IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Decided on:23.12.2025

Manbir Kaur Dhaliwal …Petitioner

Versus

Atul Sharma …Respondent

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL

Present: Mr. G.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate

for the petitioner.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (Oral)

1. The present civil revision petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the order dated 27.11.2025 (Annexure P-7) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, SAS Nagar, Mohali vide which defence of the respondent-tenant has been struck off due to non-payment of provisionally assessed rent, instead of passing order of eviction

against him.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the petitioner-landlord had rented out his flat bearing No.106 in Block 7 of Mohali Employees Cooperative Housing Building Society, situated at Sector 68, SAS Nagar to the respondent- tenant. Since the respondent-tenant fell into arrears of rent and other dues, the petitioner-landlord filed an eviction petition under Section 20 of the Punjab Rent Act, 1995. On 01.11.2025, the learned Rent Controller assessed the provisional rent payable from 01.08.2024 to 30.10.2025, along