S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.13516/2010 Ratan Service Station and Anr. Vs. M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Dated : 18.10.2010 HON'BLE MR. MAHESH BHAGWATI,J. Mr. Ajay Tyagi, for the petitioners. *** By way of the instant writ petition, the petitioners have beseeched to quash the order dated 20th April, 2010 whereby the learned trial Court did not allow the petitioners to file the written statement in the Court. Having considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners and carefully scanned the impugned order as also other relevant material on record, it is noticed that Shri PS Shukla, Advocate put his appearance on behalf of the petitioners- defendants, in the Court on 6th April, 2009. Thereafter, ten adjournments were sought by the learned counsel for the petitioners-defendants to file the written statement, but the petitioners failed to file the same. Consequently, on 17th August, 2009 the Court did not grant further adjournment to file the written statement as a period of ninety days had alreay expired. It is further noticed that the petitioners explained their inability in respect of not filing the written statements in between 17th August, -2- 2009 to 29th August, 2009, but he did not explain as to why did he not file the written statements prior to that. Despite giving ample opportunity and eleven adjournments, the petitioners-defendants failed to file the written statement within the stipulated period. The impugned order is found to be perfectly just and proper and suffers from no infirmity. I do not find any perversity in the order nor is it contrary to law. On the contrary, the learned trial Court is found to have been quite liberal in granting adjournments for filing the written statements. It is the petitioners only who were careless and in-sincere in their approach. The writ petition is found to be totally devoid of any substance and the same deserves to be dismissed at the threshold. In view of the above, the writ petition stands dismissed accordingly. (MAHESH BHAGWATI)J. Pcg item No.27.