JUDGMENT

S.ABDUL NAZEER, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal emanates from the proceedings of an eviction petition filed by the respondent-landlord on 12.4.2004 under Sections 14(1)(a),(b), (d) and (h) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (for short ‘the Act’) against the appellant-tenant before the Additional Rent Controller, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, seeking eviction of the appellant-tenant from the premises bearing property No.47, 1st Floor, Bunglow Road, Kamla Nagar, Delhi. It is an admitted position that the premises in question was let out by the landlord to the tenant for residential purposes and the last paid rent was @ Rs.500/-p.m. exclusive of other charges. The eviction petition was confined ultimately to the solitary ground under Section 14(1)(a) of the Act. The landlord issued a demand notice under Section 14(1)(a) of the Act to the appellant-tenant on 19.1.2004 demanding rent @ Rs.500/-p.m. w.e.f. 1.4.2001 along with interest thereon. Since the tenant failed to pay the rent, the petition for eviction of the tenant was filed as aforesaid.

3. The tenant filed the written statement denying the allegations made in the eviction petition besides providing his defence on meri