THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Civil Revision Petition No. 1908 of 2011 ORDER: This civil revision petition is directed against the order dated 31.03.2011 passed by the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Chittoor, dismissing the application in I.A. No. 80 of 2011 in O.S. No. 1148 of 2001 filed by the petitioner herein, defendant No.2 in the suit, praying to recall P.W.1 and permit him to cross-examine P.W.1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the order under revision. As can be seen from the order under revision, ample opportunity was provided to the petitioner to cross-examine P.W.1, by granting adjournments and also passing conditional orders, but he did not cross-examine P.W.1 and on the other hand absented himself and there was also no representation on his behalf and hence the cross- examination of P.W.1 on behalf of the petitioner was recorded as nil. This apart, the petitioner cross-examined P.Ws.2 and 3, but did not take any steps for recalling P.W.1 for cross-examination and long after closure of the evidence of the plaintiffs, he filed the present application, contending that he was out of station in search of defendant No.1 whose whereabouts are not known and as such could not contact his counsel. In the absence of the petitioner showing sufficient reasons for not cross-examining P.W.1 at the relevant point of time, the Court below refused to recall P.W.1 for cross-examination, and no exception can be taken thereto, particularly when the petitioner, having cross- examined P.Ws.2 and 3, failed to make use of the opportunity provided to him to cross-examine P.W.1. For the foregoing reasons, I find no reason whatsoever to interfere with the order under revision in exercise of supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The civil revision petition is devoid of merit and is accordingly dismissed. No costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Dated: 20th August, 2011 IBL