JUDGMENT

Anil Kshetarpal, J.(Oral) - In a petition filed under Section 13 of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973, the Rent Controller is required to assess the provisional rent in view of the interpretation of the said provision in Rakesh Wadhawan & Ors vs M/S. Jagdamba Industrial Corporation and others, (2002) 5 SCC 440 .

2. The petitioner herein is the widow of late Sh. Jagan Nath. She is aggrieved by the order of the provisional assessment passed by the Rent Controller on 19.08.2019. She has been directed to pay Rs.2,96,488/-towards the arrears of rent from 01.11.2014 to 01.08.2019 along with interest @ 8% and costs. Through this revision petition, the correctness of the aforesaid order has been assailed.

3. Some relevant facts, in brief, are required to be noticed.

4. Sh. Malook Singh and others, the predecessor-in-interest, of the respondent-landlady, filed a petition in the year 1984, alleging that M/s Kirpa Ram Manohar Lal is the tenant and late Sh. Jagan Nath and Sh. Ram Bilas are the sub-tenants. The Rent Controller dismissed the petition on 27.02.1991, however, in the first appeal, the judgment of the Rent Controller was reversed. The alleged sub-tenant