CR No.6882 of 2009 - 1 - HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CR No.6882 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 25.11.2009 **** Dharam Pal . . . . Petitioner VS. Gurdeep Kaur . . . . Respondent **** 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. Anil Chawla, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Manish Prabhakar, Advocate for respondent/Caveator **** SURYA KANT J.(ORAL) (1). This revision petition is directed against the order dated 19.11.2009 passed by the Rent Controller, Amritsar, whereby, the evidence of the petitioner-tenant has been closed. (2). Notice of motion. Mr. Manish Prabhakar, Advocate, who is present in Court, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent-landlord who is on Caveat. (3). In an eviction petition filed in the year 1996 by the respondent-landlady, this Court vide order dated 1st September, 2009 passed in Civil Revision Nos.2792 & 2793 of 2009, directed the Rent Controller, Amritsar to grant two effective opportunities to the petitioner-tenant to conclude his evidence. CR No.6882 of 2009 - 2 - (4). On the perusal of the Zimni orders passed from time to time by the learned Rent Controller, Amritsar, it appears that two official witnesses and one or two private witnesses are yet to be examined by the petitioner-tenant who has also tendered his supplementary affidavit in support of the plea permitted to be raised by this Court vide order dated 1st September, 2009. (5). Taking into consideration the totality of the circumstances and the fact that the petitioner has taken effective steps to summon the official witnesses, the impugned order dated 19.11.2009 passed by the Rent Controller, Amritsar is hereby modified to the extent that the petitioner shall be granted one more effective opportunity to produce Harbaksh Singh Bedi and Arvinder Singh, Draftsman at his own risk and responsibility and no further opportunity in this regard shall be granted in future. (6). Similarly, the two official witnesses, namely, the Clerks from the Income Tax Department and PSEB shall also be summoned for the same date. It shall be the duty of the petitioner to serve a copy of this order on the Head of the local Wing of the Departments concerned who shall be personally responsible to ensure that their officials remain present in the Court of Rent Controller, Amritsar along with necessary records on the next date of hearing. The Senior Superintendent of Police is directed to execute the bailable warrants, already issued against these witnesses by the Rent Controller, Amritsar. Let the above-stated official and private witnesses be produced/summoned for CR No.6882 of 2009 - 3 - the date fixed so as to enable the learned Rent Controller, Amritsar to decide the matter within the stipulated period. (7). Dasti. (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 25.11.2009 vishal shonkar