CMPMO 188 of 2008. 25.8.2008 Present: Mr. Sanjay Jaswal, counsel for the petitioners. Mr. Rahul Mahajan, counsel for the respondents. Defendants have filed this petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order of the learned trial Court passed on 7.6.2008 in an application under Order 6 Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure declining amendment to the written statement. Learned counsel has assailed the order on a number of grounds. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. It is urged by learned counsel appearing for the defendants-petitioners that law relating to amendments is very liberal and the principles governing amendment of plaints do not apply for written statements where the approach of Court should be very liberal. Even applying this approach, I find that the order of the trial Court cannot be faulted with. The learned Court holds that the matter has been remanded three times by the appellate Court for decision and the amendment is nothing but a ploy to prolong litigation. This petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. August 25, 2008 (PC). (Dev Darshan Sud), J.