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2006 Supreme(Del) 1604

High Court Of Delhi
SANJAY KISHAN KAUL
MOTOR AND GENERAL FINANCE LTD - Appellant
Versus
GAUTAM ROY - Respondents
RC. REV. 51 Of 2004
Decided On : 09/13/2006

Advocates Appeared:
ANIL SAPRA, RAJIV BAHL, SUNIL MAGAN

Headnote:

eviction - Delhi Rent Control Act - Section 14 (1) (a), Section 14 (1) (b), Section 14 (1) (j) - The judgment discusses the eviction proceedings under Section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, and the correction of an eviction order due to a discrepancy in the site plan. The court analyzed the legal provisions of Section 14 and the definition of 'premises' under the Act, emphasizing the need for a decree for the recovery of possession of the complete tenanted premises. The court also considered the applicability of Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the scope of the executing court's powers in correcting accidental slips or omissions in the decree.

Fact of the Case:

The petitioner filed eviction proceedings against the tenant under Section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, seeking recovery of possession of the tenanted premises. The petitioner sought correction of the eviction order due to a discrepancy in the site plan, which led to the present revision petition.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the eviction order was for the complete tenanted premises, and the discrepancy in the site plan was an accidental slip or omission. The court held that the application for correction was maintainable in the execution proceedings and set aside the impugned order, allowing the petition and leaving the parties to bear their own costs.

Issues: The issues involved the correction of an eviction order due to a discrepancy in the site plan, the applicability of Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the maintainability of the revision petition under Section 115 of the Delhi Rent Control Act.

Ratio Decidendi: The court held that the decree for recovery of possession should cover the complete tenanted premises as defined under the Act. It also emphasized the applicability of Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure in correcting accidental slips or omissions in the decree.

Final Decision: The impugned order was set aside, and the eviction order was clarified to be in respect of the complete tenanted premises. The petition was allowed, and the parties were left to bear their own costs.


SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner filed eviction proceedings against respondent No. 1, the tenant and other parties alleging them to be sub-tenants. The eviction was sought on grounds of Section 14 (1) (a) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter to be referred to as, "the said Act") for non-payment of rent, under Section 14 (1) (b) of the said Act for sub-letting and under Section 14 (1) (j) of the said act for causing substantial damage to the premises.

( 2 ) THE Court of the Additional Rent Controller (for short, "arc") allowed the petition under Section 14 (1) (a) of the said Act giving the benefit of Section 14 (2) of the said Act. The petitioner succeeded on the ground of Section 14 (1) (b) of the said Act on account of sub-letting to M/s. Wimpy Fast Food Pvt. Ltd. as also under Section 14 (1) (j) of the said Act. Benefit of Section 14 (11)was given so far as ground of Section 14 (1) (j) of the said Act is concerned.

( 3 ) RESPONDENT No. 1 availed of the appellate remedy and the appeals were dismissed by the Rent Control Tribunal (for short, "the Tribunal" ). The second appeals filed before this Court are pending consideration. The petitioner sought to take out execution proceedings in respect of the tenanted premises and it is during those proceedings, it transpired that there was some problem in the possession being taken over on account of the fact that the eviction order dated 03. 03. 1999 had referred to a site-plan Ex. AW"6/8, while, in fact, that was not the complete tenanted premises. The total premises consisted of Ex. AW"6/8 and ex. AW"7/1 being the two site-plans. The petitioner filed applications under sections 151 and 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as, "the Code") seeking a prayer that the eviction order be corrected by incorporating Ex. AW"7/1 in para 46 of Page 49 of the judgment dated 03. 03. 1999 where the reference had been made to the site-plan Ex. AW"6/8. This application of the petitioner has been rejected by the impugned order dated 06. 05. 2004 resulting in the present revision petition.

( 4 ) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner contended that the eviction petition was filed on 18. 04. 1970 in respect of the premises bearing shop No. N/5, "n" Block, connaught Place, Janpath, New Delhi. The premises have been so specified in column 1 of the eviction petition where the municipal no. of the premises and the name are to be given. In column no. 8 where details of accommodation available together with particulars as regards the ground area, garden and outhouse have been given, it has been stated as under:"1. Shop No. N/5, N Block, connaught Place, Janpath, new Delhi. 8. Shop hall with a loft, store- room and bath room with one room out of outhouses on the back of the building N-Block, Plan attached. "

( 5 ) RESPONDENT No. 1 was alleged to have parted with possession of the suit premises to one M/s. Wimpy Fast Food Pvt. Ltd. , who were carrying on the business of restaurant in the suit premises and along with the eviction petition, two plans were attached. The first plan Ex. AW"6/8 is in respect of the outhouse, while Ex. AW"7/1 is in respect of the main shop. The eviction order dated 03. 03. 1999 itself has defined the tenanted premises to include both what have been set out in Ex. AW"6/8 and Ex. AW"7/1. The details of these are as under:" (i) Page 3 of the judgment : Thus respondent No. 1 became tenant of the petitioner by operation of law in respect of premises in dispute detailed above comprising of shop hall with a loft, store-room and bath room with one room out of out-houses on the back of the building N-Block as per site plan attached with the petition. (ii) Page 7 of the judgment : It was not denied by the respondent that he was not a tenant in the premises in dispute. He admitted that tenanted premises consists of main hall, a small room, a bath room, a mezzanine floor and a quarter in the backyard. (iii) Page 40 of the judgment : Altho
























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