ASHA DEVI Vs. VI ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By means of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, orders passed by the Respondents Nos. 1 and 2 were challenged on the ground that the accommodation in dispute is a lodging house and that consequently, the provisions of U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 were not applicable. Both the courts below have held that the accommodation in dispute has not been proved to be a lodging house.

(2.) These are the relevant facts:

(3.) Learned Counsel for the Petitioner contended that both the courts below have gone wrong in taking the view that the accommodation in dispute was not a lodging house and that the same was not outside the purview of the Act.