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2011 Supreme(SC) 522

2011 (4) Supreme 222
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra, JJ.
Ram Prakash Sharma — Appellant
versus
Babulal irla (D) By Lrs. & Others — Applicants/Respondents
I.A. No.3 of 2011
in
Civil Appeal No. 5310 of 2010
Decided on : 12-5-2011

IMPORTANT POINT
If the tenants do not vacate on or before the date extended by the Court, they will be evicted by police force.

Headnote:Rent Control Laws – Tenants, despite orders of courts fixing date limit to vacate the premises or their own undertaking to vacate within the deadline, do not vacate the premises – This necessitates filing of contempt petition by landlord – To obviate this chronic problem general direction issued – When landlord’s petition/appeal is granted or tenant’s petition/appeal is dismissed and he is given time to vacate then on the expiry of that time, he will be evicted by police force if he does not vacate of his own – However, if any further extension of time to vacate is desired, that application should be filed well in advance. (Paras 4, 5)

       Facts of the case:

        This case relates to eviction of the tenant.

       Finding of the Court:

        The Chronic problem of tenants’ not vacating premises despite court orders or their own undertaking needs to be tackled.

       Result : General direction issued.

       

ORDER

Taken on Board.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

3. In the facts and circumstances of the case, time to vacate the premises in question is extended till 31st August, 2011 and if the tenants do not vacate on or before the said date, they will be evicted by police force.

4. We further make it clear that when this Court allows the petition/appeal of the landlord or dismisses the petition/appeal of the tenant and grant some time to vacate the premises in question and if the tenant does not vacate within the time granted, the tenant shall be evicted by police force. This is a general direction we are passing because we are coming across several cases where the tenants are not vacating the premises in question despite granting time by this Court or despite furnishing an undertaking to this Court with a result that the landlord has to initiate contempt proceedings or any other proceedings. Hence, we CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5310 OF 2010 give a general direction that when tenant’s petition/appeal is dismissed and he is given time to vacate then on the expiry of that time, he will be evicted by police force if he does not vacate of his own.

5. If any extension of time to vacate is desired, that application should be filed well in advance.

6. The Interlocutory Application is allowed accordingly.

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