IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT NO. 2322 of 1984 Meena Construction Company .. Plaintiff versus HIndustan Gas & Industries Ltd. & Anr. Defendants ... Mr.V.T. Bhagat i/b Vasant & Co. for the plff. Mr.C.D. Patel i/b Kanga & Co. for the defendants. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK,J. DATED : 22nd July 2005. P.C.: 1. Heard learned counsel for the plaintiff. Learned counsel for the defendant reports no instructions. 2. Suit is for recovery of money. The defendant have not filed written statement for a period of more than 20 years. Hence, suit of the plaintiff is decreed under Order 8 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure in terms of prayer clause with the modification that interest would be charged at 9% p.a. from the date of the suit till payment. D.G. KARNIK, J