(1.) Leave Granted.
(2.) One Kamla Devi had filed a suit for eviction [Under Sec. 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949; 'the Act'] against the respondent - tenant, on two grounds: (i)non-payment of rent; and (ii)bona fide requirement for herself and her son Madan Mohan. Both have since deceased, and now the appeal before us is being prosecuted by their legal representatives. The Rent Controller, Nabha [RA No. 12/15/4/2003 dtd. 27/5/2010; 'RA'] and the Appellate Authority, Patiala [RA No. 12-A of 15/6/2010 dtd. 6/1/2011 'AA'], both found the case of the landlord to be proved and thus decreed the eviction. However, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in the impugned judgment [CR No. 1573 of 2011 dtd. 6/8/2018], reversed these findings.
(3.) The proceedings before the Courts below were as follows: