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2015 Supreme(Raj) 666

RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Jaipur Bench
Surendra Singh Vs. Gurpreet Singh & Anr. (Rafiq, J.)
HON'BLE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, J.
Surendra Singh
Versus
Gurpreet Singh & Anr.
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.6942 of 2015 With Stay Application No.6085 of 2015, decided on 10.07.2015

Advocates Appeared
Bihari Lal Agarwal, for Tenant-Petitioner;
T.C. Sharma for S.S. Hora, for Landlord-Respondents

Headnote:Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, Sec. 9 read with Evidence Act, 1872, Sec. 144 and Rajasthan General Clauses Act, 1955, Sec. 30 — Suit for eviction for failure to pay arrears of rent — Presumption of service of notice — Notice sent by registered post — Initials on AD by the tenant petitioner — AD received in the ordinary course of business, has to be accepted as genuine — Held — Presumption of service u/Sec. 144 of Evidence Act and u/Sec. 30 of Rajasthan General Clauses Act arise even without production of the postman — Courts below rightly decided the ground of default against tenant, despite service of notice. (Paras 17 & 18)

       Petition dismissed.

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JUDGMENT :

Hon'ble RAFIQ, J.—This writ petition has been preferred by tenant-petitioner Surendra Singh (for short, 'the tenant'), assailing the order dated 30.03.2015 passed by the Appellate Rent Tribunal, Jaipur Metropolitan, thereby dismissing the appeal filed by tenant and upholding the order dated 27.07.2012 passed by Rent Tribunal. Rent Tribunal by order dated 27.07.2012 allowed the eviction petition filed by landlord and directed eviction of the tenant. Landlord filed eviction petition under Section 9 of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 on the premise that rented shop fully described in para 3 of the application is in the tenancy of tenant. Rented shop was taken on rent at the monthly rent of Rs.400/-. This shop was purchased by landlord on 14.11.2005 from Shri Pritam Lal, Smt. Jyoti Arora and Shri Gaurav Arora. Landlord sent notice on 13.12.2005 and 14.12.2005 to tenant informing about this fact. Tenant did not pay rent to landlord since November, 2005. Landlord sent a legal notice on 15.07.2006 through advocate to tenant with regard to arrears of rent. The said notice was received by tenant on 18.07.2006, yet rent was not deposited within 30 days of receipt of the notice.

2. Tenant contested the eviction petition and denied all averments. He filed reply thereto. It was alleged that the address of rented premise, which is in possession tenant, is “Dasmesh Golden Transport Company Limited, A-5-A, Truck Stand, Transport Nagar, Jaipur”. Alleged notice was not sent at the correct address in the name of Dasmesh Golden Transport Company Limited. Rented premise was taken on rent by tenant from Smt. Pramila Rani on monthly rent of Rs.100/- along-with terrace in the year 1981. Rented premise was purchased by one Teerath Singh from Smt. Pramila Rani. Tenant started to pay rent to Shri Teerath Singh. Thereafter, rented premise was purchased by Shri Pritam Lal. Rent was enhanced and fixed at Rs.400/- per month. Landlord did not give any information with regard to this transaction to tenant. Shri Pritam Lal and Smt. Jyoti Arora continued to collect rent of rented premise on yearly basis and therefore tenant could not know about sell of rented premise. Tenant denied having received any notice and therefore he has not committed any default in payment of rent. Rent Tribunal allowed the eviction petition filed by landlord. Aggrieved thereby, tenant filed appeal before the Appellate Rent Tribunal, which has dismissed by the Appellate Rent Tribunal, hence this writ petition.

3. Shri Bihari Lal Agarwal, learned counsel for tenant, has argued that the courts below have miserably failed to consider the fact that landlord had given the correct address of the shop (rented premise) of tenant in the eviction petition but alleged notice dated 15.07.2006 has not been sent at that address. It was neither received by tenant nor by his employee, therefore, both the courts below have erred in law in presuming service under Section 114 of the Evidence Act. The courts below failed to consider the significant aspect that the address given in the acknowledge due did not contain the name of Dasmesh Golden Transport, which was correctly given in the eviction petition. It cannot therefore be said that the notice was sent at the correct address. The presumption of service under Section 114 of the Evidence Act and Section 27 of the General Clauses Act could not be drawn against tenant. Besides, the acknowledgment due (Exhibit-9) has not been legally proved in evidence. It has merely been exhibited. Mere exhibition of document is not enough. There is neither any signature of tenant nor of any member of staff on A.D. (Exhibit-9). It appears that landlord manipulated the initials on the alleged A.D. (Exhibit-9) in connivance of the postman.

4. It is argued that both the courts below have failed to consider the averments in para 9(A) of the eviction petition wherein it has been alleged that landlord had purchased rented premise on 14.11.2005 through registered sal





















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