James George, v. Savarimuthu Raja (Died) 1.George Joseph

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Civil Appellate Jurisdiction Thursday, the Fourteenth day of March Two Thousand and Twenty Four PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice P. DHANABAL CMP(MD). No.16719 of 2023 in A.S(MD)No.47 of 2010

1. James George,

2. Francis Xavier

3. Nagarathinam .

4. Chandra

5. Rajeswari

6. Anbu Ammal

7. Govindaraj

8. Pandiammal

9. Nagendran

10. M.Ramalingam

11. Suruliveru Pillai

12. P.Murugan (Died) ... Petitioners 1 to 12 / Defendants 1,2,4,9, 11 to 16 & 21

13. Amaravathi

14. Jeyabal

15. N.Sudha

16. Paulraj

17. Prema

18. Sundari

19. Kalavathy 1/6

20. Karpagavalli

21. Rasathy

22. Krishnan

23. S.V.Murugesan

24. Mayandi Thevar ... Petitioners 13 to 24/Defendants 22,24,28,29,30 to 33,37,38,40 & 42 Vs Savarimuthu Raja (Died) 1.George Joseph Mahimairaj (Died) 2 Antonysamy 3 Jesuraj 4 Elizabeth 5 Peleitya Ignatius Rani 6 Konjala Maria Viijaya 7 Elizabeth Sameena 8 Lazarus Maria Sudha 9 Lazer Antony Rajkumar 10 Lauzer Ignatius 11 Jeyaraj 12 Leela Roselin 13 Philominal 2/6

14 Rita Rani 15 Lawrence Jegannathan 16 Rajeswari 17 Kubendran 18 M.Manjula Devi 19 A.Pandi 20 Pappammal 21 Kumaravel Vellaiponuammal (Died) 22 Rajeswari 23 P.Mariammal 24 R.Angusamy 25 A.M.Nagendran Jayapal (Died) 26 Surulivelu Pillai 27 Muniammal 28 Surulivelu Pillai 29 Chinna Thai 30 Mariyahoo 31 Sivakumar 3/6

32 Muthulakshmi 33 Sathya 34 Pushpavalli 35 Sathiskumar 36 Rajalakshmi 37 Ashtalakshmi 38 Lakshmi 39 Vishnu Balan (Miror) 40 Vignesh (Minor) ... Respondents/ Plaintiffs 1,4,5 to 17 / Defendants 3,5,6,8,18,23,19,20,25 to 27,36,39,41,43 to 51 to 53 Prayer :- Civil Miscellaneous Petition filed under order IV Rule 9(4) AS Rules,to set aside to dismissal order passed in A.S.No.47/2010 dated 13.07.2022 and to restore the appeal which was dismissed for default and decide the case on merits. Prayer in AS(MD).47/2010 :

Appeal Suit filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure to set aside the decree and judgment made in O.S.No.74 of 2004 dated 04.12.2009 on the file of the learned fast Track Judge/Additional District Judge,Dindigul. ORDER:- This Petition coming on for orders on this day and upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of M/s. J.John, Advocate for the Petitioner and of M/s. A.M.Singarayar Chinnaraja For R1 to R3 ,5,8,10,11 to 15,M/s.H.Arumugam,For R4 and R9,M/s.S.Manohar For R 23,M/S.A.Dharani for R 27,R 31 to 34 M/s.D.Venkatesh For 39 & 40, Advocate for the respondents 6th & 8th respondents not appearing in person or by an advocate, this Court made the following order:

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This Civil Miscellaneous Petition has been filed by the petitioner to set aside the dismissal order passed in A.S(MD)No.47 of 2010, dated 13.07.2022 and to restore the appeal, which was dismissed for default.

2. Notice served to the respondents.

3. No counter was filed by the respondents.

4. Considering the reasons stated in the affidavit and considering the facts and circumstances of this case, this Civil Miscellaneous Petition stands allowed, accordingly.

5. List the main appeal on 22.03.2024.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) // True Copy // 20/03/2024 Sub Assistant Registrar (CS - I/ II / III /IV) 5/6

TO The Additional District Judge, Dindigul.

Copy to:

The Section Officer, Judicial Section, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai THE SECTION OFFICER, VR SECTION, MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI. (2 Copies) ORDER DATED : 14/03/2024 ==========================

ORDER

========================== CMP(MD). No.16719 of 2023 in A.S(MD)No.47 of 2010 Giving direction and etc.

as stated within.

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