Civil Revision No. 4919 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Revision No. 4919 of 2010 Date of Decision: 6.8.2010 Allahabad Bank …Petitioner Versus Ravinder Sachdeva and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Ms. Meenakshi Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The Rent Controller, Pathankot, vide his order dated 7.6.2010, had declined leave to contest to the petitioner-Bank. An application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, for condonation of delay was also dismissed. The Rent Controller noticed that service upon the Branch Manager of the tenant-Bank was effected on 19.5.2003. An application for leave to defend was filed on 1.10.2004. It was further noticed that learned counsel for the Bank had appeared in the Court on 30.5.2003 and for a period of ten months, no effort was made to seek permission for leave to contest. On merits, the Rent Controller also came to a conclusion that the ingredients of Section 13-B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restrict Act, 1949 are made out and ordered eviction of the petitioner-Bank. Civil Revision No. 4919 of 2010 2 At this stage, Mr. Chaudhary, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that she will not press the present petition but prays that taking into consideration the fact that the Bank is a public sector undertaking and is having various account holders and had set up an infrastructure in the premises, a reasonable time be granted to it to shift to the new premises. The alternative prayer, made by learned counsel for the petitioner, is just and appropriate. A reasonable time is required by the tenant-Bank to move to the new premises. Accordingly, the present revision petition is dismissed as not pressed. However, a period of eight months is granted to the tenant- Bank to vacate the demised premises, subject to its furnishing an undertaking in the Court of the Rent Controller, Pathankot, that the Bank shall hand over actual physical vacant possession of the demised premises to the respondent/landlord commencing from 1.9.2010. The undertaking shall also contain a condition that the rent due for following months shall be paid on or before 7th of each month. The entire arrears of rent, if any, shall be deposited in the Court of Rent Controller, Pathankot. The undertaking and the arrears be deposited in the Court of Rent Controller, Pathankot, on or before 1.9.2010. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge August 6, 2010 “DK”