(1.) C. R. P. No. 3867 of 1983 has been filed by defendants 1, 3 and 4 in O.S.No. 129 of 1983 on the file of the Principal Civil Judge, Mangalore. They have challenged the order dated 25-10-1983 passed on I. A. S. Nos. IV and V. C. R. P. No. 598 of 1984 has been filed by defendant 2 in the said suit challenging the very order. The Principal Civil Judge has, by the impugned order, granted leave to the defendants to defend the suit but on terms, namely, the defendants furnishing security for due performance of the decree that may be passed if the plaintiff succeeds in the suit. He has further directed the defendants to file their written statement within a period of one month from the date of the order.
(2.) C. R. P. No. 3867 of 1983 has been admitted and the impugned order has been stayed. C.R.P. No. 598 of 1984 has come up for admission. Respondent-1 plaintiff has filed IA. No. II in C.R.P. No. 3867 of 1983 requesting the Court to vacate the interim order of stay. The Counsel appearing on both sides in C.R.P. No. 3867 of 1983 submitted that the C.R.P. be heard and disposed of on merits. The Counsel for the petitioner in C.R.P. No. 598 of 1984 submitted, in my opinion rightly, that the fate of this petition depends on the result of C.R.P. No. 3867 of 1983.
(3.) Respondent-1-plaintiff filed the said suit for recovery of certain amounts. The suit was filed under O.37 Civil PC as a summary suit. The procedure duly prescribed in O.37 R.3, CPC, was indisputably complied with by the trial Court. The defendants entered appearance in accordance with O.37 R.3(3) Civil PC. The plaintiff took steps as per the provisions in sub-r.(4) of R.3 of O.37, C.P.C. Summons for judgment in Form No. 4A in Appendix B was duly served. The defendants took necessary steps under sub-r.(5) of the said provision and thereupon the matter was heard in the course of which elaborate arguments were advanced and the learned Civil Judge passed the impugned order.