The judgment reinforces the landlord's right to timely possession and rent recovery while allowing reasonable time for the tenant to vacate.

JUDGMENT

1. The defendant/appellant/ ('the appellant' for short) has preferred the instant second appeal aggrieved by the impugned judgment and decree dated 25.04.2019 passed by the Court of Civil Judge, Rajgarh, District Alwar ('the trial court' for short) in civil suit No. 154/2003 which has been affirmed vide Judgment and Decree dated 02.12.2019 passed by the Court of Addl. District Judge, Rajgarh District Alwar ('the learned first appellate court') in regular civil appeal No. 6/2019, by which the suit of the plaintiffs/respondents ('the respondents' for short) for eviction and recovery of due rent has been decreed.

2. Learned counsel for the appellant upon instructions submits that the appellant is not pressing the appeal on merits and craving that a reasonable time may be granted to him to handover the vacant and peaceful possession of the property in question.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) has very candidly accepted the proposal of learned counsel for the appellant to allow some time to the appellant for vacating the suit premises. After thorough deliberations, learned counsel for the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) has agreed to allow a reasonable time to the appellant to vacate the premises preferably within fifteen months with the mesne profit as determined by the learned courts below in its judgment and decree.

4. The aforesaid reasonable period to vacate the premises as well as mesne profit as determined by the learned courts below in its judgment and decree is accepted by learned counsel for the appellant without any demure.

5. Accordingly, the present second appeal of the appellant is closed with a direction to the appellant to submit an undertaking to the effect that he will hand over the peaceful and vacant possession of the suit premises to the respondents-landlord on or before 06/05/2022 with the following conditions:

(i) The appellant shall submit an undertaking and shall hand-over the vacant and peaceful possession of the suit property in dispute to the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) on or before 06/05/2022 and shall not cause any damage to the rented property and shall maintain the same as it is. The respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) shall not execute the impugned decree till 06/05/2022.

(ii) The appellant shall pay the mesne profit as determined by the learned courts below in its judgment and decree, and will further continue to pay mesne profit every month by 15th day of the next succeeding month or in advance to the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) uptil vacant possession is handed over to the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord). The arrears of rent and mesne profit as determined by the Courts below, if not already paid, shall also be paid by the appellant within a period of three months from today and entire amount including the amount already deposited on this account will be disbursed to the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord).

(iii) The appellant shall further undertake that they would not sub-let, assign or part with the possession of the suit premises or any part thereof in favour of anyone else and would not create any third party interest in the same during the aforesaid period else the same will be treated as void.

(iv) The appellant shall furnish a written undertaking incorporating the aforesaid conditions before the trial Court by 08/03/2021 and one copy thereof along with affidavit in this Court.

(v) The respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) will give the details of their bank account number in which the arrears of rent or mesne profit and regular mesne profit now to be paid, will be deposited within a period of three months from today.

(vi). It is made clear that in case, the appellant does not comply with any of the aforesaid conditions, then it will be open for the respondents/plaintiffs (landlord) to get the decree passed in their favour executed forthwith even before the aforesaid date i.e. 06.05.2022 and the respondents-landlord may also initiate contempt proceedings i