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Interim Order 15 · 28 May 2026 · CNR DLNE010005092025
Order Details: COPY OF ORDER Pdf Text: IN THE COURT OF AASHISH GUPTA, DISTRICT JUDGE-01, NORTH EAST, KARKARDOOMA COURTS: DELHI EX 18/25 CNR No. DLNE010005092025 Rajesh Gupta S/o Sh. Gauri Shankar Gupta R/o T-135/A, Gali No. 9, Gautam Puri Garhi Mendu, North-East, Delhi-110053 ..........Decree holder Vs. Yogender Singh S/o Sh. Tejpal Singh R/o House No. X-120, Gali No. 12 Brahmpuri, Seelampur, Delhi-110053 ..........Judgment debtor 29.05.2026 Present: Ld. Counsel for decree holder through V.C with decree holder in person. None for JD. File taken up today as 28.05.2026 was declared a holiday. Passover sought to deposit previous cost. Arguments on the show-cause issued to decree holder vide order dated 24.01.2026 as well as in terms of order dated 25.04.2026 heard. List for orders during course of day. Aashish Gupta DJ-01/NE/KKD/DELHI 29.05.2026 Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 1 of 16 -- 1 of 16 -- At 2:30 PM Present: Decree holder in person. None for JD. Decree holder has appeared physically and has prayed for reduction of cost. At his request, the cost is reduced to Rs. 1500/-. He again seeks passover to deposit the said cost. It be deposited during course of day. Aashish Gupta DJ-01/NE/KKD/DELHI 29.05.2026 At 4:00 PM Present: None. 1. Decree holder is before this Court seeking execution of money decree. During the proceedings in this case, it transpired that decree holder herein has filed multiple civil and criminal litigations against various individuals claiming that he has advanced friendly loan to each one of them. 2. This led to passing of order dated 17.11.2025 calling upon the decree holder to file details of the said cases. The said order reads as under:- "Let decree holder file an affidavit detailing how many civil and criminal cases have been filed by DH against different individuals across Delhi and the status of the said cases. DH shall also indicate the grounds on the basis of which he has filed the said cases. This is view of the fact that recently in an another case bearing No. CS 304/25 titled as ‘Rajesh Gupta Vs. Seema Jain’, it was found by this Court that decree holder is essentially a money lender. The present case is an execution for recovery of money and it appears that it shall also involve a question as to whether the decree herein is executable or not in view of provisions of Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938. List on 09.12.2025." Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 2 of 16 -- 2 of 16 -- (emphasis supplied) 3. Eventually, an affidavit in terms of the above direction was filed. The case file of CS No. 304/25 was also called and an affidavit filed in the said case was exhibited as Ex. X1 and was taken on record in this case. On comparison of the affidavit filed in this case with the affidavit Ex.X1 filed in CS No. 304/25 shows that the details of cases filed in the two proceedings did not match and this led to passing of order dated 24.01.2026 which reads as under:- " Despite directions, JD has not filed affidavit in execution No. 17/25 to comply order dated 17.11.2025. File of CS No. 304/25 received. DH in the present two cases was the plaintiff in the said case and in the said case, he had filed an affidavit dated 02.09.2025 giving details of 11 civil litigations which he had filed before various Courts in Delhi based on friendly loan. But, the affidavit filed in Ex. No. 18 qua the same facts give a different picture. The case file of 304/25 was handed over to Mr.Rajesh Gupta and he admitted that he filed affidavit dated 02.09.2025 in the said case. The copy of the said document is placed on the Ex. file No. 18/25 and the same is exhibited as Ex.X1. Signatures of decree holder has been obtained on this order-sheet as confirmation of fact that he had filed Ex. X1 in the aforesaid suit titled as 'Rajesh Gupta Vs. Seema Jain' decided vide order dated 13.10.2025. A comparison of the affidavit EX. X1 with the affidavit filed in Ex. No. 18 would show that the details of litigations initiated by Rajesh Gupta against various individuals across Delhi do not match. The two affidavits only have 5 common entries and the other entries in the two affidavits do not match. This means either the affidavit Ex.X1 contain incorrect facts or the affidavit dated 08.12.2025 in Ex. 18 contains incorrect facts. It appears that Rajesh Gupta/decree holder has possibly concealed the correct number/details of litigations which he has initiated against various individuals on the ground of friendly loans extended by him. Considering the above, I am of the opinion that prima facie decree holder has violated Section 227 BNS r/w Section 229 and 236 BNS. Thus, he is liable to be prosecuted under the aforesaid provisions in light of Section 215 (1)(b) BNSS r/w Section 379 BNSS. Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 3 of 16 -- 3 of 16 -- Before proceeding in that direction, decree holder is given one opportunity to show-cause as to why the said proceedings be not taken against him. Copy of this order shall serve as show-cause for decree holder. List on 05.02.2026. At the request of Counsel for decree holder, decree holder is given one more opportunity to file a fresh affidavit giving complete details of civil and criminal cases filed by him against various individuals across Delhi and the exact status of each case. He shall also indicate the amount claimed in each of the cases and the grounds under which the said money was claimed. Decree holder shall remain physically present on the next date. " (emphasis supplied) 4. Eventually, a fresh affidavit was again filed by decree holder and on the analysis of the said affidavit dated 05.02.2026, it transpires that the decree holder has filed as many as 27 cases (with 11 civil cases/execution petitions against different individuals and as many as 16 criminal cases against various persons; with their being overlap of only two to three individuals qua the civil cases). The same is evident from the table available in his affidavit dated 05.02.2026. 5. Considering the above cases, an order dated 25.04.2026 was passed which reads as under:- 1. Decree holder has filed at least two affidavits in the present execution detailing various litigations filed by him in District Courts, Delhi and a perusal of the same shows that at least 27 civil/criminal litigations have been filed by decree holder inter alia based on friendly loans advanced by him to different persons. 2. It is pertinent to note that in a separate suit bearing No. CS 304/25 titled as 'Rajesh Gupta Vs. Seema Jain' it was found by the Court that decree holder is essentially a money lender and therefore direction was given to decree holder to disclose various litigations filed by him on the ground of friendly loan. 3. Prima facie it appears that plaintiff herein is operating as a money lender. 4. Under Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938, a money lender is required to be registered under the said Act and without Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 4 of 16 -- 4 of 16 -- such registration, the execution of a decree may not lie. The said Act is also applicable in Delhi and as such parties are called upon to clarify if the decree in question is hit by the provisions of the said Act, as there appears to be no registration of decree holder under the said Act. In case decree holder holds any such registration, he is at liberty to place it on record before next date of hearing. 5. List for arguments on the aforesaid aspect and for consideration on the point of show cause issued to him on 24.01.2026. 6. List on 08.05.2026. 6. Now, considering the order dated 24.01.2026 (on why criminal proceedings should not be initiated against the decree holder for filing contradictory affidavits) and order dated 25.04.2026 (on the maintainability of the execution petition) arguments have been heard today. 7. At the outset, I may note that despite opportunity, decree holder has not placed on record any registration certificate that decree holder may have under the provisions of Punjab Registration of Money Lenders Act, 1938. Thus, it can be safely assumed that decree holder does not hold any such registration. 8. Counsel for decree holder limited his arguments to the issue of show-cause dated 24.01.2026. It was argued that the decree holder had informed his Counsel about all pending cases through whatsapp messages. It is submitted that the earlier Counsel, did not file the said list properly and this led the decree holder to omit to give details of all cases in the affidavit filed in Court on 08.12.2025. It is argued that there is no deliberate default on the part of decree holder and in any case, on 05.02.2026, the correct details sought by the Court have been filed. Thus, it is prayed that the show-cause notice dated 24.01.2026 be discharged. Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 5 of 16 -- 5 of 16 -- 9. I am not inclined to accept the said argument raised on behalf of decree holder. As the perusal of the above quoted order-sheets would show, decree holder had initially filed an affidavit Ex. X1 in CS No. 304/25 titled as 'Rajesh Gupta Vs. Seema Jain'. I may note that on the said document, the case number is wrongly written as CS No. 358/25. 10.On the said affidavit Ex. X1, details of only 11 civil litigations were given by decree holder as the litigations pending in various Courts in Delhi based on the premise of friendly loans. 