( 1 ) THE in petitioners in this case were tenants of the respondent in occupation of premises bearing No. 8583-86/xv. situated at Ara Kashan Road, Paharganj, Delhi. On an appliation made before the Rent Controller by the predecessor-in-interest of the present respondents, Shri Wasakha Singh, who died during the pendency of this litigation and Whose legal representatives were thereafter brought on the record as respondents, Shri Asa Singh Gill, Rent Controller, Delhi, passed orders of eviction in favour of the landlord against the petitioners. the. petitioners have assailed [he validity of these orders by this petition and the. only ground urged in. support of the contention that the impugned orders of Shri Asa Singh. Gill are illegal, null and void and wihout the authority of law is that he had not been validly appointed under section 35 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, to act as a Rent Controller. The matter came up for hearing before a Division Bench of this Court. The authentication of the notification appointing Shri Asa Singh Gill was not expressed to be in the name of the President. It was signed by Shri Vajpeyi with the designation of Under Secretary