2005 YLR 2784 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Sh. SANA ULLAH VS FARAH DIBA West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance 1959--15 , --S. 15(6)---Default---Denial of relation-ship of landlord and tenant---Respondent filed ejectment petition seeking eviction of petitioners from two shops on ground of default---Petitioner took the plea that he was not a tenant, but was owner of the disputed property on the basis of oral sale---Only one issue of relationship was framed---Rent Controller passed ejectment order---Appellate Court maintained the order of Rent Controller and dismissed the appeal---Validity---Petitioner did not raise any objection when the rent agreement was admitted in evidence---Witness was not cross-examined on the point of relationship shown in the rent agreement---Petitioner had not denied his signatures on the rent agreement---No question was asked about the forgery or fabrication of the agreement---Respondents having proved the relationship of landlord and tenant, Rent Controller had rightly decided the issue--Ejectment order was maintained in circumstances.