R.S.A No. 2200 of 1983 (O&M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A No. 2200 of 1983 (O&M) Date of decision : January 07, 2010 Risala and another, ...... Appellant (s) v. Sheo Ram and others, ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. M.L.Sarin, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Jaspal Singh, Advocate for the appellants. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) In this appeal what has transpired is that originally one Shri Gian Singh, Advocate had appeared for the respondents. Thereafter, he stopped appearing possibly on account of the fact that he had shifted his practice to Delhi. Consequently, fresh notices were directed to be issued to the respondents in the year 2004. In response thereto, it was initially reported that respondents No.1 and 3 had died. Subsequently, it transpired that respondent No.2 had also died. Despite having sought time on numerous occasions, the L.Rs of the respondents have not been impleaded. Today, Shri Jaspal Singh, Advocate for the appellants states that despite R.S.A No. 2200 of 1983 (O&M) ::2:: best efforts of his office, the appellants have not responded to various registered and ordinary letters written to them in the past five years. He has further stated that under the amended provisions of the CPC, it is not incumbent upon the appellants to bring on record L.Rs of the deceased respondents. Be that as it may, in view of the fact that time was sought on many occasions for this specific purpose, and in view of the fact that despite best efforts of the office of the counsel the appellants have not responded, I have no option but to dismiss the present appeal for want of prosecution. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, however, that in case the appellants were prevented from appearing or responding due to some reasonable cause, it would be open to them to move an application for recalling this order. ( AJAY TEWARI ) January 07, 2010. JUDGE `kk'