JUDGEMENT
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(1.)Leave granted.
Jurisdiction of a Land Revenue Court to set aside an ex-parte
decree is in question in this appeal which arises out of a judgment and
order dated 28th July,2003 passed by the High Court of Punjab and
Haryana at Chandigarh in Civil Writ Petition No. 11599 of 2003.
(2.)A suit for partition was filed by Kulwant Singh, the respondent
No.4 herein against the appellant as also the other respondents. The said
suit was decreed ex-parte against the appellant. He had been residing in
Houston, Texas, in the United State of America for more than 25 years.
He had never been served with any notice, although respondent No.4 had
full knowledge of his correct address.
(3.)Assistant Collector, 1st Grade, Phagwara, while passing a
judgment and order dated 26th November, 1997 observed that no notice
could be served upon the appellant.
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