-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUMMARY SUIT NO. 636 OF 1993. Dena Bank. ..Plaintiff. Versus M/s. Navin Transport Corporation ..Defendant. Mr. A. R. Bamne for the plaintiff. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : January 13, 2010. P. C. : 1. This is the suit filed under the provisions of Order-XXXVII, Rule-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for recovery of an amount of Rs. 6,79,015/-. Writ of summons was issued on 31st March 1993 and it was handed over to the plaintiff for service upon the defendant. However, till date the plaintiff has not taken steps to serve this writ of summons on the defendant. 2. The suit was placed for direction before this Court on 6th January 2010. After hearing the learned counsel for the plaintiff, this Court passed following order. "The writ of summons was issued to the plaintiff on 31.3.1993. However, the plaintiff has not filed any service affidavit disclosing whether the defendants were served or not. In that view of the matter, office is directed to place the above suit under the caption "dismissal" for want of compliance under Rule-227 of the Bombay High Court (Original Side), Rules, 1980." -: 2 :- 3. Today, the matter is placed under the caption of "dismissal" for want of steps under Rule 227 of the Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980. Learned counsel for the plaintiff is unable to give any cause, muchless the sufficient cause as to why the steps are not taken for service of the writ of summons on the defendants since 1993. In that view of the matter, suit is dismissed under the provisions of Rule 227 of the Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980. (R.V. MORE, J.)