11. In the said case, the plaint was rejected vide order dated 13.10.2025. The said order reads as under:- 1. On 02.09.2025, following order was passed in this case. “Present: Ms. Sakshi Jain and Sh. Vihan Chaudhary, Ld. Counsel for plaintiff with plaintiff. Plaintiff has filed an affidavit detailing various litigations filed by him in District Courts, Delhi and a perusal of the same shows that apart from the present case, at least 11 other civil litigations have been filed by the plaintiff based on friendly loans advanced by him to different persons. Prima facie it appears that plaintiff herein is operating as a money lender. On Court query, it transpires that other litigations U/S 138 NI Act were also filed by plaintiff across Courts in Delhi and such details are not mentioned in the affidavit filed before this Court today. Let plaintiff file an affidavit in this regard on next date. He is also directed to specify the amount given to one Yoginder Kumar (stated at S.No. 3(7) of his affidavit filed today). He is also directed to comply with last order qua payment of cost. Under Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938, a money lender is required to be registered under the said Act and without such registration, the suit of the money lender is liable to fail U/S 3 of the said Act. The said Act is also applicable in Delhi and as such plaintiff is called upon to clarify as to why the present suit should not fail as their appears to be no registration of plaintiff under the said Act. List on 15.09.2025.” 2. Despite repeated directions, plaintiff has not filed an additional affidavit detailing the cases filed by him U/S 138 NI Act in various Court in Delhi with respect to cheques received by him for money Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 6 of 16 -- 6 of 16 -- lent by him to the persons issuing the cheques. He has not even paid the cost imposed vide order dated 29.08.2025. 3. As is evident from the bare perusal of the order dated 02.09.2025, it prima facie appeared to the Court that plaintiff herein is a money lender within the meaning of Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act 1938 and therefore, in light of Section 3 of the said Act, the present suit may be liable to fail. 4. Despite opportunity, neither the plaintiff has produced any money lending license under the said Act nor has he complied with order dated 29.08.2025 (qua payment of cost) and 02.09.2025 (qua filing of details of cases filed by plaintiff against various individuals U/S 138 NI Act). 5. Submissions on behalf of plaintiff in terms of order dated 02.09.2025 heard. 6. No cogent answer was given by the Counsel for plaintiff for non- compliance of the aforesaid orders. 7. It is pertinent to note that on 02.09.2025, plaintiff had filed one affidavit in Court detailing eleven civil cases (including the present case) filed by him against various individuals. All the said cases are stated to be for recovery of money based on friendly loans advanced by plaintiff to different persons. 8. It is pertinent to note that U/S 3 of Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938 (which is also applicable to Delhi), a suit by a money lender for the recovery of a loan is liable to be dismissed unless the money lender, at the time of institution of the suit is registered under the said Act and also holds a valid license under the said Act. 9. Plaintiff has set up a case herein claiming that he gave friendly loan to defendant in two transactions. 10. The first transaction is of Rs. One Lac with plaintiff giving Rs. 50,000/- through cheque and another Rs. 50,000/- through cash on 13.01.2025. The said loan is stated to be for a period of two months and a written agreement in this regard is stated to have also been executed between the parties. 11. The second transaction is of Rs. 3 Lac with plaintiff giving Rs. 1.5 lac through cheque and another Rs. 1.5 lac through cash on 10.03.2025. The said loan is stated to be for a period of two months and a written agreement in this regard is stated to have also been executed between the parties. 12. Plaintiff claims that despite expiry of the period of loan, defendant has not repaid the money. 13. Now, even though plaintiff has claimed that the said amount was a friendly loan, it is evident from the transaction that the said loan, in substance was actually a loan with interest and not a friendly loan. 14. This is because, plaintiff is evidently giving part amount in cash and the remaining part through banking channels. This happens for both the transactions and to keep proof of the same, a written agreement is stated to have also been executed between the parties. This claim of Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 7 of 16 -- 7 of 16 -- giving of cash amount is essentially the interest component which the plaintiff sought to cover and protect by a written agreement between the parties and in fact only the money given through banking channels is the money which was given by the plaintiff to defendant. 