Judgement

SEN, J. :- The only question involved in this appeal by special leave from the judgment and order of the Allahabad High Court dated February 8, 1985 is whether the appellants were liable to be evicted from the demised premises under sub-s. (2) of S. 20, U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. By the judgment a learned single Judge has declined to interfere with the judgment and decree passed by the VIIIth Additional District Judge, Ghaziabad dated January 24, 1986 decreeing the suit brought by respondent 1 for eviction of the appellants under S. 20(2) of the Act.

2. First as to the facts. The demised premises which comprises of a godown at Hapur Road, Ghaziabad was an asset belonging to a partnership firm called Messrs Saggu Engineering Works. The firm consisted of three partners, namely, Sardar Meharban Singh, Smt. Prakash Kaur and Sardar Dilip Singh. By a deed of dissolution dated April 1, 1971 executed by the partners, the partnership stood dissolved from that date and respondent 1 Sardar Meharban Singh and Sardar Dalip Singh retired from the firm and finally settled their accounts and in settlement of their accounts it was mutually agr