HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED C.R.P. No. 509 OF 2010 Friday, the twenty Eighth day of January, Two Thousand and Eleven Between The Gram Panchayat of Uppalapadu, Rep. by its Secretary U.Venkat Rao Petitioner AND Nandipati Sankara Prasad Respondent ORAL ORDER: This Civil Revision Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is filed by the petitioner - defendant in O.S. No.13 of 2003 assailing the order dated 18.1.2010 passed by the learned II District Judge, Guntur, dismissing I.A. No. 1294 of 2009 seeking permission of the court to receive petition schedule documents and to mark the same in evidence on its behalf. The respondent herein filed the above suit claiming damages against the Gram Panchayat. It is case of the petitioner herein that though PW-1 was cross examined with regard to the terms and conditions of the auction, but failed to mark the same and the agreement executed by the respondent in favour of the petitioner, as well. It is submitted that those documents are crucial for deciding the lis and, therefore, it is just and essential to receive the documents in evidence and mark the same. The Court below dismissed the said application observing that no reasons are assigned for not filing the documents though the petitioner, being a local body, was very much in possession of those documents and, therefore, when the petitioner itself was not diligent in filing the same till the stage of arguments, no indulgence can be shown. Aggrieved thereby, the present Civil Revision Petition is filed. As can be seen from the order impugned, the petition was dismissed on the sole ground that it was filed at a belated stage, though the petitioner being a local body, was in possession of the documents, which are sought to be presently filed. As sought to be contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the documents are crucial for just decision of the lis involved in the suit. That apart, it is in the interest of both the parties that the suit shall be decided once for all after affording reasonable opportunity to lead evidence. In that premise, I am of the considered view that the court below has erred in dismissing the petition. Consequently, I.A. No. 1294 of 2009 stands allowed. The Civil Revision Petition is allowed subject, however, to the condition of the petitioner paying costs quantified at Rs.2,000/- to the respondent. Since the suit is of the year 2003, the court below is directed to dispose of the suit expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. __________________________ Justice Ghulam Mohammed January 28, 2011 MAS