THAKURDEEN Vs. HERO DEVI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THAKUR Deen is the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 14358 of 1981 while Smt. Mithlesh Kumari and her sons and daughters are the petitioners in writ petition No. 14356 of 1981.

(2.) BOTH the petitioners are the tenants of Smt. Herodevi, the respondent no. 1 in both the writ petitions, who is the owner of House no. 32/14, Chawal Mandi, Kanpur. Thakur Deen came into occupation of the accommodation by virtue of an allotment order passed in the year 1950 while the husband of Smt. Mithlesh Kumari, Sri Shekharnath Shukla, was a tenant in the building in dispute from the year 1938 and continued as such until he died on 6-6-1980 and after his death the petitioners in the writ petition became the tenants by operation of law.

(3.) IN support of her application under section 21 (1) (a) of the U. P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent & Eviction) Act, 1972, (hereinafter referred to as the Act), Smt. Herodevi stated that she had a large family comprising of herself, her husband and four sons. According to her, three sons had been married and the fourth son, namely, Ram Behari is also to be married.