[2026:RJ-JP:19294]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 8161/2026 Purshottam S/o Shri Shrinath Sharma, Aged About 62 Years, R/o 103, Sarai Kaiasthan, Kaithuni Pole, Kota (Raj.) Second Address- Shop No. 1, Agrasen Nagar, Keshav Pura, Main Road, Kota (Raj.)

----Petitioner Versus Smt. Rita Arora W/o Shri Narendra Arora, Aged About 62 Years, R/o C-39, Gayatri Vihar, Bajrang Nagar, Police Line Road, Kota (Raj.)

----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. R.K. Daga For Respondent(s) :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANEESH SHARMA

Order

07/05/2026

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner assailing the order dated 23.04.2025 passed by the learned Rent Tribunal, Kota, whereby the application filed by the petitioner/defendant for taking on record the reply to the application under Section 19A of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, was dismissed.

2. Brief facts giving rise to the present petition are that the respondent/applicant filed an eviction petition under Sections 9 & 15 of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 (hereinafter to be referred as 'the Act') on 20.05.2022 against the petitioner/defendant on the ground of default in payment of ren