IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.2331 of 2026 (O&M)

Date of decision: March 12^th, 2026 Pardeep Kaur .....Petitioner Versus Yash Paul Nanda .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS BAHL Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Raghav Khanna, Advocate for the respondent.

VIKAS BAHL, J. (ORAL)

1. This is a civil revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the impugned orders dated 09.02.2026 passed by the Rent Controller, Khanna, vide which the application bearing No.IA/1/2026 filed by the petitioner for condonation of delay in filing the application for granting leave to defend along with application bearing No.IA/2/2026 for grant of leave to defend have been dismissed.

2. Learned counsel for the respondent has submitted that a perusal of the application dated 09.02.2026 (Annexure P-5) would show that the petitioner has admitted the fact that she was served on 26.11.2025 to appear on 03.01.2026 and thus, had time up to 11.12.2025 to file an application for leave to defend. It is submitted that it is further apparent from the application that the petitioner was duly served as she had ap