JUDGMENT

1. The respondent/ landlord, Hereinafter referred to as “landlord filed an Eviction Petition being E.P. No.78636/2016 under Section 14 (1)(e) read with Section 25 (B) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 , Hereinafter referred to as “DRC Act, against the petitioner/ tenant, Hereinafter referred to as “tenant before the learned Additional Rent Controller-01, Central District, Tis Harari Courts, Delhi, Hereinafter referred to as “learned ARC seeking eviction from property bearing no.4980/40, ground floor, front portion, Netaji Subhash Marg, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110 002.5

2. Succinctly put, it was the case of the landlord therein that the subject 5 Hereinafter referred to as “subject premises premises earlier belonged to his late grandfather, Sh. Mangal Sen, however, subsequent to his death, by virtue of