RAM SWAROOP Vs. PAWAN KUMAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE controversy between the landlord and the tenant here is with regard to the fixation of fair rent of the shop let out to the tenant.

(2.) IT was on November, 1960 that the shop, which is located in Sirsa, was let out to the tenant on a rent of Rs. 900/- per annum. In October, 1980, the landlord filed an application seeking fixation of fair rent under section 4 of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction Act, 1973) (hereinafter referred to as the Act). This provision of law reads as under :-

(3.) NOTWITHSTANDING that the fair rent for building or rented land has been fixed under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the 1949 Act) a landlord or tenant of such building or rented land shall be entitled to get its fair rent fixed under this section.