KJ 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICUATURE AT MUMBAI ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUMMARY SUIT NO.2830 OF 1988 The Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay .. Plaintiffs Vs. Liaquat Ali Ghani .. Defendant ---- Mr.U. J. Makhija @ Mr.P. Kandhar i/by Mulla & Mulla for the plaintiffs. None for the defendant. ---- CORAM : R.S.MOHITE, J DATE : 21/7/2010 P. C.: 1 This is a Summary Suit filed by the plaintiffs for recovery of an amount of Rs.1,46,000/- together with further interest on the sum of Rs. 1,40,636.80/- at the rate of 15 % per annum from the date of the suit till payment or realization. The plaintiffs are the Board of Trustees of the port of Bombay. They have today filed an affidavit in lieu of evidence dated 21.7.2010 and the compilation of original documents. Both, the affidavits and the compilation of original documents are taken on record. KJ 2 2 It is the case of the plaintiffs that the charges claimed are in view of wharfage, demurrage and warehousing charges. All the dues are statutory dues. 3 The defendant has failed to appear in spite of service. A chamber order was obtained for substituted service and an affidavit dated 12.2.2009 has been filed through substituted service. The suit is therefore, uncontested. All the averments made in the plaint are therefore, deemed to have been admitted. On perusal of the affidavit in lieu of evidence and the original documents, I find that the claim of the plaintiffs has been duly proved. Ten documents are marked as Exhibit-A (colly). Office to mark the original documents. The suit stands decreed in terms of prayer clause-(a). (R.S.MOHITE,J.)