DHARAM NARAIN Vs. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE KANPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THERE is n housing colony at Kanpur known as Babupura Extension No. 1, which has been established under the U.P. Industrial Housing Act, 1955. The petitioners inducted certain unauthorised persons in the quarters allotted to them. Action was taken against them under Section 12(2) of the aforesaid Act and the allotments in their favour was cancelled. Thereafter they were served with notices of demand to pay damages for the use and occupation of the quarters. Notices for their eviction was also served under the U.P. Government Premises (Rent Recovery and Eviction) Act, 1952. The petitioners have challenged these notices in this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution.

(2.) UNDER Section 23 of the U.P. Industrial Housing Act. 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), damages can be recovered from unauthorised occupants and if such damages are not paid within the time allowed, that can be recovered as arrears of land revenue under sub-section (2) of Section 23. After the allotments in favour of the petitioners were cancelled, they became unauthorised occupants and they were liable to pay damages and, as such, no fault can be found with the demand for damages.

(3.) AS regards the eviction notices, admittedly they have been issu ed not under the Industrial Housing Act but under the provisions of U.P. Government Premises (Rent Recovery and Eviction) Act, 1952, as mentioned in paragraph 5 of the counter-affidavit of J.S.P. Pande. A Division Bench of this Court in Daulat Singh and others v. Addl. District Magistrate and others Special Appeal No. 81 of 1971, decided on February 18, 1972 has held that notices of eviction could not be issued under the U.P. Government Premises (Rent Re covery and Eviction) Act, 1952 in respect of houses governed by the U.P. Industrial Housing Act. As such, these notices are bad and are liable to be quashed.