IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
VIKAS BAHL
Santosh Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Santosh Rani – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Vikas Bahl, J. (Oral)
Challenge in the present revision petition is to the order dated 10.10.2024 vide which the eviction petition filed by the respondent has been allowed and the present petitioner has been directed to vacate and hand over the possession of the premises in question. Challenge is also the judgment dated 13.01.2025 passed by the Appellate Authority vide which the appeal filed by the present petitioner has been dismissed.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is now ready to pay the rent and has submitted that the impugned orders be set aside and the petitioner be granted one more opportunity to pay the rent due.
3. This Court has heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and has perused the paper book and finds that the impugned orders have been rightly passed and deserve to be upheld and the present petition being meritless, deserves to be dismissed for the reasons stated hereinafter.
4. It is not in dispute that the respondent had filed a petition under Section 20 of the Punjab Rent Act , 1995 for ejectment of the present petitioner from the shop in question and in the said case, the provisional rent was assessed by the R
Non-payment of provisionally assessed rent mandates eviction under the Punjab Rent Act.
A tenant's failure to deposit assessed rent on time under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 leads to automatic eviction, with no provision for extending the payment deadline.
A tenant's failure to deposit assessed provisional rent mandates eviction under Section 13 of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent & Eviction) Act, 1976.
The failure of a tenant to comply with a Rent Controller's order for provisional rent assessment necessitates eviction, as the Controller has no jurisdiction to extend the payment period.
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