D.V.Sehgal, J.

1. An ex-parte order of ejectment was passed against the tenant petitioner on 16.2.1976 by the learned Rent Controller Chandigarh, on an application under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 as applicable to Chandigarh (for short the Act) filed by the landlord-respondent. The petitioner filed an application for setting aside of the said ex-parte order of ejectment on 16.5.1976 stating therein that neither any Process Server nor any postman had even contracted him for effecting service of summons on him regarding the application for ejectment nor had he ever refused to accept service. He further averred that he gained knowledge of the ex-parte order of ejectment on 7.5.1976 when he visited the Courts in connection with some other case. This application was, however, dismissed by the learned Rent Controller vide his order dated 2.5.1979, which has been challenged by the petitioner by approaching this Court through the present revision petition.

2. The first question that was debated before me is whether the revision petition has been filed in this Court within the period of limitation. The learned counsel for the respondent pointed ou