JUDGMENT :

O.A. 131/2024 & O.A. 155/2024

1. The present appeals have been filed by Defendants No.1 and 4 respectively under Chapter II Rule 5 of the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018 challenging an Order dated 31.05.2024 passed by the learned Joint Registrar dismissing the applications filed by the Applicants/Defendants No.1 and 4 seeking condonation of delay in filing the written statement.

2. The present suit is one for partition qua properties being House No.H- 21, First and Second Floor, Green Park Extension, New Delhi-110016 on a plot admeasuring 463 square yards and House No.11, Sector 4, Chandigarh admeasuring 3813 square yards (hereinafter referred to as "Suit properties") by metes and bounds for separate and independent possession of the share of the Plaintiff.

3. Summons was issued and the plaint was registered as a suit by this Court vide Order dated 26.07.2022. On 28.09.2022, during the course of hearing, it was submitted by the Defendants that the copies of plaint and documents are not legible and accordingly this Court vide Order dated 28.09.2022 had directed the Plaintiff to supply the legible copies of the plaint and documents to all the Defendants within one