HARCHARAN SINGH Vs. NEERAJ SAHU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present revision petition is filed by the petitioner-tenant under section 25-B of the Delhi Rent Control Act against the impugned order dated 22.11.2010 passed by Additional Rent Controller whereby the application filed by him under Section 25(5) seeking leave to contest the eviction petition filed against him by his landlords, respondents herein, in respect of one shop bearing no. 10274,Library Road, Azad Market, Delhi(hereinafter referred to be as tenanted shop) had been dismissed and consequently eviction order was been passed against him. The relevant averments made in para no.18 (a) of the eviction petition on the basis of which eviction of the petitioner-tenant was sought by the respondents are re-produced below:-

(2.) The petitioner-tenant filed an application for leave to contest the eviction petition wherein he had pleaded that the respondents -landlords had concealed material facts and had no bona fide requirement for the tenanted shop and that was evident from the fact that the landlords have been disposing of their other shops and thus their requirement of the tenanted shop was not bona fide.

(3.) The landlords filed a reply to the application for leave to contest wherein they submitted that they required the tenanted shop bona fide for themselves and their brother who had no suitable commercial accommodation to do the business. They further pleaded that they had not concealed any material fact in eviction petition and that the other portions sold by them earlier were not commercial in nature.