Sunday, February 6, 2022

leave to defend in summary SSGC suit

 

 

 

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE EAST AT KARACHI

 

Summary Suit NO. ____ / 2021

 

 

M/S Sui southern Gas Company Ltd------------------PLAINTIFF

 

VERSUS

 

Mr. Shahrukh Sajid Agha ----------------------------DEFENDENT

 

 

APPLICATION FOR UNCONDITIONALLY LEAVE TO DEFEND THE SUIT IN THE SHAPE OF WRITTEN STATEMENT, ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT.

 

 

       It is most respectfully prayed on behalf of Defendant that this Honorable court may be pleased to pass an order to  grant the UNCONDITIONAL LEAVE to defend the above titled suit on consideration of following substantional questions of law as well as  facts  which requires evidence to be recorded, as the same is very much mandatory in order to fulfill the ingredients of equity   and it is held by the superior courts that matter should be decided on merits instead of technicalities.

 

      The defendant has filed the present application for grant of unconditional leave to defend in above suit as the plaintiff came to this honourable court with unclean hands and with ulterior motives by concealment of real facts inspite of fact that no case under special chapter does not arise at all, Furthermore without seeking declaratory decree the question of filing of the suit for recovery under summary procedure does not arise at all, hence on this grounds, the defendant has good prima facie case against the plaintiff and have good locus standee, therefore the unconditional leave may be allowed in the interest of justice with the following facts and grounds.    

 

1. The suit is not maintainable on the face of record due to the reason that no cause of action accrued against the answering defendant.

 

2. That as per contents of the present suit the matter is for ordinary procedure instead of special procedure, as without seeking declaration in respect of so called recovery through summary suit, the plaintiff is not entitled to seek recovery from the defendant through this Hon’able court by filing suit under summary chapter.

 

3. That the plaintiff in his Para No.4 stated that the team conducted inspection on 11-11-2017 and in Para No.8 stated that the legal notice dated      10-12-2020 was sent, which crystal clear that the plaintiff sent legal notice after the lapse of        3 years and filed the  above suit after laps of       4 years without dely of condonation application as such the above suit is hopelessly time bared under Article 49 of Limitation Act and the same is liable to be dismissed with cost under section 35 A CPC.

 

4. That the defendant is not consumer of the Gas company and there is no Gas sale agreement was  executed between Gas utility company and defendant for sale and purchase of the Gas. It is submitted that the plaintiff company in its plaint enclosed the annexure as Annexure-B of agreement/contract is blank contract in which neither shows the name of the defendant nor any other person.   

 

5. That the Meter bearing consumer No.6848650000 is in the name of Mr. Younus Billys Garden as well as Inspection and testing was also conducted in the name of Mr.Younus. It is further submitted that the plaintiff in his Legal Notice dated 10-12-2020 (Annexure-H) addressed to Mr. Younus instead of defendant and the which shows the malafide intentions of the plaintiff.

Photocopy of bill bearing consumer No.6848650000 showing the name of the consumer Younus Billys Garden is enclosed as Annexure-A

 

6. That the claim of plaintiff against the defendant is false, frivolous and fictitious and the pictures as well as claim reports self generated by the officials of the plaintiff company hence this honorable may be pleased to grant leave to defend the suit unconditionally.

 

7. That the prayer clauses of the plaintiff are in contravention of the statutory provision of law hence illegal and liable to rejected and the suit of plaintiff is liable to be dismissed.

 

8. That  the plaintiff’s claim is false, baseless, exaggerated, arbitrary and based on concocted pleas and wrong accounts and the plaintiff has not come to this Hon’able court with clean hands hence the present suit may be dismissed with special compensatory costs, as the plaintiff’s claim is contradictory to the documents annexed with the plaint.

9. That no cause of action accrued to the plaintiff and the contents of the suit against Defendant based on surmises and the issues involved requires evidence and cannot be adjudicated summarily. Hence the suit is liable to dismiss against the Defendant.

 

PARAWISE REPLY

 

1. That the contents of Para No.1 of the plaint need no comments.  

 

2. That as regards of Para No.2 of the plaint, the  plaintiff has not produced general power of attorney of the managing director of SSGC who executed Sub Power of attorney in favour of syed Muhammad Hassan Meerza. It is submitted that plaintiff also failed to produce any resolution passed by Board of Directors regarding to the attorneys to file the suit hence the sub attorney is not competent to file the suit.

 

3. That the contents of Para No. 3 of the plaint are denied. It is submitted that the defendant is not consumer of the Gas Company and there is no Gas sale agreement was executed between Gas utility company for sale and purchase of the Gas. It is further submitted that the plaintiff company in its plaint enclosed the annexure as Annexure-B of agreement/contract which is blank agreement/contract in which neither shows the name of the defendant nor any other person as such the occupant/owner of the premises is father of the defendant.

 

4. That the contents of Para No. 3 of the plaint are denied. It is submitted that the defendant is neither the consumer of the plaintiff company nor the owner of the above flat and mere photographs does not show the owner/consumer of the Gas, the above flat is registered in the name of father of the defendant whereas the generator was not lying in the flat premises as such the above photographs are false and managed. It is further submitted that the plaintiff company neither at the time of inspection lodged complaint/FIR against the defendant nor recorded statement of any private person who deposed against the defendant as well as the plaintiff team did not seize any equipment from the site of the inspection if it was available.     

