Law: Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance, 2001

Section: 21 (6)

JUDGMENT SHEET ARBAB MUHAMMAD TAHIR, J. The instant writ petition has been filed with the following prayer:-   “It is therefore respectfully prayed that instant petition may very graciously be allowed and time granted by learned respondent No. 1 for vacation of premises (H. No. 34, St. No. 4, Sector F-8/3 Islamabad) by 15.05.2022 may be extended to 15.08.2022 so that petitioner’s children with the peace of mind may take and complete their examination and petitioner may also be able to arrange alternate rented premises for accommodationdwelling.”   Precisely, on 10.12.2021 respondent No. 3 (Yasmin Ara Begum) (hereinafter to be referred as “landlady”) filed an ejectment petition under section 17 of the Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance, 2001 “IRRO, 2001” against the petitioner (hereinafter to be referred as “tenant”) for eviction of the latter from H. No. 34, St. No. 4, Sector F8/3 Islamabad (hereinafter to be referred as “rented premises”) and for recovery of outstanding rent. The learned Rent Controller after hearing the parties, directed the tenant to pay tentative past rent from September 2021 to March, 2022 at the rate of Rs. 157,000/- per month till 26.03.2022, Rs. 1,099,000 in-total with stipulation that in case of failure, penal provision of section 17 (9) of the IRRO, 2001 2 | P a g e                      W.P. No. 1592/2022        would be applied. In-addition the tenant was also directed to deposit monthly rent in the account of the Court before 15th of every month. The petition was then adjourned to 26.03.2022 for submission of receipts by the tenant.  On the date fixed, the tenant failed to comply with the direction which led to closure of her defence in terms of section 17 (9) of the IRRO, 2001 and consequently eviction petition was allowed and the tenant was directed to handover the possession of the rented premises to the landlady forthwith.    Against the order ibid, the tenant preferred an appeal in terms of section 21 of the IRRO, 2001 on…