IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (127)

Date of Decision:-08.04.2026 Harish Jindal ……Petitioner Versus Neha Mittal and Others ……Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL ****

Present: Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 05.03.2026 (Annexure P-1), passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), SAS Nagar, Mohali, whereby the defence of the petitioner-

defendant was struck off on account of non-filing of the written statement.

2. Briefly, the facts are that the respondent-plaintiff instituted a suit for permanent injunction restraining the petitioner from interfering in their alleged possession and from dispossessing them from house. On 21.08.2025, the petitioner/defendant appeared before the learned trial Court for the first time. Vide order dated 05.03.2026, the learned trial Court struck off the defence of the petitioner on the ground of non-filing of the written statement.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not afforded ad