IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 6306 of 2011 Date of Decision: 17.10.2011 *** Pritam & Anr. .. Petitioners VS. Tarsem Kumar & Ors. .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR, Present:- Mr. Sandeep Jasuja, Advocate for the petitioners. *** ARVIND KUMAR, J. The petitioners-tenant are aggrieved with order dated 7.9.2011 by virtue of which the learned Rent Controller fixed the provisional rent of the shops in respect of which eviction petition has been filed by the landlord-respondent No.1. Heard. The argument that there is no tenant-landlord relationship between the parties, does not convince this Court, at this juncture. The learned Rent Controller on the strength of rent note, produced by the landlord, wherein there is stipulation regarding rent @ Rs.1800 per month with an increase of Rs.200/- every year, took the aforesaid amount as a rent and calculated it from the date it was claimed to be due by the landlord i.e. 1.1.2003 onwards. The petitioner merely denied the execution of the rent note and claimed that the rent was @ Rs.700/- per month. The authenticity of the rent note is yet to be ascertained and what is the rate of the rent and from which date the same was due can only be assessed at the time of final adjudication of the case. In case the petitioner is succeeded in proving his plea, he obviously shall be entitled to adjustment/ refund of the amount already paid by him, depending upon the fate of the case. At this juncture, no fault could be found with the approach of learned Court below in assessing the provisional rent and costs. The instant petition, being without any merit, is accordingly dismissed. October 17,2011 (ARVIND KUMAR) Jiten JUDGE