JUDGMENT

Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, J.

1. This petition has been filed assailing the eviction order dated 01.12.2021, passed by the Rent Controller, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi (`Trial Court') in RC ARC No. 50 of 2019, as well as the order dated 28.07.2022 passed by the Trial Court, dismissing the review application filed against the said eviction order dated 01.12.2021.

2. The Trial Court while allowing the eviction petition vide order dated 01.12.2021, dismissed the application of the Petitioner seeking condonation of delay in filing the leave to defend application as the same had been filed after delay of thirteen (13) days.

3. The eviction petition was instituted by the Respondent herein under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (`DRC Act'), seeking eviction of the Petitioner herein from tenanted premises i.e., ground floor, Block No. 6 in Khasra No. 264, Tribhuvan Complex, Ishwar Nagar, New Delhi - 65 (`tenanted premises'), ad-measuring 5000 sq. ft. approximately.

4. The notice of the eviction petition was issued to the Petitioner herein vide order dated 02.08.2019, under Section 25B(2) of the DRC Act, calling upon him to obtain the leave