2021 YLR 1973 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Ch. ABDUL WAHEED VS ZAHIDA PARVEEN alias NAGINA S. 15--- eviction petition---Relationship of landlord and tenant---Scope---Petitioners landlord (petitioner) assailed the dismissal of their petition for ejectment of tenant---Validity---Petitioners had admitted that they had filed the ejectment petition on the basis of oral agreement for which there was no knowledge to the petitioners that when it was settled between their predecessor-in-interest and the respondent's predecessor-in-interest---Even time and year was not specifically known to the petitioners---Even there was no such evidence from which it could be believed that the respondents had paid rent to the petitioners at any time---Petitioners had failed to justify as to why after the commencement of the Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009, they could not ask the respondents/tenants for written agreement of tenancy---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.