IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 5489 of 2009 Date of decision : 20.1.2010 Agya Ram ....Petitioner Versus Assa Nand Kalra ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Gautam Kaile, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Advocate for the respondent. S. D. ANAND, J. The plea filed by the petitioner herein (and also the petitioner before the learned Trial Court), under order 6 Rule 17 read with Section 151 C.P.C., for amendment of the written statement came to be negatived by the learned Trial Court on the premise that it had been filed after inordinate delay. In that context, it was noticed that the suit had been filed on 6.11.2003. Issues were framed on 11.10.2005 and petitioner herein had already availed of five opportunities for concluding his evidence. It was further noticed, in the context, that the date on which the impugned plea came to be filed was noticed on record as the last and final opportunity to conclude its evidence. Learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, is not in a position to indicate any factual inaccuracy in the order aforementioned. There can be no dispute with the proposition that the trial in the matter had already commenced and the only justification offered for the proposed amendment was that the petitioner herein had come to be represented by a changed counsel in the meantime. This, I am clear in my mind, does not furnish a good ground for allowance of amendment petition. The petition shall stand dismissed accordingly. January 20, 2010 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE