V. S. Deshpande, J.

( 1 ) THE respondents 1 and 2 are the landlords and the petitioner is a tenant of the premises-house No. 1232, Chowk Shah Mubarak, Delhi. The landlords applied to Respondent No. 3 Competent authority under section 19 of the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 as amended in 1964 for permission to evict the tenant from the premises, inter alia, on the ground that the tenant is not living in the premises for over six months prior to the filling of the application and that he has acquired vacant possession of another residence, house No. 2372, Gali Ghanta Kakwan, Farash Khana, Delhi. On 24-9-1968, the Competent authority directed notice of the application to be sent to the tenant by registered post. The registered envelop containing the notice was returned to the Competent authority by the post-office with the following remarks, namely:- (a) Not met 10-10-68, 11-10-68, 12-10-68, 14-10-68 and 15-10-1968; and (b) A. D. Refused 16-10-1968.

( 2 ) ON 22-11-1968, the Competent authority observed that the registered envelop had been returned with the remark that it was refused and, therefore, passed an order for publication as well as affixation of the notice

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