IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 15TH BHADRA 1929 WP(C).No. 26134 of 2007(J) -------------------------- OS.302/2005 of MUNSIFF COURT, OTTAPPALAM .................... PETITIONER: ------------ S. SURESH KUMAR, S/O. SEENIAPPA THEVAR, M/S. RAJALEKSHMI MATCH WORKS, MEENAMPATTI, SIVAKASI TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.T.KRISHNAN UNNI SRI.C.DILIP RESPONDENTS: ------------- ALIKUTTY, S/O. ABIKAL INSAMDULLAH, PROPRIETOR ABIKAL MATCH WORKS, KURUVATTUR, OTTAPALAM. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/09/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: M.N.KRISHNAN, J. ------------------------------------------ W.P.(C).NO.26134 OF 2007-J ------------------------------------------ Dated this the 6th day of September, 2007. JUDGMENT This writ petition is preferred to direct the Munsiff, Ottapalam, to issue a certified copy of the order in I.A.No.740/2007 and I.A.No.741/2007 in O.S.No.302/2005 and to stay further proceedings in E.P.No.11/2007 of the Munsiff Court, Sivakasi. It is the case of the writ petitioner that he was a defendant in the suit and that suit happened to be decreed ex-parte without notice to him and therefore, he moved an application for setting aside the ex-parte decree. It is submitted that it has ended in dismissal. 2. In order to enable the party to resort to the appellate remedy, I direct the Munsiff, Ottapalam, to issue a certified copy of the order within a period of two weeks and further direct that further proceedings in E.P.No.11/2007 of Munsiff Court, Sivakasi, be stayed for a period of three weeks so as to enable the writ petitioner to take appropriate steps. W.P(C).NO.26134 2 The writ petition is disposed of as above. M.N. KRISHNAN, JUDGE. cl W.P(C).NO.26134 3