THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH C.R.P.NO.5997 OF 2010 O R D E R Heard the counsel for the petitioner at the stage of admission. 2. Aggrieved by the order and decree dated 3.12.2010 passed by the court of Junior Civil Judge, Godavarikhani, Karimnagr in I.A.No.643/2010 in O.S.No.181/2009 in dismissing the petition filed by the plaintiff under Section 151 of C.P.C. seeking reopening of the case of the plaintiff for adducing further evidence, the present revision is filed. 3. From the material available on record, it could be seen that the plaintiff filed the suit for recovery of money based on a chit transaction. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff was reported as closed and thereafter the evidence of the defendants was also completed and the matter is posted for arguments and at this stage, the plaintiff filed the present petition seeking reopening of evidence on its side on the ground that the whereabout of the attester of the chit agreement was not available at the time of leading evidence and since the same are available now, the present petition is filed. 4. It is to be seen that the plaintiff shall plead and prove that in spite of due diligence, he could not trace the whereabouts of the attesters. Mere statement in the affidavit is not sufficient. The trial court has found that the plaintiff had opportunity to adduce his part of the evidence. Therefore, in spite of having opportunity, the plaintiff failed to avail the same and did not satisfactorily show that in spite of due diligence he could not trace the whereabouts of the attester of the chit agreement and when the matter is at the stage of arguments, filed the present petition, which is nothing but dragging the proceedings and the trial court has rightly dismissed the petition. I do not find any reason to interfere with the same and the revision is devoid of any merits and the same is dismissed at the stage of admission. AVS ---------------------------------- ----- 24—12—2010