BAIJNATH Vs. RAMNIWAS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE three revision applications can conveniently be disposed of by one judgment. *

(2.) THEY arise out of a suit for enhancement of rent filed by the landlords against the tenants under sec. 11 (3) of the Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1950 on the following grounds : - (1) that since 1st January, 1943 there has been an enormous rise in the cost of commodities and articles meant for daily use and the rise in prices has been more than two and a half times the prices as prevailing on 1st January, 1943; (2) that likewise there has been an enormous increase in the demands of persons looking after the property, recovering the rent and maintaining accounts and the cost of maintenance has also gone very high; (3) that taking into consideration the cumulative effect of the general increase and the rise in the rate of rent prevalent the rent which was agreed for shops in suit is meagre, inadequate and calls for increase to the extent of atleast two and a half times the rent which the shops fetched on 1st January, 1943.