High Court of Gujarat

REGIONAL DIRECTOR,EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATIONversusGUJARAT HYDROLICS PVT. LTD

Disposal: 43-DISMISSED FOR DEFAULT @ FH
Bench: C DOSHI

Holding

The court held that the proceedings will be dismissed for default if the respondent does not file the D.S. affidavit by 4 May 2026.

Summary

The Regional Director of Employees State Insurance Corporation appealed against Gujarat Hydrolics Pvt. Ltd. The court noted that the respondent had not filed the required D.S. affidavit. The judge warned that if the affidavit is not filed by 4 May 2026, the proceedings will be dismissed for default. The matter was adjourned to 7 May 2026 to allow the respondent an opportunity to comply. No substantive merits of the dispute were addressed; the order dealt solely with procedural compliance.

Issues considered

Whether the proceedings should be dismissed for default due to the respondent's failure to file the D.S. affidavit within the prescribed time

Subjects

procedural defaultaffidavit filingcivil proceduredismissal for defaultadjournment

Judgment

          C/FA/4163/2006                                               ORDER DATED: 09/04/2026




                IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

                            R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 4163 of 2006

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   REGIONAL DIRECTOR,EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION
                            Versus
                  GUJARAT HYDROLICS PVT. LTD
  ==========================================================
  Appearance:
  MR HEMANT S SHAH(756) for the Appellant(s) No. 1
  DS AFFIDAVIT NOT FILED (FOR FRESH RULE)(4502) for the Defendant(s)
  No. 1
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     CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI

                                         Date : 09/04/2026

                                                ORDER

           Cause list shows that D.S.Affidavit is not filed for
  respondent No.1. If the D.S.Affidavit qua respondent No.1 is
  not filed on or before 04.05.2026, present proceedings shall
  stand dismissed for default without referring the matter to the
  Court.

           Stand over to 07.05.2026.


                                                                                   (J. C. DOSHI,J)
  MANOJ



Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: MANOJKUMAR(HC01092), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 09/04/2026 18:15:14




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