JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of C.P.C., against the judgment and Decree dated 31.03.2004 made in A.S.No.156 of 2003 on the file of the 7th Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai confirming the judgment and decree dated 08.08.2002 made in O.S.No.3831 of 2000 on the file of the 16th Assistant Judge, City Civil Judge, Chennai.)

Challenge in this Second Appeal is made to the judgment and decree dated 31.03.2004 passed in A.S.No.156 of 2003 on the file of the VII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai confirming the judgment and decree dated 08.08.2002 passed in O.S.No.3831 of 2000 on the file of the 16th Assistant City Civil Judge, Chennai.

2. The second appeal has been admitted on the following substantial questions of law.

1. Whether the drawing of adverse inferences by the courts below in favour of the plaintiff on the basis of the missing pages in Ex.B4 is correct?

2. Whether the courts below are correct in passing a concurrent finding based on the Secretary's evidence alone when the primary evidence is available for the perusal and the same also disproves the case of the plaintiff?

3. Whether the courts below are correct in passing a finding which