IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.8704 of 2025 Date of decision: December 2^nd, 2025 Rakesh Kumar Mahajan and another ...Petitioners Versus Shakti Mahajan @ Shakti Gupta ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS BAHL Present: Mr. Anupam Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioners.

VIKAS BAHL, J. (ORAL)

1. Challenge in the present revision petition is to the order dated 10.09.2025 vide which the Rent Controller has assessed the provisional rent and has directed the petitioners, who are tenants in the premises, to make payment of the amount assessed. Challenge is also to the order dated 15.11.2025 vide which the appeal filed by the petitioners (tenants) has been dismissed by the Appellate Authority, Amritsar, and the order dated

10.09.2025 has been upheld.

ARGUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONERS:

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the impugned orders deserve to be set aside on two grounds. It is submitted that the rent note dated 12.08.1999 is not a registered agreement and thus, the increase clause requiring the rent to be increased after a period of four years by 10% cannot be enforced against the petitioners. It is submitted th