Civil Revision No. 353 of 2009 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 353 of 2009 Date of decision: 22.01.2009 Mothu Ram and others ...Petiitioners Versus Pushpa Devi and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. Present: Mr. Ravindra Jain, Advocate, for the petitioners. ***** S.D.ANAND, J. The plaintiffs-petitioners have a grievance that closure of their evidence by the learned Trial Court, vide order dated 10.9.2008, was unjust. The following order was passed by the learned Trial Court on 10.9.2008:- “No evidence of the plaintiff is present since morning. Ld. Counsel for the plaintiff has prayed the adjournment. Perusal of the record reveals that it was already last opportunity. Even on the previous occasion the last opportunity was executed to the plaintiff for procuring the evidence. However plaintiff is not concluding the evidence in spite of the fact that issues in this case was framed way back on 15.12.2000, sufficient opportunities have been availed by the plaintiff for leading Civil Revision No. 353 of 2009 -2- *** evidence, hence there is no justification to adjourn the case for further plaintiff evidence, the evidence of the plaintiff is hereby closed by order. Further perusal of the record reveals that there is counter-claim filed by the defendant No.1 to 10 on record. Let the evidence of the counter-claim be called for 23.10.2008.” It would be apparent from a perusal thereof that the evidence of the plaintiffs-petitioners was ordered to be closed by the Court after two last opportunities had been granted to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner is not in a position to argue that sufficient opportunities had not been afforded to the plaintiffs- petitioners to adduce their evidence. All that he argues is that yet another adjournment may be afforded to the plaintiffs-petitioners to adduce their evidence. The facts and circumstances of the case do not warrant the grant of that request. The petition is ordered to be dismissed in limine. January 22, 2009 (S.D.Anand) Pka Judge