In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Civil Revision No. 7794 of 2009 (O&M) Raj Kumar and another ..... Petitioners vs Shamsher Singh Saini and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sandeep K. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Manoj Makkar, Advocate, for respondent no. 1. Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 30.11.2009 passed by the learned court below, whereby while setting aside the ex-parte proceedings, the petitioners-defendants were permitted to join the proceedings in the case from the stage, it was. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that once the plaintiff and other defendants had agreed for setting aside the ex-parte proceedings against the petitioners, the court should not have directed for the joining of the petitioners- defendants in the suit from the stage it was. Rather the petitioners should be permitted to file written statement and contest the same from the very beginning. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioners, I do not find any merit in the submissions made. It is not disputed by the learned counsel that initially after the service of the petitioners-defendants, their counsels had put in appearance before he stopped appearing. The petitioners were proceeded against ex-parte on 19.7.2004. The application for setting aside of ex-parte order was filed in November 2009. Considering this fact, mere no objection by the plaintiff and other defendants, the proceedings started in a suit filed in the year 2001 cannot be permitted to be started afresh in the year 2010 by permitting the petitioners to file written statement, even on payment of costs as it is difficult to calculate the time spent by the court and the parties during the period of ten years. Accordingly, for the reasons mentioned above, I do not find any reason to interfere with the well reasoned order passed by the learned court below. The petition is dismissed. 8.4.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge