J U D G M E N T

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J I.A.16634/2018 (under Section 5 of the Limitation Act on behalf of Defendant No.12/applicant Mr. Kartar Singh for Condonation of Delay in filing application under Order 9 rule 13 read with Section 151 CPC)

1. An application has been filed on behalf of defendant No.12/applicant Mr. Kartar Singh seeking condonation of delay in filing the application under Order 9 Rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “CPC, 1908”).

2. It is submitted in the application that on coming to know about the Ex-parte judgment and Decree dated 16.01.2009 on 22.09.2018, he immediately contacted his counsel on 22.09.2018 and on his request the Counsel appeared on 24.09.2018 and the matter was adjourned for

06.12.2018.

3. Thereafter, defendant No.12 got his office renovated and packed all his office goods including the summons with applications and documents and shifted it to another premises and was unable to work on account of renovation activity from 30.09.2018 to 27.10.2018. He then handed over the summons with applications and documents to his counsel on 30.10.2018 to prepare the Reply of the application. Consequently, the present applica