BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 19.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR CMP(MD).No.14859 of 2025 P.Selvakumar ... Petitioner Vs M.Anandhi ... Respondent PRAYER :- Civil Revision Petitions filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 12.03.2025 passed in I.A.No.27 of 2023 in O.S.No.580 of 2022 on the file of the IV Additional District Judge, Madurai.

For Petitioner : Mr.C. Jawahar Ravindran For respondent : Mr.S. Sukumar for M/s.A.P.N. Law Associates ORDER The present Civil Revision Petition has been filed challenging the order dated 12.03.2025 passed in I.A.No.27 of 2023 in O.S.No.580 of 2022 on the file of the IV Additional District Judge, Madurai.

Heard on both sides and perused the materials available on record.

3. The said Interlocutory Application was filed seeking to decide the issue of res judicata as a preliminary issue. The impugned order passed by the trial Court reads as follows:

“It appears that the suit was posted for trial on 05.03.2023 and issues were already framed, including the issue ‘whether the suit is barred by res judicata’. Hence, it is unnecessary to decide this issue as a preliminary issu