Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
It is the duty of the parties to be reasonably diligent in obtaining the issue of summonses in time so as to give reasonable opportunity for service in accordance with the normal routine of the Court. Although under rules 1 and 9 of Order XVI, a party is entitled to obtain summonses at any stage of a suit or proceeding it he pays for them, and is also entitled to every reasonable