JUDGMENT :

KARAMJIT SINGH, J.

1. Petitioners/tenants being aggrieved by order dated 4.8.2022 passed by the Court of Rent Controller-cum-Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, whereby the petitioners were proceeded against ex-parte and order dated 6.3.2023, whereby an application filed by the petitioners for setting aside aforesaid ex-parte order dated 4.8.2022 has been dismissed in rent petition having CIS No.RP/350/2022 titled Harbans Singh Sandhu vs. Sandeep Singh Sekhon and Others, have filed the present petition.

2. The brief facts of the case are that respondent/landlord filed eviction petition against the petitioners with regard to property bearing UID No.PT-1206-115531 popularly known as Hotel Mini Holland, Mullanpur Dakha (Ludhiana) under Section 24 (1)(c) of the Punjab Rent Act, 1995 as amended by Act of 2014 (in short Rent Act), on the grounds that:-

(i) the said premises is required by the respondent/landlord (a senior citizen) for his own use and also for use and occupation by his son Rupinderjit Singh Sandhu;

(ii) the petitioners are in arrears of rent.

3. The notice of the eviction petition was issued to the petitioners/tenants for 04.08.2022 as per the provisions of Ren