The court ruled that the three-year limitation period under Article 137 of the Limitation Act applies to revision petitions under the Delhi Rent Control Act, negating the need for delay condonation.

% 18.03.2024 [Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)] CM APPL. 8116/2017 (delay of 183 days in filing)

1. By way of this application, petitioner/tenant seeks condonation of delay of 183 days in filing the revision petition. The delay is largely explained on the ground of laxity on the part of trial court counsel, who did not obtain the certified copies in time. This application is opposed by learned counsel for respondent/landlord on the ground that there is no reasonable explanation.

2. The fact remains that by way of this petition under proviso to Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act filed on 25.02.2017, the order impugned is dated 11.08.2016. In view of law laid down in the case reported as 1981 RLR 152 , the period of limitation applicable to these petitions is of three years under Article 137 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act . That being so, there is no delay in filing this petition, so the application is disposed of.

CM APPL. 40197/2023 (permission for repairing the roof/house)

3. Despite repeated queries, counsel for petitioner/tenant is unable to disclose any provision of law under which such relief of directions to the present respondent to get the roof of the subject premises repaired can be passed ignoring the existence of Section 45 of the Delhi Rent Control Act .

The application is dismissed.

CM APPL. 67035/2023 (use and occupation charges)

4. Neither side has filed any reliable material on the basis whereof the use and occupation charges can be estimated in an objective manner.

Counsel for both sides seek and are allowed opportunity to file some such material within four weeks.

5. Relist on 18.07.2024.