IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.7342 of 2009 Date of decision: 10th August, 2010 Vijay Kumar … Petitioner Versus Sharanjit Singh … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. Dr. Puneet Kaur Sekhon, Advocate for the respondent. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Grievance of the petitioner-tenant is that his cross- examination was deferred and subsequently, vide order dated 24th July, 2009 his evidence was closed. Counsel for the petitioner states that the case is fixed for tomorrow before the Rent Controller and the petitioner will offer himself for cross-examination. Counsel for the respondent states that in case petitioner- tenant appears in the witness box, the landlord will conclude the cross- examination tomorrow itself. This Court is of the opinion that fair play and equity demand that one opportunity ought to be granted to the tenant to conclude his evidence. Since, counsel for the petitioner has stated that only cross- examination of the petitioner-tenant is to be conducted, this Court accepts the prayer made by counsel for the parties. Hence, the orders dated 24th July, 2009 (Annexure P-3) and dated 21st October, 2009 (Annexure P-5) are hereby set aside. The petitioner-tenant shall appear in the Court on the next day of hearing and he will be cross-examined by counsel for the landlord. Since the Civil Revision No.7342 of 2009 petitioner-tenant has caused delay to the detriment of the respondent- landlord, petitioner is fastened with a cost of Rs.5000/-. The Rent Controller shall conclude the proceedings expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. With the observations made above, present revision petition is disposed of. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE August 10, 2010 rps 2