CHHEDI LAL Vs. VTH ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE KANPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SRI Chhedi Lal and his wife Smt. Hira Devi who are Petitioners in this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, are owners of house No. 105/326, Charoman Ganj, Kanpur. They purchased the house on April 15, 1962. Some portion of the ground floor and some on the first floor of the building is in occupation of tenants. Sarvashri Sarju, Baddal and Daulat Ram are three such tenants. They are occupying the portions in their tenancy on a monthly rent of about Rs. 13/ - each.

(2.) ACCORDING to the Petitioners, their family consists of 10 members. Most of their children are of school -going age. One son Kishori Lal, was nearly 20 years of age in the year 1972. Negotiation for his marriage was going on at that time.

(3.) THE three tenants contested the prayer for release made by the Petitioners on various grounds and in particular, on the ground that the accommodation in possession of the Petitioners was sufficient for their requirements. It was also said that the story about the marriage of Kishori Lal was set up with a view to make out a ground for release.