JUDGMENT :

VIVEK SINGH THAKUR, J.

1. Instant Revision Petition, invoking Section 24(5) of the H.P. Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Act’) has been preferred against the order dated 11.06.2018, passed by the Rent Controller, Shimla, H.P., in CMA No. 54-6/2018, in Rent Case No. 18-2 of 17/12, whereby application preferred by the tenant under Order 6 Rule 17 Code of Civil Procedure (in short ‘CPC’) for amendment of reply to the main petition has been dismissed.

2. Parties herein are being referred hereinafter as per their status before the Rent Controller, i.e. landlord and tenants.

3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have also gone through the record.

4. Landlord has instituted the Rent Petition for eviction of premises in reference in April 2012 on the ground of bonafide requirement for herself and her unmarried daughter namely Bhupinder Kaur, by starting and establishing business of sale of Readymade Garments and ladies suits etc., and also arrears of rent by tenants from 01.09.2011 onwards.

5. During pendency of the Rent Petition, on account of family settlement, premises in reference was allotted to Bhupinder Kaur. Whereafter, an application und