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3. It is the case of the petitioner that on 25-11-1998, M/s. Parle (Exports) Limited, the respondent's business associates, placed an order by way of fax message to dispatch 2,40,000 numbers of 300 ml. 'BISLERI CLUB SODA' bottles to the respondent company at Hyderabad. By a further letter dated 3-12-1998, M/s. Parle (Exports) Limited asked the petitioner to dispatch fifteen (15) truck loads of Soda bottles to respondent with bills to be raised in the name of the Company. By another letter dated 31-12-1998, the petitioner was asked to send eight (8) truck loads of the soda bottles to the respondent company. The petitioner, by letter dated 28-12-1998, informed the conditions of supply. As per these conditions, forty days credit was given from the date of dispatch for making payments. Invoices were raised in respect of the consignment and the goods were dispatched on and from 26-11-1998, duly marking a copy of invoice to Mr. Karkare of M/s. Parle (Exports) Limited. By letter dated 13-3-1999, the respondent company sent a Demand Draft for an amount of Rs. 34,90,000/- (Rupees thirty four lakh ninety thousand only) informing that the balance amount would be clear later. The petitioner thereafter called upon to pay the balance amount of Rs. 10,00,649.28 ps (Rupees ten lakh six hundred and forty nine and paise twenty eight only) but the respondent company failed and neglected to make payment or reply to the letters dated 24-5-1999 and 30-8-1999. The petitioner also addressed letters dated 15-10-1999 and 13-1-2000 to Mr. Ramesh Chauhan of M/s. Parle (Exports) Limited requesting for due payment of balance amount of aforementioned. It is alleged that the respondent company by letter dated 2-5-2000 signed by the Company's Accounts Manager, Mr. Janibasha, Accounts Officer, confirmed the balance dues to the petitioner. But did not pay the amount. The petitioner deputed the Assistant Sales Manager Ms. S.B. Kulkarni to visit the company at Guntur to collect the balance amount when the respondent company handed over a Demand Draft for an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/-(Rupees one lakh only) by way of part payment. The respondent company also issued 'C' Form No. 0642829. The respondent company never protested about quality and quantity of the bottles supplied and also assured to pay the balance amount within three months. The petitioner's advocate issued a notice dated 2-8-2000 to the respondent company as well as M/s. Parle (Exports) Limited calling upon to pay the outstanding dues in respect of various invoices raised for consignments dispatched. In spite of receiving the letter, the respondent company failed and neglected to pay the amount of Rs. 9,00,649.28 ps (Rupees nine lakh six hundred forty nine and paise twenty eight only) along with interest.