JUDGMENT :

1. Petitioner-Defendant has filed this petition challenging the Decree dated 14 March 2022 passed by the District Judge, Pune dismissing Civil Revision Application No. 17/2014 and confirming the Decree dated 30 October 2013 passed by the Small Causes Court, Pune in Civil Suit No. 276 of 2011. The Small Causes Court, while decreeing the suit filed by the Respondents-Plaintiffs, has directed Petitioner-Defendant to vacate the suit premises and to pay arrears of rent of Rs. 3,600/- to Plaintiffs. Separate enquiry is directed to be conducted in mesne profits from the date of filing of the suit till recovery of possession under Order 20 Rule 12 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (the Code).

2. Briefly stated, facts of the case are that two residential blocks situated on north-east corner on the ground floor of the House Property No. 1992, Convent Street, Pune are the ‘suit premises’. House property No. 1992 was originally owned by Ms. Perin Behram Gastava. The erstwhile landlord, Ms. Perin Gastava had inducted Defendant’s father late Joginder Singh Sethi as tenant in respect of the suit premises. After death of late Joginder Singh Sethi, tenancy rights in respect of the suit p