Prakash Narain, J.

( 1 ) BY this petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India the petitioner challenges the order of the Competent Authority under the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 by which respondent No. 2 herein has been granted permission to file a petition for eviction against the petitioners herein before the Rent Controller, Delhi.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY stated, the facts of the case are that respondent No. 2 (landlord) filed an application before the Competent Authority on June 4, 1971 for permission to evict the petitioners herein (tenants) from the premises comprising of a shop bearing No. 272 in Katra Pyare Lal, Chandni Chowk, Delhi of which petitioner No. 1 is a tenant under respondent No. 2. The application for permission set out the various grounds for eviction which were available to respondent No. 2, namely, non-payment of arrears of rent, sub-letting, substantial damage caused to the property and closure of business. According to respondent No. 2 petitioner No. 1 was a person of substantial means and his eviction would not create slums. This application was resisted by petitioner No. 1 on various grounds but it was admitted that petitioner No. 1

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