(1.) This is a petition under the proviso to section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 (the 'Act'). It seeks to have revised an order for recovery of possession made by Mr. Dinesh Dayal, the 4th Additional Rent Controller.
(2.) The petitioner is Waryam Singh Duggal, the aggrieved tenant. He is a building contractor. The respondent is Savitri Devi, the wife of Shri Dheram Pal. She is the owner of the house at 2114, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi. This is a two and a half storeyed house. Excepting one room, the tenant has the entire ground floor. The landlady has that one room on the ground floor, the entire first floor, and the barsati. There are two garages. One is with the tenant, and the other with the landlady, there are also two servants' quarters. They are in the possession of other tenants. I will .give more details about the accommodation a little later.
(3.) The order for recovery of possession was made under section 14(l)(e) of the Act. It was held: (i) that the premises. had been let to the tenant for residential purposes and (ii) that they were 'required bona fide' by the landlady for occupation as a residence for herself and members of her family dependent on her. No other point was canvassed before the Additional Rent Controller. The same two points have been agrued before me. I will take them in the same order.