ORDER :

Heard Mr. M. Radha Krishna, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. K. Gani Reddy, learned counsel for respondent No.1 and Mr. Sudarshan Malugari, learned counsel for respondent Nos.3 to 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners had filed a memo vide U.S.R. No.58413 of 2022, dated 11.07.2022 stating that respondent Nos.7 to 9 are not necessary parties to the present revision.

2. Challenging the order dated 28.02.2022 in I.A. No.5 of 2022 in O.S. No.170 of 2008 passed by the learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge at Shadnagar, the petitioners herein, proposed defendants in the suit, have filed the present revision.

3. FACTS:

i) Respondent No.1 herein - plaintiff in the suit, had filed a suit vide O.S. No.170 of 2008 against defendant Nos.2 to 8 therein for partition of the suit schedule lands.

ii) During the pendency of the aforesaid suit, defendant No.5 died on 15.08.2018. Therefore, the petitioners herein, wife, sons and daughter respectively of defendant No.5, had filed a petition vide I.A. No.5 of 2022 in O.S. No.170 of 2008, to condone the delay of 1098 days in filing the petition to bring the legal heirs of defendant No.5 as defendant Nos.9 to 12.

iii) According to the pe