THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI Civil Revision Petition No. 1559 of 2011 Dated: 28.04.2011 Between: Dusanapudi Somasundar, Tadepalligudem. … Petitioner And The Indian Jornalists Union, Rep., by its President, New Delhi and 2 others. … Respondents THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI Civil Revision Petition No. 1559 of 2011 O R D E R : The revision petitioner is the plaintiff in O.S.No.84 of 2011 on the file of the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Tadepalligudem. The said suit was posted to 11.04.2011 for service of notice through Court and register post. The plaintiff moved an application I.A.(Sr.)No.2235 of 2011 seeking permission to serve the summons and to send the copies of the plaint, petitions, notices etc., by e-mail stating that the defendants are at different regions and the service of suit summons and notices etc., is not possible within the stipulated time so as to enable the petitioner/plaintiff to obtain the necessary relief. I.A.(Sr).No.2235 of 2011 filed by the petitioner/plaintiff under Order 5 Rule 9 of C.P.C. was returned by the Court below on 01.04.2011 on the ground that there was no provision under C.P.C. for service by e-mail and therefore, the petition was not maintainable. Aggrieved by the same, the present revision petition is filed. Learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset pointed out that order 5 Rule 9 of C.P.C. has been amended by Amendment Act, 22 of 2002 with effect from 01.07.2002 providing for service of summons by means of transmission of documents including fax message or electronic mail service. Having regard to the amended provision, the Court below was not justified in rejecting the application as not maintainable at the threshold. Therefore, the Court below is hereby directed to entertain I.A.(Sr.).No. 2235 of 2011 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law taking into consideration Order 5 Rule 9 of C.P.C as amended by Act 22 of 2002. The Civil Revision Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. Registry is directed to return the original I.A.(Sr.) No.2235 of 2011 to the learned counsel for the petitioner to enable him to re-present the same before the Court below. _______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 28 .04.2011 Note: issue C.C. in two days. B/o KLP