THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.3710 OF 2007 ORDER: The petitioner filed this revision under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking to assail the correctness of the order dated 02.08.2007 in I.A.No.710 of 2007 in O.S.No.186 of 2002 on the file of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Narasaraopet, in rejecting the application filed under Order XVI Rule 10 and Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking to summon the Sub- Registrar, Mangalagiri, for examining him as witness on behalf of the petitioner-plaintiff. The facts, in brief, which are necessary for disposal of this revision, are that the petitioner has filed suit for recovery of money basing on a registered mortgage deed dated 28.10.1991 and the same has been denied by the defendant, which necessitated him to prove the same. Though the petitioner appears to have produced two attestors for the document, they did not turn up to give for evidence and hence, their evidence was eschewed. The present application was filed to summon the Sub-Registrar, Mangalagiri. Without properly considering the same, the Court below dismissed the said application. Hence, the revision. Having considered the submissions made and on perusal of the material available on record, it is seen that the present application is nothing but a step-in-aid process of establishing the case on which the petitioner sought to place reliance for the purpose of the said relief. In fact, all such steps in such process should ultimately be allowed to be exercised rather than denying the same. It is well established that the Rules of Procedure are meant to aid the parties but not to punish them, more so, when the parties come forward with the applications of this nature to participate in the proceedings, necessarily, the Courts should be more liberal and should be in such a manner that opportunities are provided, failing which, there will be one-sided orders, which should be avoided. In view of the same, I do not find any justification on the part of the Court below to reject the said application, more so, even to say that there are no merits in the application or any bona fides on the part of the petitioner. Further, it is needless to reiterate that any step taken by one side can always be rebuttal step on the other side. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is allowed and consequently, I.A.No.710 of 2007 is also allowed. No costs. _________________ (B.PRAKASH RAO, J) 26th August 2010 RRB