Civil Revision No. 1469 of 2009 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 1469 of 2009 Date of decision: 18.03.2009. Gurmukh Singh ....Petitioner Versus Satvir Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. Present: Mr. Parveen Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner ***** S.D.ANAND, J. Initially, exparte proceedings had been ordered against the petitioner herein (defendant No.5 before the Trial Court). The plea filed by him for setting aside exparte order was allowed on 8.10.2008 subject to payment of Rs.1000/- as costs. The matter was adjourned on 8.10.2008 to 13.10.2008 for filing of the pleadings. The petitioner herein did not file the pleadings on that date and even on the subsequent date i.e. 14.11.2008, 26.11.2008, 12.12.2008 and 14.1.2009. It was ultimately on the last indicated date that his defence was ordered to be struck off for want of filing of pleadings and on account of non payment of costs imposed on 8.10.2008. The defendant-petitioner is in revision to obtain invalidation of that order. The petitioner having availed of a large number of opportunities Civil Revision No. 1469 of 2009 -2- **** and he having committed a persistent default in complying with the order or the Court of filing pleadings and payment of costs is not entitled judicial discretion or equity. Dismissed in limine. March 18, 2009 (S.D.Anand) Pka Judge