IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 09.03.2026 Balwinder Singh .… Petitioner Versus Tej Bahadur .... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate for Caveator/respondent.

NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed by the petitioner/tenant is for setting aside the order dated 02.02.2026 passed by the learned Appellate Authority, Rupnagar, whereby the appeal filed by the petitioner-tenant against the order dated 18.11.2025 passed by the learned Rent Controller, Rupnagar was dismissed, upholding the order of the learned Rent Controller, directing the petitioner to vacate and hand over the vacant possession of the demised premises to the respondent-landlord within a period of 02 months.

2. After arguing for some time, when this Court is not inclined to interfere in the matter on merits, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be granted some reasonable time to vacate the demised premises.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the Caveator/respondent- landlord vehemently opposes the aforesaid submissions of learned counsel