IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (131)

Date of Decision:-07.04.2026 JASPAL SINGH … Petitioner Versus BALDEV SINGH ... Respondents -.-

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. H.S. Dhindsa, Advocate, for the petitioner.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J . (Oral)

1. By way of the present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has assailed the orders dated 20.03.2026 and 16.07.2024 passed by the learned Rent Controller, Batala (hereinafter referred to as the “learned Trial Court”), whereby the application filed by the petitioner (respondent before the learned Trial Court) for summoning, recalling, and cross-examining witnesses, namely AW-1 Baldev Singh and AW-2 Harmandeep Singh, has been dismissed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that AW-1 Baldev Singh and AW-2 Harmandeep Singh were examined-in-chief on 24.11.2023. Thereafter, vide order dated 16.07.2024, the learned Trial Court observed that the evidence of the said witnesses stood concluded in view of the adjournments earlier sought by the petitioner. Subsequently, an application for recalling the aforesaid witnesses for the purpose of cross-examination was file