ORDER

The present civil revision petition is filed against the order passed in I.A.No.5 of 2023 in O.S.No.43 of 2022 on the file of the Principal District Munsif, Thriumangalam.

2.The suit in O.S.No.43 of 2022 was filed for declaration to declare the sale deed and the gift deed as null and void. The contention of the petitioners is that they have already engaged an Advocate to represent in the criminal proceedings and also engaged the same advocate to file a civil suit regarding the suit property. But prior to filing the said suit by their Advocate, the respondent herein had filed a suit in O.S.No.43 of 2022. However the said Advocate whom the petitioners had engaged did not file a civil suit. Even for the said civil suit filed by the respondents in O.S.No.43 of 2022, the same Advocate was engaged by the petitioners but the Advocate did not appear. Subsequently, in the revenue proceedings, the petitioners came to understand that the suit filed by the respondent herein was decreed and an exparte decree was granted in favour of the respondents herein. Thereafter, they filed a petition in I.A.No.5 of 2023 to set aside the exparte decree with a delay of 105 days.

3. After considering the