( 1 ) I propose to dispose off the Plaintiff s application filed on 7/4/1999 under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Procedure Code. ) for passing a decree on the basis of admissions stated to have been recorded in the Written statement filed by the Defendant, namely, M/s, M. M. Bhagat and Company. The claim in the plaint is for a sum of Rs. 17,94,629. 23 together with interest thereon, towards the occupation charges payable per day of rooms in the Plaintiff s Hotel Claridges. After several opportunities had not been availed of by the Defendant for putting in written Statement, the Plaintiff had been constrained to file on 18/3/1999 I. A. No. 3102/99 under Order VIII Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code. On the day when this application was listed before the Court for consideration, the written Statement was filed. Again, the Defendant pursued a policy of protraction and procrastination, inasmuch as a Reply to the Plaintiff s application under Order XII Rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Code. was filed on 15/9/1999, after costs were imposed for the delay. The Reply was accompanied by an application under Order VI