1. The respondent/ landlord1 filed an eviction petition under Section 14 (1)(e) read with Section 25B of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 2 before the learned ARC, Pilot Court (Central), Delhi,3 seeking eviction of the petitioner/ tenant4 from shop bearing private no.2A situated on the ground floor of property bearing municipal no. 682, Katra Hira Lal, Chandni Chowk, Delhi-110 0065.

2. In a nutshell, as per landlord, initially Shop no. 682/1 was under the tenancy of one M/s. Jawahar Singh Man Singh, and Shop no. 682/2 was under the tenancy of M/s. Harbans Lal Chander Prakash. Thereafter, the latter shop was subsequently divided by a wooden partition in two portions. Resultantly, the front portion bearing pvt. no. 2B, came under the occupation of M/s. Harbans Lal Sadhna, while the rear portion bearing pvt. no. 2A came under the occupation of Mr. Chander