GORDHAN DAS Vs. SATYA NARAYAN DHABHAI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellant -defendant has filed the present appeal under Sec. 100 of C.P.C., challenging the judgment and decree dt. 11.03.2011 passed by the Additional District & Sessions Judge, Kishangarh, District Ajmer (hereinafter referred to as "the appellate Court") in Civil Appeal No. 40/2009, whereby the appellate Court has partly allowed the said appeal and partly confirmed the judgment and decree dt. 07.11.2009 passed by the Civil Judge (Junior Division) Kishangarh, District Ajmer (hereinafter referred to as "the trial Court") in Civil Suit No. 89/2004. The short facts giving rise to the present appeal are that the respondent -plaintiff had filed the suit against the appellant -defendant seeking possession of the suit premises being the shop No. 6 under Sec. 106 of the Transfer of Property Act (hereinafter referred to as "the T.P. Act"). It was alleged interdict in the suit that the appellant -defendant was the tenant in respect of the said suit shop, which was let out to him by late Shri Ganga Bishan, who happened to be the father of the respondent -plaintiff. According to the respondent, he had become the owner of the suit shop after the death of his father, by virtue of the will executed by his father in his favour, however the appellant was not paying rent to him since 01.05.2003. The respondent, therefore, had given a notice dt. 19.01.2004 under Sec. 106 of the T.P. Act terminating the tenancy and calling upon the appellant to hand over the possession of the suit premises. However the said notice was not replied to by the appellant and hence the suit for possession and for recovery of arrears of rent was filed. The said suit was resisted by the appellant by filing the written statement, denying the allegations made in the plaint, and further contending inter alia that the respondent was not the landlord of the suit shop, and therefore no relationship of the landlord and tenant existed between the respondent and the appellant. According to the appellant, he had taken the suit shop on rent from Shri Raghuveer, another son of late Shri Ganga Bishan, and he was paying rent to the said Raghuveer, and therefore the respondent -plaintiff was not entitled to file the suit.

(2.) THE trial Court after appreciating the evidence on record held that there was relationship of landlord and tenant between the plaintiff and the defendant, and the tenancy was legally terminated by the respondent -plaintiff under Sec. 106 of the T.P. Act and hence the respondent -plaintiff was entitled to get the decree of possession and the arrears of rent, as prayed for. Being aggrieved by the said judgment and decree passed by the trial Court, the appellant had preferred the appeal before the appellate Court. The said appeal came to be partly allowed vide the impugned judgment and decree and hence the present second appeal was filed.

(3.) IN view of the above settled legal position, the issue raised by Mr. Mantri remains no longer res integra. In that view of the matter, there being no substantial question of law involved in the present appeal, the Court is not inclined to interfere with the concurrent findings of facts recorded by the Courts below, which even otherwise are just and proper. The appeal being devoid of merits, is dismissed.