RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. - This revision petition is directed against the order of learned Rent Controller, Ludhiana, dated 31.5.2010, by which an application filed by the petitioner under Section 18-A of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (for short, 'the Act'), seeking 'leave to defend' the petition filed by the landlord under Section 13-B of the Act, was dismissed.

2. In brief, the landlord/respondent filed an eviction petition against the tenants/petitioners under Section 13-B of the Act, in respect of a shop measuring 11'x 20' forming part of property No.560, opposite Gurudwara Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib, Raikot Road, Mullanpur Dakha, Ludhiana, alleging therein that the shop (demised premises) was devolved upon him and his brothers upon the death of their father Kartar Singh on 31.8.1994 on the basis of a registered Will dated 01.10.1980 and as such, he alongwith his brothers is the owner of the demised premises for the last more than 14 years. The landlord migrated to Canada in July, 1995 and is having a passport bearing No. WB742641 and is a Non-Resident Indian. The landlord had let out the demised premises to the tenants on 20.7.1995 at a monthly rent of