KULDEEP MATHUR
Sarju Kumar S/o Late Shri Bulaki Ram – Appellant
Versus
LRs. of Bhanwari Devi W/o Shiv Bhawar Lal – Respondent
ORDER :
I.A. No. 01/2024:
1. An application has been moved on behalf of the petitioner stating inter alia that due to inadvertent and bonafide mistake in the cause title, the name of Smt. Bhanwari devi has been mentioned whereas Smt. Bhanwari Devi has already expired. While tendering apology, it has been prayed in the application that the name of Smt. Bhanwari Devi may be deleted from the cause title and her name be substituted with the name of her legal representative Shri Sashindra Sukhlecha.
2. For the reasons indicated in the I.A. No. 01/2024, the same is allowed. The amended cause title is directed to be taken on record.
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17107/2024:
1. The present writ petition under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved by the order dated 12.09.2024, passed by the learned Rent Appellate Tribunal, Bikaner, in Rent Appeal No. 02/2017, whereby the application filed by the petitioner under Order XXII Rule 10 of CPC has been rejected.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that an application/petition under Section 9 of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 was filed by one Smt. Bhanwari Devi W/o Shri Bhanwar
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