JUDGMENT

Tushar Rao Gedela, J.

[The proceeding has been conducted through Hybrid mode]

1. The petitioner challenges the order dated 20.01.2023 passed in RCT No. 04/2022 whereby the first appeal of respondent no.1/landlord was allowed and the eviction petition under Section 14(1)(b) of Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter as "DRC Act") was allowed and a decree of eviction was passed against the petitioners.

2. Without going into the details of the facts, this Court has culled out the facts as noted in Eviction Petition No.111/2009 dated 11.02.2016, as follows:

"Petitioner is the landlord of premises in question, which are non residential in nature. Said premises were initially let out to Pratap Bank Limited in 1944 by M/s Gobind Parshad Jagdish Parshad HUF, which remained as an HUF till 31.12.1949, when it was disrupted and a partnership under the name and style of Gobind Parshad Jagdish Parshad, came into existence, w.e.f. 01.01.1950. Pratap Bank Limited, subsequently amalgamated with Laxmi Commercial Bank Limited w.e.f. 10.12.1961 and later on said Laxmi Commercial Bank Limited further amalgamated with respondent no.1 w.e.f. 23.08.1985. Since January 2008, respondent no. 1 in