IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.2025 of 2007 Date of decision: 23rd December, 2008 Bharat Kumar … Petitioner Versus Pritam Chand … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Ashish Grover, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.K. Goel, Advocate for the respondent. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Counsel has relied upon an interim order passed by this Court on 19th April, 2007, which reads as under: “Present: Mr. Ashish Grover, Adv. for the petitioner. Relies upon the order of this Court dated 25.05.2006 passed in Civil Revision No.3007 of 2006 to contend that the payment beyond Rs.50,000/- per half yearly rent should not have been assessed. Notice of motion for 9.08.2007. In the meantime payment beyond Rs.50,000/- (Fifty thousand) per six months is stayed. Sd/- 19.04.2007 (Vinod K. Sharma) Judge” Counsel for the respondent states that due to stay of the proceedings, eviction petition is not being decided. He states that tenant may pay the rent as per interim order passed on 19th April, 2007. Civil Revision No.2025 of 2007 In the present case, rent assessed was Rs.14,574/- per month. During the pendency of the eviction petition, the tenant may pay rent @ Rs.8,333/- per month, which for six months comes to Rs.50,000/-. Entire arrears, if any, be paid upto January 2009. Counsel for the parties have also formulated a consensus that a direction may be given to the Rent Controller to decide the eviction petition within a stipulated timeframe. In view of the peculiar facts, Rent Controller is directed to decide the eviction petition within nine months from today, affording three effective opportunities to each, landlord and tenant, for adducing their evidence. With these observations, present revision petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE December 23, 2008 rps 2