00ilo3 131. The Court reiterates that in its Order of 1 October 2019 on the reopening of the pleadings, it clearly specified the purpose of the Order and the points on which the parties should provide further clarification. The Court cannot, thus, receive and consider, in the instant case, new allegations which do not fall within the ambit of that Order. B. The Respondent State' s counterclaim 132. The Respondent State submits that the proceedings instituted by the Applicant in this Court are abusive, void of any serious grounds, tend to satisfy a neurosis and weaken the State of Benin financially. lt avers that the Applicant seized this Court for the sole purpose of harming the State. Accordingly, the Respondent State prays the Court to order the Applicant to pay the sum of One billion five hundred and ninety-five million eight hundred and fifty thousand (1,59s,Bso,ooo) cFA Francs as damages. 133. The Applicant challenged the Respondent State's claim for reparation. He asserted that the proceedings he brought against the Respondent State before this Court are founded and prays the Court to dismiss its counterclaim. 134. The Court recalls that in the Judgment of 29 March 2019, it declared that it had jurisdiction to hear the present case and also concluded that the Application fulfilled all the statutory conditions of admissibility and was thus admissible. The Court also found a series of violations of the Applicant's rights by the Respondent State, and 34 S hn--t