JUDGMENT

Manoj Bajaj, J. (Oral) - Petitioners have filed this revision petition to challenge the impugned judgment dated 23.09.2022 passed in Rent Appeal No.141 dated 31.03.2015, by Appellate Authority, Chandigarh, whereby it has reversed the judgment of eviction passed by Rent Controller in Rent Case No.1643/2013 titled 'Smt. Renu Gupta and others Vs. M/s Pioneer Timber Products and another'.

2. The facts, in brief leading to the revision petition are that the petitioners filed eviction petition under Section 13, East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 for eviction of respondents from the premises bearing Industrial Plot No.662, Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh. As per averments, the respondents were inducted as tenant in the year 1973 @ Rs.1500/- per month as rent apart from other charges, which was increased from time to time. In 1983, a rent petition was filed against the tenants and the same was withdrawn as the parties arrived at a compromise through the agreements dated 16.11.1984 and 06.12.1984. As per settlement, the tenants were to vacate the premises by 31.12.1999 and in case of the non-compliance, the rate of rent of the property was fixed as Rs.20,000/- per mont