IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.1868 of 2010 Date of decision: November 9, 2010. Jai Narain Parkash ...Petitioner(s) v. Ajit Singh Zakhmi ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Shri Pawan Kumar Gupta, Advocate, for the respondent. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): Counsel for the petitioner has contended that the counter-claim filed by the tenant-respondent is not maintainable and he should file a separate petition for this purpose. This prayer has been declined by the Rent Controller on the ground that it will unnecessarily cause multiplicity of proceedings and the evidence led in the eviction petition can be considered while deciding the counter petition also. At this stage, Counsel for the petitioner has stated that if a counter claim is adjudicated, it will cause unnecessary delay and shall prolong the culmination of the eviction proceedings in which personal necessity has been pleaded. Counsel for the respondent has stated that eviction petition can be decided in a stipulated time frame. After hearing Counsel for the parties, the Rent Controller is directed to decide the eviction petition filed by the petitioner and the counter claim filed by the respondent within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, after affording three effective opportunities to lead evidence to the parties. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] November 9, 2010. Judge kadyan