1986 CLC 1965 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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ABDUL LATIF KHAN VS YAMIN ALI Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--21 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979 S. 21(1)--Personal requirement of landlord--Further evidence-Production of--Application for--Landlord made application before Rent Controller during pendency of case to produce further evidence to prove his personal requirement on ground that after production of his evidence in his eviction application he had resigned from his job--Rent Controller while disposing of application did not reject plea of landlord but on the contrary stated that document in proof of resignation might be kept on record for consideration at time of final hearing--While considering said document in final judgment Rent Controller neither offered opportunity to landlord to bring document properly on record nor opportunity to tenant to cross-examine landlord in that regard-Consideration of document and consequent comment of Rent Controller thereon in final judgment, held, was based on surmises and conjectures--In absence of document on record it could neither be considered nor commented upon by Rent Controller in his final order.