Tejpal Singh Gulati And ANR v. Roshan Lal
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH CR-2439-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision : 03.05.2025 Tejpal Singh Gulati & Anr ... Petitioner(s)
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Roshan Lal ... Respondent(s) CORAM :
HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present :
Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners. ALKA SARIN, J. (Oral) 1.
Prayer in the present revision petition is for issuance of directions to the Rent Controller to decide the petition being RP-410-2019 filed under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (Annexure P-1) in a time-bound manner.
2.
The Dashboard of the District Courts, Amritsar, available on the website of National Judicial Data Grid, reveals the pendency of 17400 such cases.
3.
Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case titled as High Court Bar Association, Allahabad Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. [2024 (2) RCR (Civil) 199] has held in para No.37(c) as under :
"37(c) Constitutional Courts, in the ordinary course, should refrain from fixing a time-bound schedule for the disposal of cases pending before any other Courts. Constitutional Courts may issue directions for the timeYogesh Sharma 2025.05.05 09:26 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment.
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CR-2439-2025 (O&M) -2bound disposal of cases only in exceptional circumstances. The issue of prioritizing the disposal of cases should be best left to the decision of the concerned Courts where the cases are pending"
4.
No exceptional circumstances have been shown to this Court by the learned counsel for the petitioners for issuance of directions to the Rent Controller concerned for decision of the petition expeditiously. The present revision petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed off.
03.05.2025 Yogesh Sharma ( ALKA SARIN ) JUDGE NOTE: Whether speaking/non-speaking: Speaking Whether reportable: YES/NO Yogesh Sharma 2025.05.05 09:26 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment.
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