2026 YLR 547 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Tanveer Amjad Tahir VS Shahid Mehmood Ss.22 & 25---eviction proceedings---Leave to contest---Preconditions---Scope---An application before the Rent Tribunal can only be contested by a respondent while moving an application for leave to contest in terms thereof within ten days of first appearance before the Rent Tribunal---Leave to contest can only be allowed to a respondent if his application discloses sufficient grounds for production of oral evidence---Subsection (6) of S.22 of the Act, 2009 ordains that if the leave to contest is refused or the respondent has failed to file application for leave to contest within the stipulated time, the Rent Tribunal shall pass the final order---On the other hand, S.25 of the Act, 2009 caters the situation if the leave to contest is allowed to the respondent---Like Subsection (6) of S.22, Subsection (5) of S.25 of the Act, 2009 also find mention the term "final order".