(1.) The instant appeal has been preferred by the appellants under Sec. 104 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ("CPC") read with Order XLIII rule 1(d) and Sec. 151 of the CPC against the order dtd. 21/1/2019 passed by the Ld. Single Judge in I.A. no.2086-2087 of 2018 in CS(OS) No.2222 of 2013 ("impugned order" in short). Vide impugned order, the Ld. Single Judge had dismissed the application filed by the appellants and the respondent no. 2 herein under Order IX rule 13 CPC for setting aside the ex-parte judgment/decree dtd. 15/1/2015 passed against them in CS(OS) no.2222 of 2013.
(2.) Let me briefly mention the factual backdrop in which the present appeal came to be filed:
(3.) The appellants have challenged the impugned order dtd. 21/1/2019 of Learned Single Judge mainly on the grounds that :