CR No.5889 of 2009 etc. - 1 - HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** (1) CR No.5889 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Joge Di Hatti and Another . . . . Respondents **** (2) CR No.5890 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Subhash Chander . . . . Respondent **** (3) CR No.5891 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Lal Chand & sons and Ors . . . . Respondents **** (4) CR No.5892 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Jiwan Singh & Sons and another . . . . Respondents **** (5) CR No.5893 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Manjit Singh . . . . Respondent CR No.5889 of 2009 etc. - 2 - (6) CR No.5894 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Jiwan Kumar & Sons and another . . . . Respondents **** (7) CR No.5895 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Devinder Singh . . . . Respondent **** (8) CR No.5896 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Rajinder Kumar Batra & Sons and another . . . . Respondents **** (9) CR No.5897 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Lal Chand & Sons and another . . . . Respondents **** (10) CR No.5898 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Lal Chand & Sons and another . . . . Respondents **** CR No.5889 of 2009 etc. - 3 - (11) CR No.5899 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Central Bank of India and another . . . . Respondents **** (12) CR No.5900 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. K.C. Tailor and another . . . . Respondents **** (13) CR No.5901 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Sharanjit Singh & Sons and another . . . . Respondents **** (14) CR No.5902of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Subhash Chander . . . . Respondent **** (15) CR No.5903 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Sharma Electronics and another . . . . Respondents **** CR No.5889 of 2009 etc. - 4 - (16) CR No.5904 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. Mangat Rai . . . . Respondent **** (17) CR No.5905 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 14.10.2009 **** Bhader Singh Sadhra @ Bahadur Singh Sadhra . . . . Petitioner VS. New Rai Watch Company and another . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. Sarju Puri, Advocate for the petitioner ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) 1) This revision petition shall dispose of Civil Revisions No.5889 to 5905 of 2009 as the issue involved and the prayer made, is identical. In these petitions filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, who is a NRI-landlord, seeks a direction to the Rent Controller Nawanshahr, for early decision of the applications for leave to contest, moved by the respondent-tenants, in the eviction petitions filed by the petitioner under Section 13-B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949. CR No.5889 of 2009 etc. - 5 - 2) It is stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that the above- stated applications are pending for the last more than 2 years before the Rent Controller, Nawanshahr. 3) Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the legislative intent behind Section 13-B read with Section 18-A of the Act, I am of the considered view that such like eviction petition(s) deserve to be decided out-of-turn failing which the very legislative object of the Punjab Act No.IX of 2001 would be defeated. 4) Consequently, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner’s claim or the respondent’s defence pleas, this revision petition is disposed with a direction to the Rent Controller, Nawanshahr, to decide, the applications for leave to contest moved by the respondent-tenants, expeditiously but not later than 3 months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. 5) Disposed of. 6) Dasti. (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 14.10.2009 shonkar