Section 13 in Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Rules, 2010
13. Ex-parte hearing.
- (i) Where on the date fixed for hearing the application or on any other date to which such hearing may be adjourned, the applicant appears and the opposite party does not appear when the application is called for hearing, the Competent Authority may, in its discretion, either adjourn the hearing or hear and decide the application ex-parte.(ii)Where an application has been fixed for hearing ex-parte against the opposite party such opposite party may apply to the Competent Authority for an order to set-aside the order for ex-parte hearing and if such opposite party satisfies the Competent Authority that the notice was not duly served on him or that it was prevented by any sufficient cause from appearing when the application was called for hearing, the Competent Authority may make an order setting aside the order for ex parte hearing as against him upon such terms as it thinks fit and shall fix a date for proceeding further with the application:Provided that where the order for ex-parte hearing of the application is of such nature that it can not be set aside as against one of the opposite parties only, the Competent Authority may set it aside as against all or any of the other opposite parties also.
