- 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. jmi SUIT NO.184 OF 1990. M/s.Astra Enterprises. ..Plaintiff. vs. M/s. Hooghly Ink Co.(Bombay) Ltd. ..Defendant. .... Mr. A.S.Karwande, for the Plaintiff. None for the Defendant. .... CORAM CORAM CORAM: S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. DATE DATE DATE : 6TH MARCH, 2009 : 6TH MARCH, 2009 : 6TH MARCH, 2009. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . The learned Advocate for the plaintiff tenders his letter addressed to the plaintiff dated 20th February 2009 whereunder he has informed the plaintiff that the suit will come up for hearing before this Court on 6th March 2009 and if he fails to appear on that day, the suit may be dismissed. 2. A copy of this Court’s orders dated 13th February 2009 and 17th February 2009 were also forwarded to the plaintiff. The plaintiff was asked by the learned Advocate to forthwith contact him since according to the learned Advocate a writ of summons was also not served on the defendant. - 2 - 3. The learned Advocate has submitted today that the said letter has come back from the postal authorities with an endorsement "left". The learned Advocate has informed the Court that the plaintiff has not bothered to contact him after the suit was instituted in the year 1990. The letter dated 20th February 2009 written by the learned Advocate for the plaintiff alongwith the packet which is returned by the postal authorities with endorsement "left" is taken on record and marked ‘X’ for identification. 4. In view of the above, it is clear that the plaintiff is not interested in prosecuting the suit and has not bothered to contact his client in the last almost 19 years and has not even informed his Advocate about his change of address. 5. In view thereof, this Court is constrained to dismiss the suit for want of prosecution. [S.J.KATHAWALLA, [S.J.KATHAWALLA, [S.J.KATHAWALLA, J.] J.] J.]