( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking to revise an order passed by the Competent Authority on 25-5-1973 under Section 19 of Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act (hereinafter REFERRED TO as the act ), granting permission to the second respondent in the writ petition to institute eviction proceedings against the 4th respondent in respect of the back portion of shop No. 1515/70 Shanker Niwas, Bhagirath Place, Delhi.

( 2 ) THE main premises belongs to the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the second respondent in this writ petition (hereinafter REFERRED TO as the landlord ) had taken the shop on rent from the Life Insurance Corporation of India. It is common ground that the landlord let out the back portion of the premises in 1951 to M/s Bhagwan Dass and Company which was admittedly a partnership firm at the relevant time. On 8-5-1971 the landlord desired to evict the said tenant and hence filed a petition for permission to institute eviction proceedings under Section 19 (1) (a) of the Act. In the petition it was alleged that the grounds on which the eviction of the tenant was sought were non-payment of rent since 1-6-19