JUDGMENT :

Prathiba M. Singh, J.

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The present petition has been filed challenging the impugned order dated 3rd November, 2022 passed by the ld. ARC (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in RC ARC No.584/2017 titled “Kamla Gupta v. Nirmala Nath@Gupta”, and seeks setting aside of the proceedings in the said eviction case, being RC ARC No.584/2017. By the impugned order, the ld. ARC has dismissed the Petitioner’s application seeking permission to file fresh leave to defend under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter, “DRC Act”).

3. The prayer in the present petition reads as under:

“(a) Issue writ of certiorari and / or any other appropriate writ / order(s) / direction(s) to quash / set aside the proceedings in Eviction Case No. 584 of 2017 pending final adjudication before Learned JSSC- CCJ- ARC (Pilot Court), (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in view of the grave inherent jurisdiction defects that have crept into the said case;

(b) Pass such further order(s) / direction(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case in the interest of justice.”

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