1 mp t IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUMMARY SUIT NO. 154 OF 1999 BASF India Ltd. .. Plaintiff versus Miss Terencia Fernandes .. Defendant ... None present for the plaintiff. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED : 15th April 2009 P.C.: 1. The plaintiff and its advocate are absent when called. 2. The record discloses that on 8th October 2001 writ of summons was handed over to the defendant. However, the writ of summons was not lodged by the plaintiff to the office of Sheriff for service. By a chamber order dated 2nd November 2003 passed by the Addl. Prothonotary, time for lodging of the writ of summons in the office of Sheriff of 2 Bombay was extended by four weeks. Thereafter there is no record to show that the plaintiff had lodged the writ of summons to the office of Sheriff of Bombay for service within the extended time. The plaintiff has thereafter not taken any steps for service of summons on the defendant. 3. As no steps have been taken by the plaintiff even since the extension of time from November 2003 till today for service on the defendant the suit is dismissed for non prosecution. (D.G. KARNIK, J)