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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : CRP(IO)/256/2025 ARUP KUMAR PATHAK S/O TARUN PATHAK, R/O VILL- GAHIA, P.O.- GAHIA, P.S.- SARTHEBARI, DIST- BARPETA, PIN-781307 VERSUS DHARANI DHAR NATH AND ANR S/O LATE BANCHIT NATH, R/O VILL AND P.O.- GAHIA, P.S.- SARTHEBARI, DIST- BARPETA, PIN-781307 2:BANAMALI DAS S/O LT. DUMBARUDHAR DAS R/O PALANGDIHATI BARPETA TOWN WARD P.S.- BARPETA DIST- BARPETA (ASSAM) PIN-78130 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S SAHU, S SHAHI,MS A ROY Advocate for the Respondent : ,
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MRIDUL KUMAR KALITA
ORDER 10.07.2025
1. Heard Mr. S.Sahu, the learned counsel for the petitioner.
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2. This civil revision petition has been registered on filing of an application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India impugning the
order dated 26.03.2025, passed by the Court of the learned Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Barpeta in Money Suit No. 13/2024, whereby the prayer of the petitioner seeking further time for filing written statement was rejected. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is arrayed as defendant in the Money Suit No. 13/2024, which has been filed by the respondents before the Court of the learned Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Barpeta. He submits that the summons issued by the Trial Court were duly served on the petitioner, in spite of that he failed to submit the written statement. 4. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the Trial Court also allowed the petitioner to file written statement after an extended time was granted to him, subject to payment of cost of Rs. 1,000/-. However, the petitioner failed to file the written statement even after the said order. 5. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that though apparently, the impugned order does not have any legal error, however, if the petitioner is derived from filing the written statement , he would be deprived of his chances to place his case before the Trial Court. 6. He submits that he is ready to file the written statement on the next date fixed, i.e. on 14.07.2025, subject to any condition which may be
Page No.# 3/3 imposed by this Court. 7. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 8. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court proposes to dispose of this civil revision petition without issuing notice to the respondents. Though, the Trial Court’s order does not suffer from any vice, it has rightly rejected the prayer for filing of the written statement once the petitioner had failed to file the written statement even after extended time was granted to him. However, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and for the ends of justice, one last chance is granted to the petitioner to file the written statement in Money Suit No. 13/2024, pending before the Court of the learned Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Barpeta on the next date fixed, i.e. on 14.07.2025, subject to payment of cost of Rs.
5,000/- in addition to the cost which has already been imposed on the petitioner by the Trial Court (Rs. 1,000/-). The payment of cost shall be condition precedent to the filing of the written statement by the petitioner, on deposit of cost by the petitioner, the same shall be given to the plaintiffs by the Trial Court. 9. With the above observations, this civil revision petition is
disposed of accordingly.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant