Hon'ble CHAUHAN, J.—The defendant-petitioner, Ramesh Chand Sharma, has challenged the order dated 11.1.2013 filed by the Additional District Judge No.18, Jaipur Metropolitan, Jaipur, whereby the learned Jude has rejected his application filed under Order 6 Rule 17 read with Section 151 CPC, for permitting certain amendment in the written-statement filed by him.

2. The brief facts of the case are that in April 2009 the plaintiff-respondent, Banshidhar Sharma, filed a civil suit against the petitioner. Subsequently, the petitioner filed his written-statement wherein in para 13 he has typed the words ^^jlwe c<+k p<+k dj** (valuation of the property is too high), instead of the words ^^jlwe c<+k p<+k dj** (lesser valuation of the property). Since the valuation of the property would determine the court-fees to be paid by the plaintiff-respondent, and since the petitioner claimed that he had discovered this typographical error much later, he filed an application under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC. However, by order dated 11.1.2013 the learned Judge has dismissed his application. Hence, this petition before this Court.

3. Mr. Arvind Gupta, the learned counsel for the petitioner, has vehemently r

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