BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 10/03/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V. LAKSHMINARAYANAN and C.M.P(MD).Nos.7147 of 2025 and 981 of 2026 P.Manisundar, ... Petitioner Vs Murugan, S/o.(Late) Rathinasamy Nadar, ... Respondent PRAYER :- Civil Revision Petition filed under section 115 of Civil Procedure Code, to set aside the fair and decreetal order dated 11.03.2025 in I.A.No.3 of 2024 In I.A.No.2 of 2023 In O.S.No.27 of 2021 in the Court of the Sub Court, Theni District and allow this Civil Revision Petition.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Vikram, For Respondent : Mr.S.Vinayak ORDER Heard Mr.Vikram for the petitioner and Mr.Vinayak for the respondent.

2. The Civil Revision Petitioner is the defendant in the suit. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to according to their ranks in the suit.

3. This Civil Revision Petition challenges the order passed by the learned Subordinate Judge, Theni Distict, in I.A.No.3 of 2024 in I.A.No. 2 of 2023 in O.S.No.27 of 2021, dated 11.03.2025. By that order, the learned Subordinate Judge refused to condone the delay of 63 days in filing the application to set aside the ex-parte decree in I.A.No.2 of 2023.

4. The pla