-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.1374 OF 2009 The President, Jay Bharat Shikshan Sanstha & Anr. : Petitioners V/s. Shri Vitthal Shivdas Bhojane & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.M.S.Topkar for the petitioners. Mr.N.V.Bandiwadekar for respondent no.1. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : FEBRUARY 24, 2009. P.C. 1. The petitioners have challenged the order of the Presiding Officer, School Tribunal, Kolhapur, rejecting their application for amendment of the Written Statement. Admittedly, the appeal was filed sometime in the year 2003 and was closed for decision after hearing the parties sometime in 2007. Thereafter, the Member of the School Tribunal was transferred. Hence, the appeal could not be decided. Even now it is at the stage of final argument. There is no dispute that the respondent’s arguments have been concluded and at that stage, the petitioners who are the respondents, filed an application for amendment of the Written Statement in respect of certain facts which must -: 2 :- have been within their knowledge since they pertain to the year 1998 and 1995. Having regard to the analogous principles of Order VI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, there is no merit in the application. The Tribunal has rightly rejected the amendment application. There is no error of law apparent on the face of the order of the Tribunal. 2. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. S.A. BOBDE, J.