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2023 Supreme(Raj) 1941

IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH
INDERJEET SINGH, J.
Lakshmi Swaroop Mathur - Petitioner
Versus
Govind Das Malu and Others – Respondents
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7342 of 2022
Decided On : 25-04-2023

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. M.M. Ranjan, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Mr. Lokesh Tiwari, Advocate Mr. Rajat Ranjan.
For the Respondents:Mr. R.K. Agarwal, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Ms. Sunita Pareek.

Headnote:(A) Rent Control Act, 2001 - Section 9 E - Landlord and tenant relationship - Eviction proceedings initiated due to default in payment of rent and sub-letting - The Rent Tribunal upheld the eviction application while the Appellate Tribunal dismissed the appeal, ruling that tenant's claim of ownership through a sale deed was not valid as the validity was contested in a pending civil suit. (Paras 2 to 12)

(B) High Court powers - Under Article 227, the High Court has supervisory powers and cannot interfere with factual findings unless perverse or unlawful - The Tribunal's findings on landlord-tenant relationship and sub-tenancy were upheld as being sound and justified. (Paras 8 and 11)

Facts of the case:
The Sub-tenant challenged eviction by claiming he purchased the property, while the landlords contested the sale deed's authenticity and argued that the Sub-tenant had partaken in unauthorized possession, breaching the tenancy agreement.

Findings of Court:
The petition was dismissed as the sub-tenant's claims did not alter the Tribunal's findings on eviction based on tenant's unauthorized possession and pending civil disputes.

Issues: The main issues were the legitimacy of the Sub-tenant's claim of ownership versus the landlords' eviction petition based on default and sub-letting.

Ratio Decidendi: The court affirmed that pending civil litigation concerning property title does not negate landlord rights to seek eviction based on established tenancy violations.

Result: Writ petition dismissed.

Table of Content
1. eviction application based on alleged failures. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. arguments for ownership and legitimacy of claim. (Para 4 , 5)
3. court's supervisory powers and parameters defined. (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
4. court's dismissal reason and confirmation of findings. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
5. writ petition dismissed. (Para 12)

ORDER :

(Inderjeet Singh, J.)

Instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner (hereinafter to be referred as "Sub-Tenant") challenging the order dated 21.04.2022 passed by the learned Appellate Rent Tribunal, Ajmer, whereby the appeal filed on behalf of the Sub-tenant against the order dated 25.09.2018 passed by the learned Rent Tribunal, Ajmer was dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the respondents (to be referred as "Landlord") filed eviction application against one Shri Om Prakash Gupta and Sub-tenant Laxmi Swaroop Mathur on the ground of default in payment of rent, material alteration, sub-letting and parting with possession. The learned Rent Tribunal on the basis of pleadings of the parties framed the following issues:-

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3. Thereafter, after recording of the evidence of the landlord and tenant as well as the sub-tenant, the learned Rent Tribunal allowed the eviction application vide its order dated 25.09.2018. Being aggrieved by the order dated 25.09.2018 passed by the learned Rent Tribunal, the Sub-tenant filed the appeal before the learned Rent Appellate Tribunal, Ajmer, which was dismissed by the learned Appellate Rent Tribunal vide its order dated 21.04.2022. Hence, this writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 21.04.2022.

4. Mr. M.M. Ranjan, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the Sub-tenant submits that the petitioner is not a sub-tenant or tress-passer in the property rather he has purchased the property in dispute by oral agreement made in the year 1989. Learned Senior Counsel further submits that the sale deed was also executed with regard to disputed premises in the year 2014 by the Power of Attorney Holder of the landlords. Learned Senior Counsel further submits that the learned Rent Tribunal has wrongly decided the issue No.5 with regard to sub-tenancy in favour of the landlord and findings given by the learned Rent Tribunal on the issues with regard to arrears of the rent is also perverse as the petitioner had purchased the property in dispute and thereafter, he has constructed the house over the said property. Learned Senior Counsel further submits that the learned Rent Tribunal has wrongly applied the explanation to Section 9 E of the RENT CONTROL ACT , 2001 (hereinafter to be referred as "The Act of 2001"). Learned Senior Counsel further submits that the Civil Suit with regard to cancellation of the sale deed is pending and till decision of the said suit

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