IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No.2714 of 2011(O&M) Date of decision: 10.8.2011 Batlibol and Company Pvt. Limited and ors. ......Petitioner(s) Versus Smt. Dwarki Devi and others ......Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: Mr. Sumeet Mahajan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sham Lal Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3. Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. (Oral) The petitioners are aggrieved from the order dated 28.2.2011 passed by the Rent Controller, Ludhiana. Vide aforesaid order, the petitioners' prayer for amendment in the written statement was declined. Today, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties have brought to the notice of this Court a judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Harjit Singh Uppal v. Anup Bansal, JT 2011 (6) SC 236, wherein it has been observed that any order, (whether final or interlocutory) passed by the Rent Controller is appealable. In view of the stand taken by both the parties, this petition is ordered to be dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to seek the remedy of appeal before the Appellate Authority against the impugned order. Since in the present case, the petitioners are pursing the remedy of instant revision petition, bonafidely and that the Appellate Authority can condone the delay in filing the appeal, therefore, the question of limitation be not raised against the petitioners in case of filing of CR No.2714 of 2011(O&M) -2- appeal by them within 10 days from today. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is ordered to be dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to pursue their remedy of appeal in terms of the judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court as aforesaid before the Appellate Authority. In case, an appeal is filed before Appellate Authority within a period of ten days from today, the question of limitation shall not be raised against the petitioners and any such appeal filed shall be decided on merits. Disposed of. August 10, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE