M.M.Kumar, J.

1. This order shall dispose of Civil Revision No.3462 of 2004 (1st petition) and Civil Revision No.3463 of 2004 (2nd petition) filed by the tenant-petitioners under Section 15(5) of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (for brevity the Act). The challenge in both the petitions is to the two orders dated 14.6.2004.

2. In the 1st petition challenge is to order dated 14.6.2004 passed by the Rent Controller, Ludhiana dismissing an application in which prayer was made for setting aside exparte order dated 12.8.2003. In the second petition, Challenge is to order dated 14.6.2004 passed by executing court dismissing the objection of the tenant-petitioner judgment debtor to the execution proceedings taken by the landlady respondent. The landlady respondent had filed an application for execution of order dated 12.8.2003 passed by the Rent Controller for ejectment of the tenant-petitioners from the demised shop. (I) Brief facts concerning the order of provisional rent and striking of defence.

3. Brief facts necessary for deciding the controversy raised in the instant petitions are that the land-lady respondent filed an ejectment petition registered as Civil S