LABH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioners through this writ petition challenge the order dated August 25, 1972 (a copy of which is Annexure P/3, appended to the petition) passed by the Commissioner, Ambala Division and order dated June 2, 1976 (a copy of which is Annexure P/4, appended to the petition) passed by the Financial Commissioner. It has arisen in the following circumstances:

(2.) It will be appropriate to read clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Act at the very threshold:

(3.) A bare reading of the above statutory provision reveals that it is the liability of the tenant to pay rent regularly. He cannot commit a default in the performance of this duty. Every infraction thereof visits the defaulting tenant with dire consequences i.e. 'ejectment' unless he is able to show that there was a sufficient cause for the default. It is not necessary to dilate upon this point any further because the matter stands concluded against the petitioner by the verdict of the Final Court in Mrs. Raj Kanta v. Financial Commissioner, Punjab and another, 1980 PunLJ 346. It has been observed:-