Reply to Court Notice

Hello everyone, First of all I want to thank this forum and the advocates for helping so many citizens by educating about laws. Thank you very much. I have received a notice from family court, stating the below - "You are hereby required to file in this Court as appearance personally though E~mail or a Vakalatnama through E-mail with the permission of the Court within 3 Weeks from the service of this summons upon you. And whereas as suit will be placed for directions on the board of the Judge on the date xx/xx/xxxx. You are hereby summoned to appear before the Judge through Video Conference call to answer the Petitioners claim on the said xx/xx/xxxx at xx.xx O'clock in the morning. Make further notice that if you fail to file your appearance personally through E-mail or Vakalatnama through E-mail as referred above, or you fail to appear before the Judge on the day before mentioned the petition may be placed on board for ex-parte order against you" My question is - What am I expected to reply within 3 weeks? I'm using vakalatnam, so, 1) Do I need to reply with a vakalatnama stating that I or my lawyer will be appearing on the mentioned date? 2) Or, do I need to reply with a vakalatnama stating my response to petitioner's claim? Thank you!