JUDGMENT

S.B. SINHA, J :

1.Leave granted.

2.Relationship between the parties is landlord and tenant. Appellant herein was inducted as a tenant in a shop premises which is a part of House No. 177-E, Abu Lane, Meerut Cantt., Meerut (U.P.). Respondent purchased the said house in the year 1969. The shop, in question, was newly constructed.

3.Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (hereinafter called and referred to as the "said Act") contains an exemption provision in Section 2(2) in regard to applicability thereof which reads as under:-

"Sec. 2(2) Except as provided in sub-section (5) of Section 12, sub-section (1-A) of Section 21, sub-section (2) of Section 24, Sections 24-A, 24-B, 24-C or sub-

section (3) of Section 29, nothing in this Act shall apply to a building during a period of ten years from the date on which its construction is completed."

Explanation I appended to the said provision defines as to what is meant by the term "construction" in the following terms:-

"Explanation I. For the purposes of this section, -

(a) the construction of a building shall be deemed to have been completed on the date on which the completion thereof