1 IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT SUIT SUIT NO. 1008 of NO. 1008 of NO. 1008 of 1985 The Steel Autho. of India Ltd & anr .. Plff versus Jamshedpur Trans. Corpn. .. Defendant Mr.Sanjeev Singh i/b Nari. & Nari.for Plff None for Defendant CORAM CORAM CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J : D.G. KARNIK, J : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED DATED DATED : 11th August, 2005. : 11th August, 2005. : 11th August, 2005. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the plaintiff. None present for the defendant. The defendant has not filed any written statement for nearly 20 years. The suit is for recovery of money. In the absence of the written statement suit of the plaintiff is decreed under Order 8 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b) with modification that interest would be payable at the rate of 9 % p.a. from the date of the suit till payment. 2 D.G.KARNIK, J