Judgment

BACHAWAT, J. : One S. N. Bhatnagar was the tenant of a building in a. slum area in Delhi under the respondents. On December 5, 1960, the respondents obtained a decree for eviction of the tenant. By this decree, the tenant was allowed time to vacate till March 2, 1963. On June 19, 1964, the respondents obtained the permission for the execution of the decree from the competent authority under S. 19 of the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956, (Act No. XCVI of 1956). Section 19 as it stood before December 21, 1964 was in these terms :-

"19. 1. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no person who has obtained any decree or order for the eviction of a tenant from any building in a slum area shall be entitled to execute such decree or order except with the previous permission in writing of the competent authority.

2. Any person desiring to obtain the permission referred to in sub-section (l) shall make an application in writing to the competent authority in such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed.

3. On receipt of such application the competent authority, after giving an opportunity to the tenant of being h