IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

Sr. No.109

CR-141-2021 (O&M)

Date of decision : 29.1.2021

Devinder Kumar

..... Petitioner

VERSUS

Nachhatar Singh

..... Respondent

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR MITTAL

Present:

Mr. Sumeet Mahajan, Sr. Advocate with

Mr. Amit Kohar, Advocate and

Mr. Saksham Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner.

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SUDHIR MITTAL, J.

The petitioner is the tenant. He is aggrieved because, order

dated 18.2.2020 ordering his eviction from the demised premises has been

passed in a petition filed by the landlord under Section 13-B of the East

Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the

‘Rent Act’).

The demised premises is a shop in the front portion of property

bearing No.B-XIX-1342 situated in Haibowal Khurd, Tehsil & District

Ludhiana. The petitioner has been the tenant in the said shop since

18.7.1990 when a rent note was executed between him and the original

owner, namely, Surjit Singh. The landlord-respondent purchased property

bearing No.B-XIX-1342 from Surjit Singh vide registered sale deed dated

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