Civil Revision No.2643 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Revision No.2643 of 2010 Date of Decision: 2.7.2010 Smt. Manjit Kaur …Petitioner Versus Manjinder Pal Singh Grewal and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Ms. Monika Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Inderpal Singh Parmar, Advocate for respondent No.1. None for respondents No.2 to 13. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present revision petition is filed against impugned order dated 8.3.2010 (Annexure P1), passed by the Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, whereby the application, filed by the petitioner to set aside the exparte order, was dismissed. In the present revision petition, the petitioner was served but she had not caused her appearance and was proceeded against ex parte on 13.12.2006. However, lateron, a memo of appearance was filed on her behalf on 13.5.2008. The trial Court had proceeded exparte against the petitioner on the ground that service upon her was effected through munadi. It was stated in the application that no ordinary Civil Revision No.2643 of 2010 2 process, by way of registered post, ever reached the petitioner and the proceedings regarding munadi were manipulated. Be that as it may, this Court is of the view that due opportunity ought to be afforded to the petitioner to contest the case on merits. Learned counsel for respondent No.1 has stated that by her conduct, the petitioner has caused delay in conclusion of the proceedings. Taking this fact into consideration, this Court is of the view that respondent No.1 can be compensated, in monetary terms. Therefore, to balance the equities, order (Annexure P1), whereby the petitioner was proceeded against ex parte, is set aside, the petitioner is burdened with the cost of Rs.7,000/-. On payment of cost, the petitioner shall be permitted to file a written statement. The parties are in agreement that till now the issues have not been framed and only other respondents have filed written statement. With the observations made above, the present revision petition is disposed of. A copy of this order be given dasti, on payment of usual charges. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge July 2, 2010 “DK”