JUDGMENT

Alka Sarin, J. - Heard through video conferencing.

2. The present petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 18.11.2016 (Annexure P-4) passed by the Rent Controller, Pathankot dismissing the amendment application filed by the landlady-petitioner.

3. Brief facts relevant to the present lis are that in July 2013 the landlady-petitioner filed an ejectment application under the provisions of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 against the tenant-respondent seeking his eviction from the shop in dispute. The grounds for eviction raised were non-payment of rent since July 2012 and bonafide need and requirement. According to the landlady-petitioner the shop was needed for the requirement of her daughter, Mrs. Jeevan Jyoti Kaur, who had become a widow at a young age and was living with her mother and intended to open a beauty parlour. The tenant-respondent filed a reply and contested the ejectment application.

4. On 31.07.2015 the evidence of the landlady-petitioner was closed. On 29.07.2016 the landlady-petitioner filed an application (Annexure P-2) for amendment of the ejectment application so as to include a paragr