( 1 ) ALTHOUGH the petitioner has moved an application seeking preponing of the date with the submissions that the date for hearing before the Tribunal is fixed today, Mr. Ashok Patel has put in appearance for the contesting respondents No. 2 and 3; with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter has been heard finally today itself.

( 2 ) THIS writ petition has been submitted against the order dated 20. 11. 2004 passed by the Rent Tribunal, Jodhpur in case no. 51/2004 refusing an application filed by the petitioner seeking cross-examination of the deponents who have submitted affidavits in support of the petition for eviction. Learned counsel Mr. Ashok Patel appearing for the contesting respondents submits that though the petitioner has only attempted to elongate the proceedings and has moved vague and uncertain application, yet having regard to the decisions rendered by this Court in different cases including those in aasandas Vs. State of Rajasthan: 2005 (1) DNJ (Raj.) 431 and mahmud Khan Vs. State of Rajasthan and others : 2006 (1) RDD 71 (Raj.), the contesting respondents do not as such seek to contest the prayer for cross-examination of the deponent, h