 

5. That the contents of Para No. 5 of the plaint are false, frivolous hence vehemently denied. it is submitted that no notice was issued by the plaintiff to the defendant for testing process of meter whereas all the procedure done by plaintiff company themselves without verifying the consumer name which shows the negligence on the part of the plaintiff as well as the plaintiff failed to produce any documentary evidence during the testing process of the meter and the names of the representatives in whose presence testing was conducted.

 

6. That the contents of Para No. 6 of the plaint are false, frivolous hence vehemently denied. It is reiterated that the defendant neither the consumer of the plaintiff company nor the owner of the premises for which this Hom’able court may be pleased to verify the consumer name from the bill. The plaintiff has not disclosed in the plaint that who verified that the defendant is the consumer of the gas connection and if the committee was constituted regarding to the assessment of quantum loss then the plaintiff in his plaint did not disclosed the name and designation of the said committee in whose presence the report was prepared. It is further submitted that the plaintiff company has made false and fabricated reports on the basis of imaginary determination which can be easily prepared by plaintiff and on the basis of false and self made reports the plaintiff filed the suit against the name of the wrong defendant, hence this suit is liable to be dismissed.    

 

 

7. That the contents of Para No.7 are vehemently denied, that no cause of action was accrued in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant to file the instant suit in the wrong name of defendant on one hand and after the lapse of 4 years on the other and is hopelessly time barred by the limitation act, hence the same is liable to be dismissed with cost.

 

8. That the content of Para No.8 of the plaint are denied. It is submitted that the defendant had not received any notice, the plaintiff attached the receipt of courier without confirmation and incomplete address. It is further submitted that the bailiff of the court informed about the case.  

 

9. The contents of Para No. 8 &9 need no comments.

 

10.    That the contents of prayer clauses of the suit are also vehemently denied. It is respectfully submitted that under the actual facts and circumstances of the matter stated above, the plaintiff is not entitled for any relief from this Hon’ble Court, and the suit under reply is liable to be dismissed with special cost, as the same has been filed by the plaintiff with malafide intention and ulterior motives and the same is based on false, fabricated, concocted, self created and factitious story

PRAYER

      It is therefore prayed on behalf of Defendant in the light of above mentioned reply that this Honorable Court may be pleased to pass an order by granting Unconditional Leave to defend the suit and dismiss the above titled suit against defendant by imposing heavy cost.

 

Karachi:

Dated:07-02-2011                       D E P O N E N T

                                       

 

                          

                                       ADVOCATE FOR DEFENDANT

 

VERIFICATION

 

                I, Shahrukh Sajid Agha S/o Sajid Salam Agha, Muslim, Adult, R/o Karachi, the defendant, in the above titled suit, do hereby verify on Oath that whatever is stated hereinabove, is true and correct to the best of my knowledge & information.

 

Karachi:

Dated:07-02-2011                       D E P O N E N T

                                  

Identified by me.

                                          A D V O C A T E

Sworn before me on Oath at Karachi on this 07 day of February 2022, by the deponent above named who is identified to me by Mr. Irfan Hyder Jaffri, Advocate, who is known to me personally.

 

COMMISSIONER FOR TAKING AFFIDAVITS

 


IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE EAST AT KARACHI

 

Summary Suit NO. ____ / 2021

 

 

M/S Sui southern Gas Company Ltd------------------PLAINTIFF

 

VERSUS

 

Mr. Shahrukh Sajid Agha ----------------------------DEFENDENT

 

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR

UNCONDITIONAL LEAVE TO DEFEND THE SUIT IN SHAPE

OF WRITTEN STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT

 

    I, Shahrukh Sajid Agha S/o Sajid Salam Agha, Muslim, Adult, R/o Karachi, do hereby state on oath as under:-

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1.   That I am defendant in the above titled suit and deponent of this affidavit, as such am fully conversant with the facts of the case.

 

2.   That the accompanying application for unconditional leave to defend in the shape of written statement on behalf of defendant has been drafted and filed under my instructions & on my behalf and the contents whereof are true and correct and the same alogwith contents of the memo of application may please be treated as part of this affidavit for the sake of brevity.

 

3. That the plaintiff in his Para No.4 stated that the team conducted inspection on 11-11-2017 and in Para No.8 stated that the legal notice dated    10-12-2020 was sent, which crystal clear that the plaintiff sent legal notice after the lapse of 3 years and filed the  above suit after laps of 4 years without dely of condonation application as such the above suit is hopelessly time bared under Article 49 of Limitation Act and the same is liable to be dismissed with cost under section 35 A CPC.

 

4. That the defendant is not consumer of the Gas company and there is no Gas sale agreement was  executed between Gas utility company and defendant for sale and purchase of the Gas. It is submitted that the plaintiff company in its plaint enclosed the annexure as Annexure-B of agreement/contract is blank contract in which neither shows the name of the defendant nor any other person.  

 

5.That the Meter bearing consumer No.6848650000 is in the name of Mr. Younus Billys Garden as well as Inspection and testing was also conducted in the name of Mr.Younus. It is further submitted that the plaintiff in his Legal Notice dated 10-12-2020 (Annexure-H) addressed to Mr. Younus instead of defendant and the which shows the malafide intentions of the plaintiff.

 

6.That the claim of plaintiff against the defendant is false, frivolous and fictitious and the pictures as well as claim reports self generated by the officials of the plaintiff company hence this honorable may be pleased to grant leave to defend the suit unconditionally.

 

7.That I say that until and unless my accompanying application is granted as prayed, I will be seriously prejudiced and shall suffer irreparable loss.

 

8.That whatever stated above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Karachi:

Dated:07-02-2011                  D E P O N E N T

                            

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