P&H: Dismisses Revision in rent dispute, says possession issue must be decided in Statutory remedy of appeal not in revision petition
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a revision petition filed by the Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana, in a rent dispute concerning SCO Nos. 71-72-73, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh. The department had challenged an order of the Rent Controller that provisionally assessed rent at ₹2.47 crore, including arrears, interest and costs.
The landlord had filed an eviction petition under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, alleging non-payment of rent from 1 July 2019. The department, however, claimed that it had already vacated the premises on 30 September 2019 after shifting to its...