J.M. Malik, J.

1. The plaintiff/respondent filed an application under Order 12 Rule 6 CPC before the trial judge. The said application was allowed to the extent that the decree for possession of the suit property in favor of the plaintiff/respondent and against the defendant/appellant was passed. It was further ordered that the suit shall continue with respect to the recovery of rent and the quantum of mense profits towards use and occupational charges of the said property by the defendant/appellant. Aggrieved by that order, the appeal was preferred before the First Appellate Court which, too, was dismissed vide order dated 22nd December, 2006, hence this second appeal. Let us now turn to the facts of this case.

2. Lekh Raj was the owner/landlord of house No. RZ-20Q Palam Road, East Sagar Pur, New Delhi. Punam Chand Aggarwal, the respondent/plaintiff in this case claimed that he become the owner of the above-said property by virtue of GPA dated 23rd July, 1996. The appellant, Smt.Rama Devi is a tenant in the said house. The respondent claimed that the rate of rent of the disputed property is Rs. 2250/- per month. The respondent filed an Eviction Petition under Section 14(1)