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2008 Supreme(All) 522

[2008(4) ADJ 711]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : SHIV CHARAN, J.
ROSHAN LAL KHANDELWAL .......Appellant
Versus
Dr. JAGDISH CHAND AND OTHERS ........Respondents
(Second Appeal No. 110 of 2008, decided on 29th February, 2008)

Advocates:
Counsel :
J.P.S. Chauhan for the Appellant; M.K. Gupta for the Respondents.

Headnote:U.P. Urban Building (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972—Sections 29-A and 20—Code of Civil Procedure, 1908—Order XLI, Rule 27—Evidence Act, 1872—Sections 74, 76, 63 and 65—Suit—Filing of, for ejectment, recovery of arrears of rent and expenses for use and occupation—Decreed—Case of respondents-plaintiffs that property in dispute, at the time of letting out, was an open plot—And that defendants/appellants illegally raised construction over it, without consent of landlords-respondents—It cannot be said that certified copies issued by Ghaziabad Development Authority cannot be considered as a secondary evidence—Hence, certified copies, filed by respondents before appellate Court were copies of public documents of G.D.A.—And were admissible in evidence—And appellate Court were justified in placing reliance on certified copies—And evidence produced by respondents before appellate Court was reliable—And from that document only inference can be drawn that after letting out appellant raised construction over property in dispute—And no evidence was produced before appellate Court to that effect—And those constructions were made with consent of respondents—Hence, benefit of Section 29-A of U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972, cannot be given—Rent was also not enhanced after enforcement of said Section 29-A of U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972—Held, appellate Court had recorded findings of fact on basis of evidence that property in dispute was an open plot at the time of letting it out—And appellant raised constructions over it illegally without consent of respondents—And substantial question of law formulated by appellants, cannot be called substantial question of law—Thus, no justification to admit second appeal for hearing. [Paras 5, 8, 16, 17 and 18]

       

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Shiv Charan, J.—The instant second appeal has been instituted against the judgment and decree dated 12-12-2007 passed by Addl. District Judge, Court No. 9, Ghaziabad in civil appeal No. 174 of 1994 (Dr. Jagdish Chand and others v. Roshan Lal Khandelwal). By the impugned judgment and decree the appellate Court allowed the appeal of the plaintiff/respondent and the judgment and decree of the trial Court dated 15-7-1994 passed in O.S. No. 247 of 1987 (Dr. Jagdish Chand v. Roshan Lal Khandelwal) were set aside. And the suit was decreed for ejectment of the respondent from the property in dispute. And decree was also passed for recovery of arrears of rent and expenses for use and occupation.

2. The perusal of the judgment and decree of the Courts below shows that the respondent Dr. Jagdish Chand instituted O.S. No. 247 of 1987 for ejectment of the defendant/appellant from the property in dispute fully described at the foot of the plaint. It has been alleged in the plaint that the defendant/respondent is the landlord/owner of a plot situated at village Chikamberpur, district Ghaziabad and the defendant is the tenant of this property at the monthly rent of Rs. 1,400/- that as rent was not paid w.e.f. 1-8-1986 inspite of demand of several time and serving the notice. Hence his tenancy was terminated vide notice dated 29-12-1986 under Section 106 T.P. Act. But after service of notice neither the rent was paid nor the possession of the property was delivered. The arrears of rent and expenses for use and occupation were also claimed. The defendant/appellant contested the suit and filed written statement and denied the allegation of the plaint. It has further been alleged that the defendant had never been the tenant on behalf of the appellant of plot as alleged in the plaint. That the defendant was a tenant of building and the rent was paid upto 1986. But rent receipt were not issued from 1-8-1986 to 31-12-1986. That the building was let out on rent to the defendant in the year 1974. There were three rooms existing in the property in dispute besides bath room. That in the record of the Nagarpalika this property stand recorded as a building. That the provision of U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972 are applicable to the property. That if it may be presumed that the defendant is the tenant of building then also three rooms are existing on the property in dispute from the very inception of the tenancy. And in view of Section 29-A the appellant is entitled for the benefit of Act No. 13 of 1972. That the suit is liable to be dismissed. That the learned trial Court framed as many as 8 issues on the basis of the pleadings. Both the parties produced oral as well as documentary evidence in support of their contention. And on the basis of the evidence produced by the parties the suit was dismissed by the trial Court vide judgment and decree dated 15-7-1994. On being aggrieved from the judgment of the trial Court the plaintiffs/respondents filed C.A. No. 174 of 1994 (Dr. Jagdish Chandra and others v. Roshan Lal Khandelwal) in the Court of District Judge, Ghaziabad and the appeal was allowed by the Add. District Judge, Court No. 9, Ghaziabad vide judgment and decree dated 12-12-2007. And against the judgment and decree of the appellate Court, the second appeal has been instituted.

3. I have heard Sri Jitendra Pal Singh Chauhan, learned Counsel for the appellant and Sri M.K. Gupta, learned Counsel for the respondents at length on the point of admission of second appeal. I have also perused the judgments of the Courts below and other evidence filed by the parties on record. It has been argued by learned Counsel for the appellant that the trial Court dismissed the suit of the plaintiffs/respondents on the basis of the evidence present before the trial Court. He also argued that before the appellate Court additional evidence was produced under Order 41 Rule 27 of C.P.C. The respondents filed the certified copy of the documents of Ghaziabad Development
































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