THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.5562 of 2011 O R D E R: The Civil Revision Petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, is directed against the docket order, dated 30.11.2011, in S.R.No.4522 of 2011 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Warangal in ordering notice to the respondents in order to decide the maintainability of the document vide Doct.No.1156, dated 18.04.1992 for agreement of sale. 2. Heard. 3. The plaint was filed for specific performance of agreement of sale. If the pleadings do not attract Article 54 of the Limitation Act, 1963 (for short, ‘the Act’), the plaint has to be rejected. Therefore, the question of issuing notice to the respondents/defendants at that stage does not arise. If the suit is not barred by Article 54 of the Act, then the plaint has to be numbered. At subsequent stage, the defendants may come forward with an application to reject the plaint if there are any grounds for rejection of plaint as contemplated under Order VII Rule 11 C.P.C. Therefore, issuing notice to the respondents/defendants before numbering the plaint is not contemplated under the Act. So, it is for the Court to decide to number the plaint basing on the allegations made in the plaint. This aspect of the case has not been decided by the trial Court. Hence, the impugned order is set aside and the matter is remanded to the trial Court to decide whether the allegations made in the plaint are barred by limitation under Article 54 of the Act or not and take appropriate decision in accordance with law. 4. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is allowed. There shall be no order as to costs. _​_____________________ JUSTICE K.C.BHANU 30th December, 2011 AMD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.5562 of 2011 Date:30.12.2011 AMD