(1.) These appeals have been preferred against the impugned judgment and order, dated 20.10.2011, passed by the High Court of Allahabad, (Lucknow Bench) in Writ Petition No.764 of 2002 (MS), by way of which, the High Court has set aside the order of the trial court dated 20.2.2002 by which it had rejected the application under Order IX Rule 13 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the 'CPC'), for setting aside the judgment and decree dated 22.5.2000 in Misc. Case No. 66 of 1999.
(2.) Facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals are that:
(3.) We have heard Shri S. Naphade and Shri Pradip Kant, learned counsel appearing for the appellants and Shri Rakesh Dwivedi, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondents, as regards the issues, particularly with respect to the extent that the provisions of the CPC are applicable to these proceedings, and further, in relation to whether an application under Order IX Rule 13 CPC can be maintained by a person who was never a party to the suit, and lastly, in the event that such an application is not maintainable, whether such relief can be granted in exercise of the inherent powers under Section 151 CPC.