GOPAL CHAND Vs. LABHU RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner took the premises in dispute on rent on July 22, 1960. The material portion of the rent note when translated Into English reads as under :-

(2.) The premises in dispute were acquired by the present respondents under sale-deed dated February 21, 1968. They filed a petition under section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) on the following grounds :-

(3.) Mr. I. K. Mehta, counsel for the petitioner, has read out the rent note before me and has submitted that insignificant alteration in the use of the premises would not entitle the respondent to claim eviction of the petitioner. He has argued that the main room in which the power-looms were installed could not be regarded for being used for another purpose merely because some hand-looms bad also been installed therein. The same plea has been raised regarding the room meant for being used as an office.