Madanapalle Municipality vs Syed Ahamad And Ors. on 30 October, 2002
13. The learned Counsel for the plaintiff sought to place reliance upon the judgment of this Court in Madanapalle Municipality v. Syed Ahamad, 2003 (1) ALD 729, wherein this Court reiterated the principle laid down by the Apex Court in the judgment referred supra by holding that the counter-claim could be made even after the filing of the written statement, provided the cause of action arose prior to the filing of the written statement or prior to the date fixed for filing of the writ petition, subject however, to the condition that it should be filed within the limitation prescribed.