2021 CLC 678 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

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MUHAMMAD ALI VS ATLAS KHAN S.13---eviction of tenant---Subsequent construction/improvement on the demised property after the creation of the tenancy---Jurisdiction of the Rent Controller---Scope---Petitioner/tenant contended that as he was running a factory at the demised property so the Rent Controller had no jurisdiction to entertain eviction application filed by the landlord/respondent---Held, that the petitioner/tenant admitted in the written reply that he had installed machinery at the plot (rented premises)---When the rented premises were converted or any machinery was installed ( in the shape of factory) on it, the same would fall within the definition of building or rented land and it would not ouster the jurisdiction of the Rent Controller---Constitutional petition was dismissed.