Civil Revision No. 3394 of 2010 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 3394 of 2010 Date of decision : 26.5.2010 Veena Verma ....Petitioner Versus Group Captain Satya Pal Daulay ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Satinder Khanna, Advocate for the respondent. S. D. ANAND, J. Civil Misc. No.14118-CII of 2010 On consensual basis, the matter is preponed to today i.e. 26.5.2010. On further consensual basis, the learned counsel have addressed argued on merits as well. Civil Revision No.3394 of 2010 The petitioner herein has filed a petition to challenge the validity of the order dated 21.4.2010 vide which the learned Rent Controller assessed the provisional rent at the rate of Rs.10000/- per month. It is argued on behalf of the petitioner that the impugned assessment deserves to be invalidated inasmuch as learned Rent Controller had, in obtaining the view, placed reliance upon the rent assessed by the P.W.D. in respect of certain houses requisitioned Civil Revision No. 3394 of 2010 -2- **** for a judicial officer and a Chief Agricultural Officer. Concededly, there was no documentation about the impugned tenancy. The respondent alleged that tenanted premises had been initially let out on rent at the rate of Rs.5000/- per month which (rate of rent) had undergone enhancement on account of the fact that additional accommodation (one room, with attached wash room and also a garage, with attached kitchen and a wash room) was made available to the petitioner-tenant. Learned Rent Controller drew sustenance, in the context, from the fact that the respondent-tenant had been showing the monthly rent in the income tax return at the rate of Rs.13000/- per month. Though the petitioner-tenant had denied the averred enhancement of rent, no controversy was raised about the initially averred rent at the rate of Rs.5000/- per month. On a conjunctive appraisal of the initially agreed rent and also the assessment of rent made by the PWD in respect of certain requisitioned accommodation, the learned Rent Controller drew a balance and assessed the provisional rent at the rate of Rs.10,000/- per month. That finding cannot be faulted on any valid score. In the light of foregoing discussion, the petition is held to be denuded of merit and is ordered to be dismissed. May 26, 2010 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE Civil Revision No. 3394 of 2010 -3- ****