for amendment of written statement/counter claim under Order 6, Rule 17 C.P.C. (paper No. 265-A) filed by the defendant-respondent Nos. 1 to 3 has been allowed on payment of cost of Rs. 250/- and the objection of the plaintiffs paper No. 268-C has been rejected. By the order dated 15-4-2000 the revision preferred by the petitioner-plaintiffs has been rejected by the District Judge Nainital.

3. The plaintiffs-petitioners filed a Civil Suit No. 84 of 1988 for a decree of permanent injunction against the defendant-respondent Nos. 3 to 6. Written statement was filed in the suit, issues were framed and the suit was fixed for final hearing by the trial Court.

4. By the application paper No. 265-A, the defendant Nos. 1 to 3 prayed for counterclaim on the ground that on 7-9-1998, the plaintiffs and defendant No. 4 Bal Krishna Sanwal