THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED CRP No.4908 of 2009 Oral Order : This Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order dated 29-1-2009 in I.A.No.808 of 2006 in O.S.No.337 of 2001 passed by the court of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Narsipatnam. It is seen from the records that the respondent-plaintiff filed the suit inter alia for recovery of the suit amount for the contract works done by the respondent and that the petitioners herein were arrayed as defendants 1 and 2, and as they remained absent on 6-1-2006, an exparte decree was passed. The revision petitioners herein therefore filed I.A.No.808 of 2006 to condone the delay of 284 days in filing the petitioner to set aside the ex-parte decree. The Trial Court by its impugned order dismissed the I.A. Hence, this Revision. The reasons mentioned by the petitioners is that there was a change of Assistant Government Pleader in Narsipatnam and thus failed to enquire about the stage of the matter and that for getting the legal opinion from the Assistant Government Pleader in the lower Court and the Government Pleader in High Court some communication gap occurred and thus caused the delay. Having heard the learned counsel on either side and on perusal of the entire material on record , I am of the view that the trial Court ought to have allowed the I.A. filed for condonation of delay, so as to decide the matter on merits. In the circumstances, the impugned order is set aside and the I.A.No.808 of 2006 stands allowed. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is allowed. No costs. 26-3-2010 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED CRP No.4908 of 2009 26-3-2010