CIVIL REVISION No.1344 OF 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Revision No.1344 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision:-July 20,2009 Kasturi Lal ....Petitioner Versus Ashok Kumar ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reports or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported to the Digest? Present: Shri Sachin Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Sunil Narang, Advocate for the respondent. ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral): The petitioner-tenant is aggrieved at the order dated 18.11.2008 passed by the Rent Controller, Amritsar whereby he has been directed to pay the arrears of provisionally assessed rent at the rate of Rs.500/- per month with effect from 1.1.2004. The petitioner's main grievance is that he has already paid the rent upto 15.3.2007 and receipt thereof has been duly acknowledged by the landlord. The respondent-landlord, on the other hand, has denied any such receipt. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and keeping CIVIL REVISION No.1344 OF 2009 (O&M) 2 in view their respective stand, this revision petition is disposed of with the observation that the payment of provisionally assessed rent by the petitioner-tenant shall be without prejudice to his legal rights and he shall be entitled to prove that he has already paid the rent upto 15.3.2007. If the plea of the tenant is found correct, the excess payment, if any, shall be adjusted towards the future rent. The petitioner-tenant shall deposit the arrears of rent from 1.1.2004 till 14.3.2007 within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Dasti. (Surya Kant) Judge 20.7.2009 AS