IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Order reserved on : 16.12.2025 Order pronounced on : 30.01.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE P.B. BALAJI CRP.No.4099 of 2024 & CMP.No.22530 of 2024 K.Arulmozhi ... Petitioner Vs.

G.Subramani ... Respondent Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Section 115 of CPC to set aside the fair and decretal order dated 23.08.2024 in I.A.No.1 of 2024 in I.A.No.171 of 2017 in I.A.No.19 of 2016 in O.S.No.26 of 2015 on the file of the District Court, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District.

For Petitioner : Mr.Pa.Sudesh Kumar For Respondent : Mr.M.Himavanth

ORDER

The revision petitioner is the defendant in a suit for specific performance in O.S.No.26 of 2015 before the District Court, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District. The said suit came to be decreed ex-parte and the petitioner filed an application in I.A.No.19 of 2016, seeking to set aside the ex-parte decree. The said application in I.A.No.19 of 2016 came to be dismissed for default and in order to restore the said application, the petitioner filed an application in I.A.No.171 of 2017 under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, seeking condonation of delay of 494 days in filing an application to set aside the