PYARA SINGH Vs. MAHANT GURMUKH DAS AND ANOTHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a tenant's revision from the order of the Appellate Authority dismissing his appeal and affirming the order of the Rent Controller directing his eviction from the premises.

(2.) IT appears that by means of a lease -deed dated 29th November 1951 registered on 13th December 1951, a vacant site was leased out by Mahant Gurmukh Dass in favour of Pyara Singh and Dalip Singh for a period of 20 years at the rate of Rs. 75/ - per month, it being agreed that six months' rent was to be paid in advance. In January, 1961, the present eviction proceedings were initiated alleging that the rent had not been paid since 1st January 1960 and also that there was subletting and that the tenants were not desirable persons.

(3.) THE matter was taken on appeal to the appellate authority by the tenant but without success. It is in these circumstances that the present revision has been preferred.