High Court of Delhi
SURESH KAIT, J.
Rakesh Jain
Versus
Suresh Kumar Kohli & Another
CM(M) No. 880 of 2012
Decided On : 05-12-2013
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Section 47 R/w order 21 rule 26(1) - Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Section 19(b) - Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 106 - Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 - Section 14(1) (e) R/w Section 25-B - Eviction - Tenancy - Joint tenancy - Common tenancy - Landlord entered into a lease agreement with I C Jain and respondent no 2 - Son of the landlord send a notice for eviction after the death of the death of land lord - Petitioner and Respondent no.2 are two legal heirs - Eviction order was passed against one of the statutory tenant - Execution proceedings had been initiated - Objection filed by the petitioner and the same has been dismissed on the ground that petitioner being a joint tenant is not a necessary party in the eviction proceedings - Tenancy is not joint tenancy but tenants-in-common as the tenancy devolved by inheritance - Tenancy rights, being property rights, the shares of heirs, are different - Held, tenancy between the Petitioner and Respondent no. 1 is a tenancy-in-common; not joint tenancy - Tenancy rights had been devolved upon the Petitioner and Respondent no. 2 as tenants in common - Right of the petitioner being a tenant in common qua the landlord has not been adjudicated - Tenancy cannot be terminated in piecemeal - Petition is allowed - Orders of Rent Controller as well as Execution Petition are set aside - It is directed that the petitioner be impeded as a party in suit.
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Section 19(b) - Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 106 - Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 - Section 14(1) (e) R/w Section 25-B - Tenancy rights - Inheritance - Special statute - Tenancy rights are property rights - Tenancy has been the subject of inheritance and rent control laws - If the tenant or landlord dies intestate, the rights and obligations of the landlord and tenant, respectively, shall be governed by the provisions of Rent Control Act - If the special statute does not provide the method and manner, then the provisions of Succession Act would be applicable, depending on the religion of the landlord or tenant.
Suresh Kait, J.
1. Vide the present petition, petitioner seeks setting aside of the impugned order dated 08.06.2012 passed in Execution Petition No. 51/2012 passed by Additional Rent Controller, whereby objections filed by the petitioner under Section 47 read with Order 21Rule 26 (1) have been rejected.
2. He also seeks setting aside of the order dated 30.11.2011 passed by the ld. ARC (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in Eviction Petition No. 304/2010, whereby the petition filed by the respondent no. 1 under Section 41(1) (e) read with Section 25-B of DRC Act was allowed.
3. Facts of the case, in brief, are that petitioner’s father and respondent no. 2 took shop no. 3, property no. 2656, Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi on rent from father of respondent no. 1, i.e., Sh. Bhagat Raj Kohli vide lease deed dated 02.12.1975 for carrying out a business. On attaining majority, petitioner was inducted as a partner in the family business vide a partnership deed dated 02.04.1979, which was being run at the tenanted premises.
4. It is submitted that the above noted rent agreement was on month to month basis. Notice dated 25.04.2009 was sent to Sh. Ishwar Chand Jain and Sh. Ramesh Chand Jain, i.e., respondent no. 2 under Section 106 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 whereby the tenancy was terminated w.e.f 31.05.2009 in respect of the premises in question.
5. Ishwar Chand Jain, father of the petitioner died on 08.03.2010 leaving behind two legal heirs, i.e., the petitioner and Ramesh Chand Jain, i.e., respondent no. 2. Thereafter, respondent no. 1 filed a petition under Section 14 (1) (e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act seeking eviction from the tenanted premises on the ground of bona fide requirement, which has been allowed vide order dated 31.11.2011 passed by ld. ARC (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, New Delhi in Eviction Petition 304/2010.
6. Case of the petitioner is that he was not made a party clandestinely in the said Eviction Petition and he came to know about this fact in the month of June, 2012 when the order of eviction was passed in Execution Proceedings. Thereafter, petitioner filed his objections under Section 47 of the CPC read with Order 21 Rule 26 (1) in the Execution Proceedings. Same has been dismissed vide order dated 08.06.2012 passed by ld. ARC.
7. Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, ld. Sr. Counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner and submitted that the petitioner was not aware of the pendency of the execution proceedings pertaining to the suit property. Neither he was ever made a party to the same despite being a tenant and legal heir of the erstwhile tenant Late Ishwar Chand Jain being in joint possession of the suit premises, nor he was ever served with any notice pertaining to the eviction proceedings of the suit property either at his residence or at the premises of suit property in question.
8. Ld. Sr. Counsel further submitted that the petitioner was inducted as a partner in family business which was being run at the tenanted premises vide partnership deed dated 02.04.1979 wherein Bhagat Raj Kohli, erstwhile landlord, i.e., father of respondent no. 2 was the witness. Therefore, said Bhagat Raj Kohli accepted the tenancy of the petitioner in the said premises.
9. He further submitted that the family business of the petitioner has been running under the name and style of M/s. ‘Rakesh Wool Store’ at the tenanted premises since 02.12.1975. The father of the petitioner and his elder brother (respondent no.2) were the founding partners of the partnership firm at the tenanted premises. Thereafter, the petitioner was inducted as a partner in the family business, which has been running at the tenanted premises vide partnership dated 02.04.1979. He further submitted that respondent no. 1 was aware and had full knowledge that the petitioner was a necessary and a proper party being tenant and in occupation and possession of the tenanted premises.
10. Ld. Sr. Counsel further submitted that the respondent no. 1 wilf
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