Judgment

S. Saghir Ahmad, J.-Indefatigable stamina to litigate has been exhib­ited by the parties in this case in which proceedings started on 5.2.1965 when the respondent, as landlord of the premises in question, filed a petition under Section 14(1)(b) of the Delhi Rent Control Act for the eviction of the petitioner on the ground of subletting. This application was allowed on 29th August, 1974 by the Addl. Rent Controller and the petitioner was directed to be evicted as it was established on record that the premises had been sublet by the peti­tioner in contravention of the prohibitory provisions of the Act.

2. The petitioner challenged the judgment of the Rent Controller in an appeal filed before the Rent Control Tribunal which was allowed on 3rd March, 1978 and the eviction order was set aside. The respondent-landlord approached the Delhi High Court in second appeal (SAO No. 217 of 1978) which was allowed on 26th September, 1994 and the case was remanded to the Tribunal to rehear the appeal. The Rent Control Tribu­nal dismissed the appeal of the petitioner by judgment dated 7.7.1997 and the finding recorded earlier by the Addl. Rent Controller that the premises had been sublet w