1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O. O. C. J. NOTICE OF MOTION NO.2848 OF 2009 IN SUIT NO.3673 OF 1997 The Gujarat State Handicraft Development Corporation Ltd. ...Plaintiff. Vs. Rinkoo Enterprises & Anr. ...Defendants. .... Ms.Kumud A. Bhatia for the Plaintiff. Mr. Cirag Shah i/b.Sunil R. Rawal for the Defendants. ..... CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J. August 6, 2009. P.C. The Notice of Motion has been taken out for condoning the delay in filing the Written Statement and for taking the Written Statement on record. The writ of summons was served in March 2000. The suit appeared for directions on 4th October 2007. The suit appeared before the Prothonotary & Senior Master on 8th July 2005 and was directed to be transferred to the list of undefended suits. The Notice of Motion has been taken out on 4th August 2009. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, in the interests of justice, it 2 would be proper for the Court to condone the delay in filing the Written Statement and to allow the Defendants to contest the suit, subject to the payment of costs quantified at Rs.10,000/-. Payment of costs shall be a condition precedent and be effected within a period of one week from today. Upon the payment of costs, the Written Statement shall be filed within a period of four weeks and the suit shall be placed on board on 23rd September 2009 for framing issues. In the event that the costs are not paid, the suit shall be placed on board under the same caption of undefended suit for ex-parte decree. ....