JUDGMENT

1. Present Regular Second Appeal has been filed by the Appellant impugning the judgement and order dated 23.01.2021 passed by the First Appellate Court in RCA No. 133/2019 whereby the Appeal of the Appellant herein has been dismissed and the judgement and decree dated 01.10.2019 passed by the learned Trial Court in Civil Suit No. 50607/2016 has been upheld and affirmed. Appellant herein was Defendant No. 1 in the Suit and Respondent No. 1 herein was the Plaintiff. Respondents No. 2 to 5 herein were Defendants No. 2 to 5 before the Trial Court. The parties are being referred to by their litigating status before this Court, hereinafter, for the sake of convenience.

2. Respondent No. 1/Shri Ashok Kumar Mazumdar, being the legal heir of the alleged landlord, Late Shri Rohini Kumar Mazumdar, filed a Suit against the Appellant, alleged tenant and Respondents No. 2 to 5, other legal heirs of the alleged landlord, seeking three reliefs viz: (a) decree of possession of the tenanted premises bearing No. A-80, Chitranjan Park, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as `premises'); (b) recovery of arrears of rent amounting to Rs.36,000/- along with interest @ 18% per annum and (c) rec