THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.4224 of 2024

ORDER:

This Civil Revision Petition is filed assailing the Order dated 04.11.2024 in I.A.No.308 of 2024 in O.S.No.160 of 2024, passed by the learned VII-Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, wherein and whereby the application filed by the petitioners under Order IX Rule 7 of CPC, was dismissed.

2. Heard Sri B.Venkateshwarlu, learned Counsel for the petitioners and Sri B.Akash Kumar, learned Counsel for respondent No.1.

3. Petitioners are defendants No.2 and 4 and respondent No.1 is the plaintiff in the suit.

4. Brief facts of the case which led to filing of the present revision petition are that respondent No.1 filed a suit vide O.S.No.160 of 2024, against the petitioners and respondents No.2 to 10, for partition, recovery of arrears and for cancellation of Gift Deed. Though, summons were served on defendants No.2 and 4/petitioners, they did not appear on 04.07.2024, therefore, the trial Court set petitioners ex-parte on 04.07.2024; that petitioners have filed an application vide I.A.No.308 of 2024, on

02.08.2024, to set aside the ex-parte Order dated 04.07.2024.

5. In the affidavit fi