Section 22 in The Meghalaya Employees' State Insurance Courts Rules, 1980
22. Written statement.
(1)The opposite party may, and, if so required by the Court, shall, at or before the first hearing or within such time as the Court may permit, present a written statement of his defence along with the documents on which he relies and an accurate list thereof in Form 2.(2)Every such written statement shall be verified in the same manner as a pleading in a Civil Court and shall be accompanied by two copies thereof.(3)In every written statement submitted under sub-rule (1) the opposite party shall deal specifically with each allocation of facts alleged by the applicant, of which he admits or does not admit or denies the truth. The written statement must also contain all matters which show that the application is not maintainable and all such grounds of defence as if not raised, would be likely to take the applicant by surprise or would raise issues of fact not arising out of the application as for instance, fraud, undue influence or coercion, release payment, performance or facts showing illegality of the transaction.
