Civil Revision No. 6065 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Revision No. 6065 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:- 03.10.2011 Rajinder Kaur ....Petitioner Vs. Secretary to Government Punjab, Finance Department and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N. JINDAL ****** Present:- Mr. H.S. Dhandi, Advocate, for the petitioner. A.N. JINDAL, J (ORAL) This petition assails the order dated 20.07.2011 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, whereby evidence of the plaintiff-petitioner (hereinafter referred to as 'the petitioner') was closed by order. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner had tendered her affidavit by way of examination-in- chief, but she could not be cross-examined and the defendants- respondents took 13 dates for one reason or the other and her intention was not to prolong the matter, but the trial Court closed her evidence by order. Having examined the records, the rights of the parties cannot be allowed to remain unestablished for certain unintentional delay in leading evidence which could be compensated with costs. The petitioner has already tendered her affidavit by way of examination-in-chief, therefore, she must be Civil Revision No. 6065 of 2011 (O&M) 2 cross-examined. As such, this petition is accepted, the order dated 20.07.2011 (Annexure P-1) is set aside and the petitioner is granted one effective opportunity to lead evidence, subject to payment of Rs.2000/- as costs. This petition is disposed of without issuing notice to the respondents with a view to impart complete justice to the parties and to save the huge expenses, which may be incurred by the respondents as also in order to avoid unnecessary delay in adjudication of the matter. Still, if dissatisfied, the respondents may move to this Court for recalling this order. (A.N.JINDAL) October 03, 2011 JUDGE ajp