1. The petitioners concededly are tenants in premises described as portions/shed room bearing no. A-8/4, A-8/3 respectively in property bearing no. A-8, Sardar Nagar, behind CC Colony, Rana Pratap Bagh, Delhi. On the eviction petitions (E-18/12 and E-17/12 respectively) instituted by the respondent seeking orders of eviction on the ground under Section 14 (1) (e) of Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, upon being served with the special summons under Section 25 B of Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, these petitioners had moved applications seeking leave to contest. The said applications were rejected by the Rent Controller by similar orders passed on 15.04.2015, such result leading to eviction orders being granted to the respondent, the view taken by the Rent Controller having been assailed by these revision petitions.

2. Having heard the learned counsel on both sides at length and having gone through the record, this Court finds that the Rent Controller has fallen into error by declining leave to contest. The issues raised by the petitioners by their respective applications for leave to contest are triable and, thus, the eviction orders could not have been granted without respondent be