KAMLA DEVI vs VIJAY JAIN AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR-4461-2026(O&M) Date of decision: 26.05.2026 Kamla Devi … Petitioner Versus Vijay Jain and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Aayush Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present revision petition has been preferred under Article 227 of the Constitution of India by petitioner-landlord being aggrieved by delay in disposal of her Rent Petition bearing No.RP/613/2023 (Annexure P-1) and for issuance of direction to learned Rent Controller, Ludhiana to decide the same expeditiously. 2. It is the case of petitioner that she is 87 years old and had filed petition under Section 13 of East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 titled “Kamla Devi v. Vijay Jain and another” in the year 2023. The issues in the said rent petition were framed on 16.08.2024. Thereafter, the matter was fixed for petitioner's evidence, and despite the fact that PW1 Suresh Kumar and PW2 Pooja Singhal were examined by petitioner on 14.11.2024, there cross-examination has not been conducted till date on the pretext of pending applications. The respondents-tenants have been repeatedly filing o