$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + RC.REV. 147/2018, CM APPL. 14417/2018, 21458/2019, 12551/2024, 14822/2024, 22443/2025, 57163/2025 SARDAR TIRATH SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Dilip Singh, Ms. Maahi Singh, Mr. Arnav Mehta and Mr. R.

Karthik, Advocates versus ABDUL RASHID (DECEASED) THR LRS & ORS.....Respondent Through: Mr. Javed Ahmad, Mr. Adnan Khan and Ms. Aakriti Aditya, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

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1. Furtherance to the last date of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has instructions to proceed with his arguments herein. As such, while relying upon paragraph no.14 of the application seeking leave to defend, he submits that there exists no landlord-tenant relationship inter se the parties, and further that since the subject property in question belongs to the Government of India, the respondent herein is a stranger qua the subject property.

2. He further submits that, in any case, for a landlord to file a petition under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (DRC Act), the landlord has to be the owner of the subject property and none but the owner can only file the petition under