JUDGMENT

Manjari Nehru Kaul, J. (Oral) - The petitioner is impugning the order dated 04.02.2019, passed by the learned Rent Controller, Amritsar, whereby, the rent petition filed under Section 13-B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (for brevity 'the Act'), of the respondents-landlord, has been accepted and eviction of the petitioner-tenant from the demised premises bearing private No.12, forming part of property Khasra No. 926, situated at Abadi Kataria, Court Road, near New Rialto Cinema, Amritsar, has been ordered.

2. The case as pleaded by the respondent-landlord in the rent petition filed by him, may be noticed as thus:-

The respondent being Non Resident Indians (NRI), had been living in the Germany. They became owners of the property forming part of Khasra No. 926 min, situated at area Abadi Kataria, Court Road, Near Rialto Cinema, Amritsar (hereinafter referred to as 'the building') in the year 2000-2001, after purchasing it along with other co-sharers vide different title-deeds. The petitioner was inducted as a tenant by the previous owner in one of the shops bearing No. 12 (hereinafter referred to as 'the demised shop'), forming part of the above-said buildin