CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH Vs. KULWANT SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition has been heard and disposed of in the open Court today for reasons to be recorded later on. My reasons for dismissing the writ petition are as follows :

(2.) HEARD Sri R. K. Nigam, learned counsel for the petitioner-tenant and Sri D. K. Sharma, learned counsel for the opposite party-landlord.

(3.) IT emerges from record that the petitioner-tenant, Chandra Shekhar Singh was inducted as tenant by the father of the opposite party-landlord sometime in the year 1981 in House, Bagh No. 2, near Gagan Palace at Kanpur Road, Lucknow. As per the learned counsel for the tenant-petitioner, he was required to pay Rs. 350 per month as rent including the electricity and water charges. A Suit No. 246 of 1999, Kulwant Singh v. Chandra Shekhar Singh, was filed by the landlord-opposite party before the Judge, Small Causes Court, Lucknow in the year 1999, seeking arrears of rent for the period from 1.4.1998 to 31.7.1999 at the rate of Rs. 350 per month. The total amount of arrears of rent was Rs. 5,600 payable to the landlord by the tenant. Before filing the suit, a legal notice was also sent by the landlord to the petitioner-tenant through his counsel on 2.8.1999 but the tenant did not respond to the same and failed to vacate the rented premises.