The petitioner is the defendant in O.S.No.693 of 2015 on the file of the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District. The said suit was filed by the respondent/plaintiff for recovery of a sum of Rs.8,42,088/-. After closure of the respondent-plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant failed to adduce evidence and the trial Court closed his evidence. Thereupon, the petitioner-defendant filed I.A.No. 1358 of 2015 to reopen the suit to enable it to lead evidence and I.A.No.1238 of 2015 to recall DW.1. The I.As. were initially allowed by the trial Court conditionally. However, the petitioner-defendant failed to comply with the condition of being present on the date stipulated for cross-examination. Thereupon, the trial Court dismissed I.A.No.1238 of 2015 on 04.02.2016. The matter was posted for further evidence of the defendant on 11.02.2016. However, on the said date, there was no representation for the petitioner-defendant again. The trial Court accordingly closed the defendant’s evidence and posted the case for arguments. At this stage, the petitioner-defendant filed I.A.No.458 of 2016 for reopening the evidence of DW.1 and I.A.No.459 of 2016 for recalling DW.1 for further evidence. By separate orders dated 28.04.2016, the trial Court dismissed both I.As. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner-defendant is before this Court. C.R.P.No.2546 of 2016 relates to the order passed in I.A.No.458 of 2016, while C.R.P.No.2547 of 2016 pertains to I.A.No.459 of 2016.
