IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CMPMO No.603 of 2009 Decided on : July 16, 2010 Kanta Devi …Petitioner Versus Gian Chand and others …Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner : Mr. Neel Kamal Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Neeraj Gupta, Advocate. Surjit Singh, J. (Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner, who has filed a suit in Civil Court, is aggrieved by the order of the said Civil Court by which his application for permission to file replication, which was presented on 30.3.2009, has been rejected. 3. Suit was filed in the year 2005. Written Statement was also filed in the year 2005. Issues were also framed in the year 2005. Application, seeking permission of the Court to file replication, was moved in the year 2009. As a matter of fact, plaintiff should have sought permission to file replication as soon as the written statement was filed and in any case before framing of the issues. He having not done so and having sought the permission four years after the framing of issues, no fault can be found with the order of the trial Court. Hence, petition is dismissed. …2… 4. Parties are directed to appear before the Trial Court on 26th July, 2010. CMP No.870/2009 In view of the disposal of the main petition, this application stands disposed of as infructuous. July 19, 2010 (ss) (Surjit Singh), J