15. Under the Punjab Registration Money Lenders’ Act, 1938, the term ‘loan’ is defined in Section 2 (8) and it means an advance, whether secured or unsecured, of money or in kind at interest and shall include any transaction which the Court finds to be in substance a loan. 16. In the present case, the manner in which the transactions are being set up, the cash component thereof are in substance the interest payable by defendant qua the money given through banking channels and thus, in substance, plaintiff herein has given loan as a money lender to defendant. He has not produced any money lending license under the said Act in his favour. 17. Even if it is taken that the entire money of Rs. 4 lac was given by plaintiff to defendant in the manner claimed, still, in my humble opinion, the transaction between the parties was actually a loan transaction within the meaning of Section 2 (8) of the Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938. 18. The fact that he has filed at least 11 civil cases against different individuals in Delhi and has not disclosed the number of cases filed U/S 138 NI Act clearly shows that plaintiff is essentially working as a money lender (defined U/S 2 (9) of the aforesaid Act) and thus, was required to hold a license under the said Act before maintaining a suit for recovery against the defendant. 19. In my humble opinion, if I take a holistic view of the entire record, the present suit is liable to be dismissed in light of the bar of Section 3 of the aforesaid Act as the loan given by the plaintiff is a loan within the meaning of the aforesaid Act and plaintiff is a money lender within the meaning of the said Act. Therefore, before plaintiff can seek recovery, he should have a registration under the said Act and the license under the said Act should be valid on the date of institution of the present suit. 20. Since none of the said conditions are met in the present case, therefore, the present suit is barred by law. 21. Accordingly, the plaint herein is rejected U/O VII Rule 11 (d) CPC. 22. Let a decree sheet be prepared. 23. File be consigned to Record Room. 12.A bare perusal of the above order shows that despite directions to the decree holder to file details of the cases filed U/S 138 NI Act, 1881, decree holder never filed any such details and the Court rejected the plaint inter alia holding that based on the Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 8 of 16 -- 8 of 16 -- affidavit Ex. X1, decree holder was a money lender and his recovery suit was barred by law. 13.The said order, admittedly was never challenged and has attained finality. 14.Now, when the present execution came for adjudication, as noted above, decree holder was asked to file an affidavit detailing civil and criminal cases filed by him against different individuals. This was vide order dated 17.11.2025. 15.The affidavit filed in response thereto is dated 08.12.2025. 16.A bare perusal of the same would show that in the said affidavit, decree holder only gave details of 7 civil cases and 5 criminal cases . 17.Thus, on one hand, in Ex. X1, details of 11 civil cases were given, in a subsequent affidavit dated 08.12.2025, the said figure fell to 7 civil cases. As already noted, decree holder did not disclose the status of criminal cases earlier (in proceedings in CS No. 304/25 despite directions) and claimed that 5 criminal cases were filed by him in his affidavit dated 08.12.2025. 18.Noting the above anomaly, a show-cause was issued to decree holder on 24.01.2026. 19.This led the decree holder to file a third affidavit dated 05.02.2026 wherein a disclosure is made of 11 civil cases and 16 criminal cases (27 in total). Each one of them are essentially friendly loans. Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 9 of 16 -- 9 of 16 -- 20.The claim of the decree holder that he had duly informed his Counsel about the cases and it was the earlier Counsel who did not file the correct details, does not pass muster as this plea does not explain the anomaly between the first affidavit Ex. X1 (filed in CS No. 304/25) vis a vis the second affidavit dated 08.12.2025. It is not his claim that the details given in the first affidavit match with the second affidavit. Admittedly the details of cases filed in the first affidavit do not match with the details given in second affidavit. 21.In fact, eventually, a third affidavit is filed which does not match with the case details in either of the two affidavits filed earlier. 