JUDGMENT

CM APPL. 46769/2018 (exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application is disposed of.

CM(M) 1366/2018

3. The order dated 08.10.2018 passed by the Court of learned Additional District Judge-03, (Central) Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi (`ADJ') dismissing the application of the petitioner under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (`CPC') for a direction to the respondent to deposit the conversion charges/parking charges qua the tenanted premises is the subject matter of challenge in this petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.

4. Admittedly, the petitioner/defendant has taken the premises in question on rent from the respondent by a registered lease deed dated 24.05.2017 for a period of nine years with a lock-in-period of four years. The clause 8 of the Lease deed reads as under:

"If any service tax ever imposed by MCD or any other authority, it will be the liability of the Second Party/Tenant and the conversion and parking tax if applicable then the same shall be paid and borne by the first party/lessors.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the respondents have not deposited the complete conversio