COMMON JUDGMENT

As the parties are same in both these original petitions, they have been disposed of by this common judgment. O.P. (C) No.1147/2021 is filed by the impleading petitioner in I.A 1/2021 in O.S.48/2021 on the file of the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Ernakulam, challenging the order dated 9.3.2021 in I.A No.1/2021 in the above suit condoning the delay of 1092 days in representing the plaint. O.P(C) No.1734/2021 is filed by the plaintiff in the suit challenging the order dated 16.9.2021 in I.A 4/2021 passed in the suit permitting the impleadment of the 1st respondent in the above original petition as a party in the suit. The parties are, for the sake of convenience, referred to as per their status and pleadings in OP(C) 1734/2021, wherever the context so requires.

2. The petitioner is the plaintiff in Ext.P1 plaint filed for partition. She is one of the daughters of late C.J.George. The respondents 2 to 7 are her siblings and the 8th respondent is the partnership firm where the deceased C.J.George was the Managing Partner. The 1st respondent, the son of the deceased 7th defendant in the suit, had filed Ext.P4 application to get himself impleaded in the suit. The same w