ORDER

The Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order passed in I.A.No.2 of 2023 in O.S.No.2 of 2023, on the file of the District Munsif Court, Sattur, dismissing the petition filed under Order 7 Rule 11 C.P.C.

2. The respondents, as plaintiffs have filed the above suit claiming declaration that the sale deed dated 24.09.2020, on the file of the Sub Registrar Office, Sattur executed by the first revision petitioner / first defendant in favour of the revision petitioners 2 to 8 / defendants 2 to 8 as null and void and nonest in the eye of law. Pending suit, the revision petitioners have filed an application in I.A.No.2 of 2023 under Order 7 Rule 11 C.P.C., for rejection of plaint on the ground that in view of the earlier suit in O.S.No.57 of 2021 pending on the file of the District Munsif Court, Sattur, the present suit in O.S.No.2 of 2023 is barred under Order 2 Rule 2 C.P.C. The respondents / plaintiffs have filed their counter statement raising serious objections. The learned District Munsif, after enquiry, has passed the impugned order dismissing the said petition. Aggrieved by the order of dismissal, the present revision came to be filed.

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