JUDGMENT

Manjari Nehru Kaul, J. (Oral) - The instant revision petition has been preferred by the petitioner (hereinafter referred to as 'tenant') against the concurrent findings recorded by both the Rent Controller as well as the Appellate Authority, vide orders dated 04.12.2015 and 16.02.2018, respectively.

2. The respondent-landlord (hereinafter referred to as 'landlord') filed a petition u/s 13 of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent & Eviction Act), 1973, seeking eviction of the tenant from a Godown (hereinafter called 'demised premises') situated at Nai Mandi, Narnaul. The pleaded case of the landlord may be noticed as thus:-

That he had rented out the demised premises to the tenant vide Rent Agreement dated 06.09.1986, at a monthly rent of Rs.400/-. Rent was thereafter, enhanced with mutual consent in May 1991, October 1996, October 2001 and finally it was enhanced to Rs.800/- p.m. on 06.11.2007. The status of the tenant was that of a statutory tenant, since no fair rent had been agreed upon between the parties, hence, Rs.800/- p.m. was the statutory rent. The demised premises had been rendered unfit and unsafe on account of the acts of the tenant who had removed stone slabs and