HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri Kondaparthi Srinivas, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri M.Kiran Reddy, learned counsel for respondent. Perused the material available on record.

2. This Appeal Suit is filed aggrieved by an ex parte judgment and decree, dated 06.11.2021 passed by the Court of the Agent to Government, Bhadrachalam Kothagudem (hereinafter referred to as “Agent to Government”), in O.S.No.122 of 2019.

3. The appellant herein is the defendant and the respondent herein is the plaintiff in the suit, which was filed for recovery of money basing on the promissory note. For convenience, hereinafter the parties will be referred to as they are arrayed in the suit.

4. Brief facts of the case are that out of acquaintance, the defendant approached the plaintiff and borrowed an amount of Rs.2,50,000/- from him on 21.11.2017 for personal needs with a promise to repay the same with interest @ 24% p.a., and executed the promissory note dated 21.11.2017 to that effect; that in spite of repeated demand, the defendant did not repay the said amount and avoiding the payment on some pretext or other; that subsequently, plaintiff issued legal notice dated