22.It is not the case of decree holder that he is an uneducated man. His own stand that he has initiated as many as 27 litigations against different individuals demonstrates that he is a person who has a reasonable understanding of the procedure of law and thus, he cannot be said to be a layman who does not understands the consequences of his actions. 23.As is evident from the above, it was only after much persuasion that decree holder disclosed filing of 27 cases against various individuals and did not file the correct details of the cases in his affidavit dated 08.12.2025. This fact is fortified through his affidavit dated 05.02.2026. 24.Thus, evidently, decree holder, despite being legally bound on the directions of the Court to say the correct number of litigations filed by him, filed an affidavit with false facts and has thus violated Section 227 r/w Section 229 r/w 236 BNS. His Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 10 of 16 -- 10 of 16 -- affidavit dated 08.12.2025 was clearly containing false facts and thus, in light of Section 215 (1)(b)(i) r/w Section 379 BNSS, he is liable to be prosecuted. 25.The cause shown by the decree holder against the same (in terms of order dated 24.01.2026) is essentially a self serving statement whereby the decree holder wants to throw his previous counsel under the bus. He is passing his own falsehood to the previous counsel by claiming that it was the mistake of earlier counsel which led to filing of false affidavit dated 08.12.2025. He does not explain that if the details given by the decree holder did not match with the details given in the affidavit, why the said discrepancy was not pointed out to his Counsel. 26.Considering the above facts, in my humble opinion, this is a fit case where the decree holder should be prosecuted for the above noted offences. 27.Accordingly, the Reader of the Court is directed to place the copy of this order alongwith the following documents before the Ld. CJM (Shahdara), KKD Courts, Delhi for 27.06.2026 with a request to treat the present order as a complaint case made under the aforesaid provisions for prosecuting Rajesh Gupta S/o Gauri Shanker Gupta R/o T-135/A, Gali No. 9, Gautam Puri, Garhi Mendu, North-East Delhi-10053 for the aforesaid offences as per law:- 1. Copy of affidavit Ex.X1 dated 02.09.2025 filed by decree holder in CS No. 304/25; 2. Copy of affidavit dated 08.12.2025 filed by decree holder in present execution i.e. execution petition No. 18/25; Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 11 of 16 -- 11 of 16 -- 3. Copy of affidavit dated 05.02.2026 filed by decree holder in present execution i.e. execution petition No. 18/25; 4. Copies of order dated 17.11.2025, 20.01.2026, 24.01.2026, 17.02.2026 and 25.04.2026 passed in present execution petition; and 5. Copy of reply to show-cause alongwith documents filed by decree holder before this Court on 11.04.2026. 28.For allowing appearance of Rajesh Gupta before the Court of Ld. CJM (Shahdara) for the aforesaid complaint, he is directed to file bail bonds U/S 91 of BNSS with one like surety in the amount of Rs. 15,000/-. 29.Bail bonds not filed. 30.Let the complaint be placed before Ld. CJM (Shahdara) in terms of this order for proceeding as per law. 31.This brings me to the present execution petition. No arguments were addressed by the Counsel for decree holder about the applicability of provisions of Punjab Registration of Money Lenders Act, 1938 to the present execution petition. 32.As already noted, as per the final affidavit of decree holder filed before this Court dated 05.02.2026, as many as 27 cases have been filed by decree holder against various individuals. All the said cases are stated to be for recovery of money based on friendly loans advanced by decree holder to different persons. This includes 11 civil cases and 16 cases filed U/S 138 NI Act 1881. 33.It is pertinent to note that U/S 3 of Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938 (which is also applicable to Delhi), a Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 12 of 16 -- 12 of 16 -- suit by a money lender for the recovery of a loan or an application by a money lender for the execution of a decree relating to a loan is liable to be dismissed unless the money lender, at the time of presentation of application for execution or at the time of decision of the said application is registered under the said Act and also holds a valid license under the said Act. 34.Decree holder is before this Court seeking execution of money decree which as per his own affidavit dated 05.02.2026 stated to have been given as loan for business purpose. As per the relevant judgment dated 19.12.2024 (which is the genesis of the present execution passed in CS No. 344/23) the transaction between the parties was stated to be a friendly loan. 35.As per the said judgment, the transaction is of Rs. 3,50,000/- with decree holder giving Rs.1,00,000/- through cheque and another Rs. 2,50,000/- through cash on 05.02.2021. The said loan is stated to be for a period of 18 months and a written agreement in this regard is stated to have also been executed between the parties. 