Civil Revision No. 5783 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 5783 of 2009 Date of Decision: 8.10.2009 Harpal and another ......Petitioners Versus Om Parkash .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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? Present: Shri Ashok Kumar Sehrawat, Advocate, for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral). Challenge in the present revision petition is to the order dated 19.8.2009, whereby the case has been adjourned to 17.10.2009, for filing of the written statement of the defendant after setting aside the exparte proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioners has vehemently argued that there is no reasonable basis for non-appearance of the respondent- defendnat on 25.5.2009, when the ex-parte proceedings were initiated against the defendant. The said argument is not tenable, in view of the fact that it Civil Revision No. 5783 of 2009 [2] is well settled that the parties should contest the lis on merits rather than on technicalities. It was only the exparte proceedings, which have been set aside by the learend trial Court at the threshold of the trial. In view of the above, I do not find any patent illegality or irregularity in the impugned order, which may warrant interference by this Court in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction. Hence, the present petition is dismissed. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 8.10.2009 ds