Short Note : 1. The revision is by the plaintiff against the order of the trial Court closing the case for argument and refusing to adjourn the hearing. Held : The plaintiff filed the instant suit for possession based on title in the Court of Civil Judge, Bijawar. The plaintiff had succeeded in the Revenue Courts but in a proceeding. under section 145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure an adverse order was passed holding that the defendant to be in possession of the suit property. The settling date was on 21-3-1975 and the case was posted for recording of evidence on 16-6-1975. On that date when the case was called at about 10.45 A.M., the plaintiff moved an application that his counsel from Chhatarpur had not come due to some unavoidable circumstances and the hearing should be adjourned. The trial Court rejected the application, recorded the statement of the plaintiff and also the statements of the defendant's witnesses and closed the case for arguments. It may be mentioned that that was the first date of recording of evidence and on that day it could not be said that the suit was too old as the suit has been filed only on 24-8-1974. The plaintiff had engaged a counsel from Chhatarpur and he had taken all steps necessary for prosecution of his suit. If for some reason which was beyond the control of the plaintiff his counsel did not arrive in the Court from Chhittarpur in time conducting the case on his behalf, the plaintiff cannot at all be blamed nor held responsible. There have been no laches on the part of the plaintiff in conducting the suit so far. Since the plaintiff had engaged a counsel who had agreed to conduct the case on his behalf till the last moment on 16-6-1975 the plaintiff had no information that the counsel would not turn up. So there was no question of his taking any steps for engaging another counsel before the case was called. The trial Court ought to have adjourned the case as the prayer was neither vexatious nor unreasonable. The defendant could have been compensated for the costs incurred by him in keeping his witnesses present on that date. Revision allowed.