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2023 Supreme(Cal) 714

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
HARISH TANDON, PRASENJIT BISWAS, JJ.
Kaiser Begum – Appellant
Versus
E. D. Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. – Respondent
APDT 10 of 2022 with CS 105 of 2021, IA GA 1 of 2022
Decided On : 30-03-2023

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Sakya Sen, Mr. Arik Banerjee, Mr. Arijit Roy, Mr. Partha Pratim Mukhopadhyay.
For the Respondents: Mr. Ratnanko Banerji, Mr. Debdut Mukherjee, Mr. Meghajit Mukherjee, Mr. K. Kejriwal, Ms. Shivanji Thard, Ms. Vidhya Upadhyay.

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Order 12 Rule 6 – Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Section 111 – West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 – Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – Determination of lease – Suit and for towards occupational charges – Lease determines – Defaulted in payment of rent and amenities charges – Occupational charges – Held, There is no denial on service of notice upon appellant and once same is admitted tenant cannot wriggle out of such admission – It is further manifest from instant case that said tenancy is not protected under West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 because of exemption provisions contained in said act and admittedly governed by provision of Transfer of Property Act – There is no protection against eviction as envisaged in West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 available to appellant – Section 111 of Transfer of Property Act postulates that lease determines on an expiry of period given in a notice under Section 106 of Transfer of Property Act and no protection in this regard has been given in any of provisions contained in said act – Appeal dismissed.

JUDGMENT :

(Harish Tandon, J.) :

1. The judgment on admission is passed by the Single Bench on 28.7.2022 in CS No. 105 of 2021 directing the delivery of khas possession of the scheduled premises being the subject matter of the suit and for Rs. 10,11,500/- towards occupational charges in respect of the said suit premises.

2. Admittedly, the respondent is the owner of a demarcated portion of the ground floor and the mezzanine floor admeasuring approximately 374 sq. ft. super built up area situated at premises no. 42A, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata -700020. The defendant/appellant was inducted as a tenant for commercial purposes at a rent of Rs. 1,40,000/- per month which was subsequently, enhanced to Rs. 1,61,000/- inclusive of the rent and the amenities charges. The lease agreement was entered into by and between the parties wherefrom it appears that a sum of Rs. 7 lakhs was deposited as security deposit. Pursuant to the said agreement and understanding between the parties, the appellant was put into possession by the respondents for using the said premises for commercial purposes and the rent in respect thereof was being paid from time to time until the default was committed on and from December, 2019. Since the appellant defaulted in payment of the rent and the amenities charges attached to the said suit premises the demand was made by the respondent but despite discharging his contractual and statutory obligation in payment of the rent and amenities charges for use and enjoyment of the suit premises, the appellant filed the Title Suit no. 571 of 2020 before the City Civil Court at Calcutta for declaration that there are a bona fide tenant and the tenancy right is still subsisting in respect of the suit premises at a monthly rent of Rs. 1,40,000/- per month payable according to an English Calendar and a decree of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents herein from interfering and/or disturbing the peaceful possession, use and enjoyment of the suit premises and/or from disrupting the water and electric connection and other facilities and amenities attached to the said tenancy.

3. Indubitably, an application of injunction was taken out and an ad-interim order of injunction was passed against the respondent not to disturb and/or interfere with the possession of the appellant and also from disconnecting the water and electric connection and other amenities attached to the tenancy. Subsequently, by a notice dated September 24, 2022 the respondent determined the said tenancy under Section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act and the same was sent to the appellant by speed-post with acknowledgement due which was duly received by the appellant.

4. On the conspectus of the aforesaid undisputed facts, the respondent filed a suit for recovery of possession upon expiration of the period enshrined in Section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act and recovery of the arrear rents/occupational charges in terms of the agreement. A plea of demur was taken as the said suit is filed in ordinary original civil jurisdiction of this Court and since the transaction between the parties is of commercial nature, it is a commercial dispute and, therefore, the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court is denuded of power in view of the promulgation of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. The aforesaid objection was sustained and the plaint was returned to be presented before the Commercial Division of this Court which in fact, was filed and gave rise to a registration of CS 105 of 2021. After the service of summons the appellant entered appearance and sought for extension of time to file written statement which we are informed that the same was allowed.

5. In the meantime, an application under Order 12 Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure has been taken out by the respondent for judgment on admission. It is contended by the respondent that the jural and contractual relationship of landlord and tenant between the parties and the notice under

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