Where the defendant or his agent or such other person as aforesaid refuses to sign the acknowledgment, or where the serving officer, after using all due and reasonable diligence, cannot find the defendant, who is absent from his residence at the time when service is sought to be effected on him at his residence and there is no likelihood of his being found at the residence within a reasonable time] and there is no agent empowered to accept service of the summons on his behalf, nor any other person on whom service can be made, the serving officer shall affix a copy of the summons on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of the house in which the defendant ordinarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain, and shall then return the original to the Court from which it was issued, with a report endorsed thereon or annexed thereto stating that he has so affixed the copy, the circumstances under which he did so, and the name and address of the person (if any) by whom the house was identified and in whose presence the copy was affixed.
Order V Rule 11 CPC Service on several defendants
Order V Rule 12 CPC Service to be on defendant in person when practicable, or on
his agent
Order V Rule 13 CPC Service on agent by whom defendant carries on business
Order V Rule 14 CPC Service on agent in charge in suits for immovable property
Order V Rule 15 CPC Where service may be on an adult member of defendant's family
Order V Rule 16 CPC Person served to sign acknowledgement
Order V Rule 17 CPC Procedure when defendant refuses to accept service, or cannot be found
Order V Rule 18 CPC Endorsement of time and manner of service