IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.7694 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision 20.01.2011 Ajmer Singh ...... Petitioner VERSUS Mangat Ram ...... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.S.S.Kharb, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Harkesh Manuja, Advocate, for the respondent. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J: This petition is directed against the order dated 09.09.2010, passed by Addl. Civil Judge (Senior Division), Panipat, whereby the application, filed by the petitioner-defendant (herein referred as 'the petitioner') for amendment of the written statement was dismissed. Earlier, the petitioner had filed a suit for permanent injunction claiming that he had previous dealings with the respondent but in the written statement, due to inadvertence, he averred that he never maintained any running account with him. The fault, for which the amendment has been sought, appears to have been committed by him, due to inadvertence particularly when in a previous suit filed by him he had stated that he had money dealings with the respondent. In any case, the proposed amendment would not change the nature of the written statement. However, the respondent could be compensated for the said delay. Resultantly, this petition is allowed, the impugned order is set aside and the petitioner is allowed to file the amended written statement subject to payment of Rs.5,000/- as costs. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 20.01.2011 mamta-II