CR No. 1831 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 1831 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 1.4.2009 M/s Amar Singh Sohan Singh .. Petitioner v. Santokh Singh .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Karan Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 18.3.2009, passed by learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ferozepur, whereby the application filed by the petitioner for leading additional evidence to prove affidavit dated 30.4.2005 on record, has been dismissed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the affidavit, which is sought to be produced by way of additional evidence, has bearing on the case as vide that affidavit sworn by Kulwant Singh, the entire case set up by the respondent- plaintiff will be demolished. He further submitted that for the delay, the respondent-plaintiff can be compensated with costs. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any merit in the submissions made. Earlier the evidence of the petitioner was closed by order of the Court on 21.11.2007. The same was challenged before this Court and on payment of Rs. 5,000/- as costs, this Court granted one opportunity to the petitioner to complete his entire evidence vide order dated 27.3.2008. In spite of that, affidavit dated 30.4.2005, which is now sought to be produced in additional evidence, was not produced. The petitioner closed his evidence on 30.4.2008. Thereafter, application for additional evidence was filed nearly one year after the closure of his evidence when the case was fixed for arguments. It seems that the same has been filed just to delay the proceedings. There is no justification for permitting the petitioner to produce affidavit dated 30.4.2005 in additional CR No. 1831 of 2009 [2] evidence, when ample opportunity was available to the petitioner to produce the same in the evidence led by him. Accordingly, the revision petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 1.4.2009 mk