JUDGMENT

1. The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed challenging the order dated 29.09.2022 whereby an application under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC for amendment of the written statement has been dismissed by the Trial Court.

2. The brief facts relevant to the present lis are that the plaintiff respondent herein filed a civil suit for recovery of Rs.2,51,370/- alongwith interest @ 12% per annum from the date of filing of the suit till its realization. Para-1 of the plaint reads as under :

'7. That defendants borrowed a sum of Rs. 1,71,000 -(One Lac Seventy One Thousand) as friendly loan from plaintiff and to reduce his liability, defendants issued two cheques bearing No.739581 dated 10.01.2013 for Rs.1,20,000/- & Cheque No.739605 dated 28.08.2014 for Rs. 51,000 - from his bank account maintained in Punjab & Sind Bank having A/c No. 4946 and 586 at Punjab & Sind Bank, Guru Nanak Nagar, Patiala and to fulfill his promise to return the amount defendants issued two cheques in favour of the plaintiff as security to return the amount borrowed from the plaintiff "

3. In reply to the said paragraph, the following response was given in the written statement, w