Judgment

P. S. KAILASAM, J. - These appeals are by certificate, granted to Hem Chand, the tenant, under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, against the judgment of a Full Bench of the Delhi High Court holding that the time prescribed under Sec. 15 (1) cannot be extended by the Rent Controller. Municipal Corporation of Delhi is the intervener in both the appeals.

2. The Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. Ltd. is the landlord. The appellant-tenant occupied the premises at an agreed rent of Rs. 165/- p. m. The tenant defaulted in payment of rent and the landlord issued a notice of demand on 10th August, 1963 calling upon the tenant to pay a sum of Rs. 2,970/- being the arrears of rent and also complaining that he had unauthorisedly sublet the premises. The tenant paid a sum of Rs. 1,000/-only towards arrears within the notice period. As the balance amount was not paid, on February 24, 1964, the landlord filed an application for eviction of the tenant under Section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act on grounds of non-payment of rent and unauthorised subletting. It impleaded the alleged sub-tenants also as respondents. On September 9, 1964, the Additional Rent Controller, on the application of t