JUDGMENT :

1. The counsel for the parties had been heard and also submitted their written arguments after hearing was concluded in the case. The written arguments submitted by the counsel are part of the record of the case. The respondents have not filed any counter affidavit and the counsel for the respondent suggested that the case be heard and decided without a counter affidavit and, therefore, the case was finally heard without calling for a counter affidavit from the respondents.

2. The present writ petition arises from proceedings instituted under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 which shall hereinafter, in short, be referred as, ‘Act, 1972’. The property in dispute in the present writ petition as well as in the proceedings before the courts below is Shop No. 6/56/1 in Belanganj, Chhatta Ward, District Agra and shall hereinafter, in short, be referred as, ‘the Shop’. The shop is a part of property / building No. 6/56, Belanganj, Chhatta Ward, District Agra. The shop is on the ground floor. The respondents are admittedly the landlords of the shop and the petitioner is a tenant at the rate of Rs.29/-per mon