IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.7104 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : 7.12.2009 Shabeg Singh .....Petitioner versus Smt.Gulshan Rani .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajesh Garg, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.S.K.Mahajan, Advocate, for the caveator-respondent. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) This revision petition is directed by the tenant against the order dated 10.11.2009 passed by the Rent Controller, Amritsar, whereby the provisional rent of the demised premises has been assessed @ Rs.20,000/- per month alongwith interest rests w.e.f. 16.6.2001 till 30.9.2006. The petitioner-tenant appears to be running a Gas Agency and for the purpose of using the demised premises as a godown to keep the gas cylinders etc, he took the premises in dispute on rent. The respondent- landlady has filed an eviction petition under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (for short `the Act'), on the ground of C.R. No.7104 of 2009 (O&M) 2 non-payment of rent. Upon notice, the petitioner has put in appearance and has denied the relationship of landlord and tenant between the parties, rate of rent, as well as the plea taken by the respondent-landlady that earlier he had issued a cheque towards the arrears of rent upto 15.6.2004 @ Rs.20,000/- per month, which was dishonoured for want of sufficient funds in his account. The Rent Controller, with a view to form a prima-facie opinion, has referred to the contents of the civil suit which the petitioner- tenant himself had filed earlier and in paragraph 2 thereof, he has admitted that the demised premises was taken on rent by him from the respondent- landlady. He also referred to a rent-note produced by the petitioner-tenant before the Indian Oil Corporation which has sanctioned the gas agency in his favour. Similarly, reference to the income tax returns has also been made wherein the petitioner-tenant has shown the annual rent of the premises as Rs.2,40,000/- i.e., Rs.20,000/- per month. There is yet another reference to a cheque for a sum of Rs.10,12,000/- issued by the petitioner- tenant in favour of the respondent-landlady towards payment of rent till 15.6.2004 @ Rs.20,000/- per month, which was dishonoured by the bank for want of sufficient funds. In the light of the afore-stated facts, apparently establishing the the relationship of the landlord and tenant between the parties as well as the monthly rent of Rs.20,000/- of the demised premises, the assessment of the provisional rent by the Rent Controller, Amritsar, at the afore-stated C.R. No.7104 of 2009 (O&M) 3 rate wants no interference by this Court in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction. Dismissed. 07-12-2009 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE