IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.3458 OF 2010 Between : Vempati Kasi Viswanadham ... PETITIONER A N D Sri Satya Surya Residency Flat Owners Welfare Association and another …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.3458 OF 2010 ORDER: This Civil Revision Petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, is directed against the order and decree, dated 14.06.2010 in I.A.No.464 of 2010 in O.S.No.336 of 2008, on the file of the V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam, whereunder and whereby, the application filed under XVIII Rule 3(A) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short, ‘CPC’) to permit the petitioner herein / defendant No.1 to adduce his evidence after adducing the evidence of other witnesses on his behalf, was dismissed on the ground that no reasons were assigned. 2. Heard. 3. Order XVIII Rule 3-A CPC reads as follows: “where a party himself wishes to appear as a witness, he shall so appear before any other witness on his behalf has been examined, unless the Court, for reasons to be recorded, permits him to appear as his own witness at a later stage.” 4. The above Rule no doubt, empowers the Court to permit a party to appear as his own witness at a later stage i.e., after examination of other witnesses on his behalf. Recording of reasons is thus an essential requirement of exercise of discretion by the Court. 5. No reason of whatsoever is assigned in the affidavit filed in support of the petition. No prejudice or disadvantage would be caused to the petitioner, if he is examined at the first instance and later other witnesses. In the absence of any reason or cause, the trial Court rightly dismissed the petition. Therefore, the impugned order does not suffer from any infirmities so as to call for the interference by this Court. 6. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ K.C.BHANU, J APRIL, 01 2011. YVL