JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India with the following prayers:-

“1. The impugned order dated 18.5.2014 (Annex.13) passed by the Rent Tribunal as well as the impugned judgment dated 26.5.2017 (Annex.15) passed by the Rent Appellate Tribunal whereby issue No.1 has been decided in favour of the plaintiff-respondent and against the defendant-petitioner may very kindly be quashed and set aside;

2. Accordingly, petition filed by the plaintiff-respondent before the Rent Tribunal may very kindly be dismissed; and

3. Any other relief/reliefs which this Hon’ble High Court may deem just and proper in the circumstances of the case, may kindly be granted in favour of the petitioner.”

2. The brief facts of the case are that the respondents-plaintiffs filed a petition (Annex.1) under Section 9 of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 (for short, ‘the Act of 2001’) for eviction of the petitioners-defendants from the shop on the ground of bonafide necessity and default in payment of rent. It was stated that the rent of the shop in question is Rs.6250/-became due for the period April 2006 to 31 January, 2007, which was neither