Civil Revision No.7224 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.7224 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:28.11.2011 Komal Soni ....Petitioner Versus Sh.Gurdas Mal Mittal ....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG 1. Whether reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to see judgment ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Ms. Naveen Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. * * * RAKESH KUMAR GARG, J (ORAL) This is tenant's revision petition challenging the impugned order of Rent Controller, Chandigarh, dated 07.09.2011 whereby in a petition filed under Section 13-B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, as extended to Chandigarh, the application for grant of leave to defend to the tenant-petitioner has been rejected. The only contention raised by learned counsel for the petitioner before this Court is that the provisions of Section 13-B has not been extended to Chandigarh legally and thus, the same are not applicable in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. According to the learned counsel, the matter is already pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. It could not be disputed before this Court that the aforesaid provisions of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act Civil Revision No.7224 of 2011 (O&M) 2 as extended to Chandigarh has already been upheld by the Division Bench of this Court in Asha Chawla and others vs. Union of India and others in CWP No.15378 of 2011 decided on 23.08.2011. It could also not be disputed that the operation of the aforesaid judgment has not been stayed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the SLP which is pending. In view of the binding precedent of the Division Bench of this Court, I find no merit in this petition. Dismissed. November 28, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) savita JUDGE