CR No.5949 of 2008 [1] THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Revision No.5949 of 2008 Date of Decision: 14 - 11 - 2008 Balbir Chand ....Petitioner v. Gurdev Kaur ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: Mr.Rajan Bansal, Advocate for Mr.Ashish Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the respondent. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner state that his application seeking permission to lead additional evidence has been declined by the Rent Controller. Counsel state that he require only one opportunity to tender certified copies of the documents specified in para 2 of the order of the Rent Controller. A perusal of the same would show that petitioner has made a prayer for additional evidence that he has to tender certified copies of ejectment application, written reply, statement of Balbir Chand-petitioner dated 11.7.1998, statement dated 17.7.1998 of Sh.V.Kashyap, Advocate, counsel for respondent Gurdev Kaur whereby the rent tendered by petitioner CR No.5949 of 2008 [2] Balbir Chand was accepted and copy of statement dated 21.11.2000 of Sh. V.Kashyap, Advocate, counsel for respondent Gurdev Kaur relating to the withdrawal of the ejectment application.The prayer was declined on the ground that petitioner-tenant has availed 10 opportunities to conclude his evidence and the landlady-respondent has closed her evidence on 21.1.2008. In the interest of fair play and taking into consideration the fact that only certified copies have to be tendered, the present revision petition is allowed. Petitioner shall be granted one opportunity to tender certified copies of ejectment application, written reply, statement of Balbir Chand- petitioner dated 11.7.1998, statement dated 17.7.1998 of Sh.V.Kashyap, Advocate, counsel for respondent Gurdev Kaur whereby the rent tendered by petitioner Balbir Chand was accepted and copy of statement dated 21.11.2000 of Sh. V.Kashyap, Advocate, counsel for respondent Gurdev Kaur relating to the withdrawal of the ejectment application. Thereafter, the landlady-respondent will be given adequate opportunity to lead evidence rebutting the evidence adduced by the petitioner-tenant. Since the petitioner has availed 10 opportunities and the rent petition was instituted in the year 2001, to balance equities, Mr.Lakhanpal state that petitioner should be burdened with costs. Taking into consideration that the eviction petition is pending for the last seven years, the petitioner is burdened with costs of Rs.10,000/-. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) November 14, 2008. JUDGE RC