IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.7060 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : 1.12.2009 M/s Chottu Motu Verma registered partnership .....Petitioner versus Surinder Singh .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.I.K.Mehta, Senior Advocate with Mr.R.K.Dogra, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner-tenant is aggrieved at the order dated 27.10.2009 passed by the Rent Controller, Chandigarh, whereby the provisional rent @ Rs.700/- per month has been assessed w.e.f. 10.10.2001 till October, 2009 alongwith interest @ 6% p.a. and he has been directed to tender the same. The petitioner-tenant claims that he has already paid the rent upto December, 2008. His further grievance is that as soon as he would tender the arrears of rent as provisionally assessed, the respondent-landlord would withdraw the eviction petition. C.R. No.7060 of 2009 (O&M) 2 Having heard counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any ground to interfere with the impugned order. Suffice it to say that the petitioner may tender the arrears of provisionally assessed rent without prejudice to his legal rights and then raise a counter-claim before the Rent Controller, Chandigarh, to decide the issue as to whether or not he had already paid the rent? Any such issue, if raised, shall be decided by the Rent Controller, Chandigarh, in accordance with law. In the given facts and circumstances, the petitioner is directed to tender the arrears of rent on or before 15.12.2009. Disposed of. Dasti. 01-12-2009 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE