Oral judgment:

This Civil Revision Application preferred by original defendants No.6 and 7 in Civil Suit No.20 of 1990 filed by respondents No.1 to 10, who are original plaintiffs, in the Court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jamnagar, for partition, redemption, pre-emption and mesne profits, was disposed of by this Court vide order dated 22.9.1995. On perusal of order it appears that the matter was disposed of in absence of the respondents and, therefore, one of the respondents, i.e., original plaintiff No.2 filed Misc. Civil Application No.230 of

1996 for setting aside the order and/or rehearing the matter on merits. With the consent of both the parties, Misc. Civil Application No.230 of 1996 was allowed and this revision application is reheard on merits.

As stated above, the petition has been filed by defendants No.6 and 7 and the respondents are the original plaintiffs. Since controversy centres around exhibition of some of the documents produced by the plaintiffs in suit proceedings, I will refer the parties according to their status in the original suit instead of status in this petition.

In order to appreciate controversy between the parties, it would be worthwhile to