An admission made in the pleadings can be explained or clarified but cannot be withdrawn or retracted.

Rule. The learned Counsel for the respondents waives service. Heard finally by consent of the parties.

2. The petitioner/original plaintiff is challenging the order dated 8/08/2016 below application Exhibit 68 passed by the learned Civil Judge Junior Division, Pernem in Regular Civil Suit No.30/2006. By the impugned order, application for amendment of plaint filed by the petitioner has been dismissed.

3. The brief facts are that the petitioner has filed the aforesaid suit against the respondents for a declaration that the petitioner is in exclusive possession and enjoyment of the suit property excluding the house existing therein as shown in the plan and for a further declaration that one Apa Bapu Parab or the defendants 3,4 & 5 have no right, title or interest whatsoever in the suit property and that they have never been in possession or enjoyment of the same. The petitioner is also seeking declaration that the entry in Form no.I & XIV pertaining to the suit property showing the name of Apa Bapu Parab in Occupant's column is erroneous and that the judgment and order dated 14/10/2005 passed by the learned Joint Mamltdar, Pernem is not binding on the petitioner.

4. Indisputably, the trial has not commenced in the suit. Earlier, the petitioner filed an application Exhibit 57 for amendment of the plaint which was rejected by the Trial Court on 16/07/2015. The petitioner filed an application for review of the order which was also rejected. The petitioner challenged these orders before this Court in Writ Petition No.163/2016 which was allowed to be withdrawn on 27/06/2016. The petitioner had contended in the said petition that he proposes to amend the plaint by including the prayer clause for incorporating appropriate prayers and then file an application for production of additional documents. This Court while permitting withdrawal has observed that in the event such an application is filed the Trial Court shall decide the same on its own merits and in accordance with law. All the rival contentions of the parties were left open. Thereafter, the petitioner filed application Exhibit 68 for amendment of plaint. Indisputably, the said application is a replica of the earlier application which was rejected except the last three paras of the proposed amendment which are as under:

At para 12, 2nd last line, delete word “adverse”.

At prayer “AA” before prayer “a”.

For a Judgment and Decree, declaring that the Plaintiff is the co-owner of the property under Survey No.184/19 of Village Alorna.

Add para 28 A

The Plaintiff is entitled for a Judgment and Decree, declaring that the Plaintiff is the co-owner of the property under Survey No.184/19 of Village Alorna.

5. The learned Trial Court has dismissed the said application holding that the present application is similar to the one filed earlier, which was rejected. It has also been held that the petitioner cannot withdraw the case of adverse possession as set up in the plaint. In para 14 of the impugned order, the learned Trial Court has found that the case as originally set up in the plaint was to declare the petitioner as the sole and absolute owner in exclusive possession and enjoyment of the suit property by adverse possession, which is now sought to be changed, as the petitioner is now claiming to be the co-owner. In that view of the matter, the application has been dismissed.

6. I have heard the learned Counsel for the parties and perused record.

7. It is submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the suit is at a stage where the trial has not commenced. It is submitted that amendment has to be liberally allowed particularly when the trial has not commenced. It is submitted that the petitioner had inadvertently mentioned in para 12 of the plaint that the petitioner is in possession by way of adverse possession. It is submitted that now the petitioner has come in possession of certain documents which show that the petitioner is the co-owner. It is submitted that this Court had