36.Now, even though decree holder had claimed that the said amount was a friendly loan, it is evident from the transaction that the said loan, in substance was actually a loan with interest and not a friendly loan. 37.This is because, decree holder is evidently giving part amount in cash and the remaining part through banking channels. This happens for the transactions in question and to keep proof of the same, a written agreement is stated to have also been executed Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 13 of 16 -- 13 of 16 -- between the parties. This claim of giving of cash amount is essentially the interest component which the decree holder sought to cover and protect by a written agreement between the parties and in fact only the money given through banking channels is the money which was given by the decree holder to the JD. 38.I may note that a similar modus operandi was used by decree holder in CS No. 304/25 titled as 'Rajesh Gupta Vs. Seema Jain'. A similar modus is also used by decree holder in Ex. No. 17/25 (qua which CS No. 697/23 was filed). In each of the above two cases, part cash money is paid and the remaining is through banking channels coupled with some loan agreement. 39.It means that as a standard operating procedure, decree holder gives part money through banking channels and part money through cash money coupled with an agreement to show a genuine loan transaction. This part cash component is actually a cover for the interest charged. 40.Under the Punjab Registration Money Lenders’ Act, 1938, the term ‘loan’ is defined in Section 2 (8) and it means an advance, whether secured or unsecured, of money or in kind at interest and shall include any transaction which the Court finds to be in substance a loan. 41.In the present case, the manner in which the transactions are being set up, the cash component thereof are in substance the interest payable by JD qua the money given through banking channels and thus, in substance, decree holder herein has given Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 14 of 16 -- 14 of 16 -- loan as a money lender to JD. He has not produced any money lending license under the said Act in his favour. 42.Even if it is taken that the entire money of Rs. 3.5 lac was given by decree holder to JD in the manner claimed, still, in my humble opinion, the transaction between the parties was actually a loan transaction within the meaning of Section 2 (8) of the Punjab Registration of Money Lenders’ Act, 1938. 43.The fact of the matter remains that he has filed at least 27 cases against different individuals in Delhi and has not disclosed the correct number of cases filed. Only after much persuasion, the above number was disclosed which too cannot be taken as gospel truth. Filing of such large number of cases against different individuals clearly show that decree holder is essentially working as a money lender (defined U/S 2 (9) of the aforesaid Act) and thus, was required to hold a license under the said Act before maintaining the original suit or the present execution. 44.In my humble opinion, if I take a holistic view of the entire record, the present execution is liable to be dismissed in light of the bar of Section 3 of the aforesaid Act as the loan given by the decree holder is a loan within the meaning of the aforesaid Act and decree holder is a money lender within the meaning of the said Act. Therefore, before decree holder can seek recovery, he should have a registration under the said Act and the license under the said Act should be valid on the date of institution of the present petition. Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 15 of 16 -- 15 of 16 -- 45.Considering the above, the present execution is liable to fail as being barred by law. Nothing can be recovered by the decree holder under the decree in question. In fact, the suit itself was barred by law and decree holder was not entitled to any decree in his favour considering the discussion noted above. 46.Accordingly, the present execution is dismissed. 47.Copy of this order be placed on main suit file bearing CS No. 344/23. 48.File be consigned to Record Room. 49.Let suit file bearing CS No. 304/25 be sent back to Record Room. 50.I may note that during the dictation of the present order, decree holder had appeared and has submitted that he has deposited the cost of Rs. 1500/- imposed vide last order. The said submission is taken on record. Aashish Gupta DJ-01/NE/KKD/DELHI 29.05.2026 Ex.18/25 Rajesh Gupta Vs. Yogender Singh Page 16 of 16 -- 16 of 16 --
