C L GOPAL Vs. SANTOSH ANAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present writ petition has been filed against an order dated 19th October, 1979 passed by the Rent Control and Eviction Officer on an application under Rule 22 clauses (b) & (f) of U. P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972.

(2.) IT appears that the opposite-party No. 1 moved an application. Annexure 'I' to the writ petition purporting to be under section 14 of the U. P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'. The prayer made in that application was that the tenancy be regularised in respect of the disputed accommodation under section 14 of the Act. The contention of the tenant applicant was that he was a tenant in the disputed accommodation since 1965 and the rent for the aforesaid accommodation had been paid to the landlord upto October, 1978. The landlord never issued any receipt. The applicant had a Ration Card from that house. There was some dispute between the landlord and the tenant and, therefore, the applicant prayed for the regularisation of the tenancy under section 14 of the Act. That application was opposed by an affidavit by the landlord which is Annexure '2' to the writ petition.