JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner/ landlord, Hereinafter ‘landlord filed an Eviction Petition being E. No.77513/2016 entitled ‘Raghubir Saran vs. Jai Bhagwan & Anr.’ under Section 14 (1)(e) read with Section 25 (B) of the Delhi Rent Control Act , 1958, Hereinafter ‘DRC Act against the respondents/ tenants, Hereinafter ‘tenants seeking eviction of Shop No.502, Main Bazar, Subzi Mandi, Delhi-110007, Hereinafter ‘subject premises, before the learned Senior Civil Judge-cum-Rent Controller, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, Hereinafter ‘learned RC

2. Briefly put, as per landlord therein his wife, Smt. Laxmi Devi, became the owner of the subject premises by virtue of the registered Sale Deed dated 24.02.1969, whereafter she executed a Will dated 08.03.1989, prior to her demise on 23.08.1989, bequeathing the property wherein the subject premises was situated in favour of the landlord. Initially Sh. Mool Chand and Sh. Rameshwar Das were inducted as joint tenants in the subject premises and after their demise, the tenancy devolved upon the present tenants, who thereafter attorned the landlord as such. The landlord had a bona fide requirement for the subject premises for himself as well as