- Proforma-respondent not served — Effect of — Whether failure to serve the proforma-respondent would result in the dismissal of the revision petition in the High Court in toto, or only to the interest of the proforma-respondents. Held: — No hard and fast rule can be laid down that failure to deposit process fee in case of proforma-defendant or a proforma-respondent, would entail a partial dismissal of the cause or it would result in its total dismissal — It depends upon the circumstances for which the concerned party was impleaded as proforma-defendant or proforma-respondent — In this case the decree for adverse possession was prayed for by the appellant and respondents No .11 and 12 jointly — The claim of the appellant and proforma-respondent was joint and inseparable and as such they were the necessary party to the suit or for that matter to the appeal. Muhammad Akbar Khan and another v. Azad Govt. and 11 others 1999 SCR 369 (B)
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