The petition was heard by a division bench comprising Justices H S Sethi and Deepak Manchanda, which issued notice of motion to the respondents and sought their response. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the operation of a Central government notification extending the Assam Tenancy Act, 2021, to Chandigarh and directed that the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, continue to operate for the time being. The Bench ordered that the operation of the notification dated May 6, 2026, shall remain in abeyance till July 14. The interim order came on a writ petition filed jointly by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association and the District Bar Association, Chandigarh . The writ petition challenges the notification dated May 6, 2026, under which the Assam Tenancy Act was extended to Chandigarh, resulting in the repeal of the East Punjab Restriction Act — in force in the city since November 4, 1972.…