IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.3983 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: July 20, 2009. Dalip Singh ...Petitioner(s) v. Mulkh Raj & Anr. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Shri B.R. Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): The petitioner seeks a direction to the Rent Controller, Amritsar for early disposal of the eviction application dated 15.9.2001 titled “Dalip Singh v. Mulkh Raj & Another”. One of the grounds taken by the petitioner is that he requires the premises for his own use and occupation. The petitioner is stated to be a 73 years old person, senior citizen. The zimni orders placed on record would reveal that after closure of the petitioner's evidence in the year 2006 and after availing 8 opportunities to lead their evidence, the respondent-tenants moved an application for amendment of the written statement which is to be disposed of after they conclude their evidence. Thereafter, it appears that 12 more opportunities have been granted but the evidence is yet not completed by the respondents. Though, it is not desirable for this court to observe that there is any deliberate attempt to delay the proceedings by respondents, however, the courts are duty bound to decide the matters at the earliest by granting limited opportunities to the parties to lead their evidence. The revision petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the learned Rent Controller to make an endeavour to dispose of the pending eviction petition as early as possible and preferably within six months. Dasti. July 20, 2009. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge