RAJINDER KUMAR Vs. NIRANJAN LAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present revision petition has been filed against the orders passed by the learned Rent Controller, Gurgaon and confirmed by the appellate authority dismissing the ejectment petition filed by the petitioner.

(2.) THE petitioner has sought the eviction of the respondent-tenant from a room being used as a shop on the ground of personal necessity as well as for non- payment of rent. The rent was tendered on the first date of hearing and the case was contested qua the ground of personal necessity.

(3.) THE learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on a judgment in Mohinder Prasad Jain v. Manohar Lal Jain, 2006(2) RCR(Civil) 36 : 2006(1) RCR(Rent) 250 (SC) : (2006) 2 Supreme Court Cases 724 to contend that landlord is entitled to seek eviction of tenant from a non-residential building on the ground of personal necessity. Thus, the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that once the personal need of the petitioner was admitted by the tenant, he is entitled to seek eviction in view of the fact that for the purposes of personal necessity there could be no distinction between residential building and the commercial building. The learned counsel for the petitioner also placed reliance on the judgment of this Court in case Raj Kumar Gambir v. Kanwar Sain Jain, 2003(1) RCR(Rent) 558 to contend that when in a residential building a room on the ground floor is let out for a small shop, the character of the building remain as a residential building. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that there is ample evidence to show that the building was in the residential area and as a matter of fact the building plan was sanctioned by the Municipal Committee as a residential building and it was in a residential area. Therefore, the finding of the learned Court below on this ground cannot be sustained.