UJJAGAR SINGH Vs. SADHU RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a landlord's revision petition and has been directed against the order dated 16.11.1999 passed by the Appellate Authority, Chandigarh, who affirmed the order dated 31st October, 1998 passed by the Rent Controller who dismissed the petition of the petitioner under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act (hereinafter called the 'Act') as applicable to Chandigarh.

(2.) BRIEF facts of the case are that Shri Ujjagar Singh filed a petition under Section 13 of the Act against Shri Sadhu Ram on the ground of non-payment of rent and it was alleged by the petitioner that he rented out the premises to the tenant on a monthly rent of Rs. 700/- per month excluding water and electricity charges. The respondent-tenant is liable to be evicted from the demised premises as he had neither paid the rent nor tendered the arrears of rent w.e.f. March, 1990 in spite of the fact that he had served a legal notice upon the tenant to pay the arrears of rent.

(3.) ON the pleadings of the parties, the Rent Controller framed the following issues :-