12. Filing of reply and other documents by the respondents.—(1) Each respondent intending to contest `the appeal, shall file in triplicate the reply to the appeal and the documents relied upon in paper-book form with the Registry within one month of the service of notice of the appeal on him. (2) In the reply filed under sub-rule (1), the respondent shall specifically, admit, deny or explain the facts stated by the appellant in his appeal and may also state such additional facts as may be found necessary for the just decision of the case. It shall be signed and verified as a written statement by the respondent or any other person duly authorized by him in writing in the same manner as provided for in order VI, Rule 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908). (3) The documents referred to in sub-rule (2) shall also be filed along with the reply and the same shall be marked as R-1, R-2, R-3 and so on. (4) The respondent shall also serve a copy of the reply along with documents as mentioned in sub-rule (1) on the appellant or his legal practitioner, if any and file proof of such service in the Registry. (5) The Tribunal may allow filing of the reply after the expiry of the prescribed period.
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