THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA C.R.P. No. 1962 of 2010 O r d e r: This C.R.P. is directed against the order dated 19.02.2010, passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District, dismissing the application in I.A. No. 1757 of 2008 in O.S. No. 21 of 1994, filed by the petitioner-defendant No.3, praying to condone the delay of 2606 days in filing application to set aside the ex parte decree dated 28.09.2001 and to permit the petitioner to contest the case. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the order under revision. The suit, admittedly, was decreed on 28.09.2001. The petitioner, entered his appearance after notice in the application filed by the plaintiffs under Order XX, Rule 18 read with Section 151 C.P.C., was served on him. The petitioner entered his appearance on 20.12.2008 at the stage of final decree proceedings. The petitioner, except stating that the counsel engaged by him stopped practice, has not assigned any plausible explanation to condone the long delay of 2606 days, much less explained each day’s delay. Though the petitioner contends that the counsel engaged by him stopped practice, the docket of the suit reads that the suit was decreed as the counsel appearing for the petitioner herein reported no instructions. The petitioner having engaged a counsel to defend him, and he not being diligent in getting the ex parte decree set aside within reasonable time, the Court below has rightly refused to entertain the present application to condone the long and inordinate delay of 2606 days in filing the set aside application, and more so when the petitioner filed the same at the stage of final decree proceedings. For the foregoing reasons, this Court finds no reason whatsoever to interfere with the order under revision in exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The C.R.P. is devoid of merit, and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 25th June, 2010 KSR