IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

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Date of Decision:-19.12.2025

OM PARKASH … Petitioner

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ARVINDER SINGH ... Respondent

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL

Present: Mr. Dixit Garg, Advocate,

for the petitioner.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J . (Oral)

1. Petitioner filed this petition for setting aside the order dated 07.11.2025 passed by the learned Appellate Authority, Ludhiana whereby the appeal filed by the petitioner against the provisional assessment of rent by the

Rent Controller vide order dated 28.04.2022 has been dismissed.

2. Respondent-landlord filed an ejectment petition seeking ejectment of the petitioner from the demised premises on grounds specified in the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 and one of the grounds was that petitioner is in arrears of rent. Rent agreed was Rs.6,000/- per month and petitioner is in arrears of rent since October, 2016. Petitioner appeared and filed written reply taking a plea that rent was only Rs.2,200/- per month and that he is in possession of the premises since 1987 and respondent has paid rent of Rs.24,200/- for 11 months in the shape of cheques or cash on dated 23.08.2017 and 25.09.2017. Thereafter