JUDGMENT

AMIT SHARMA, J.

1. The present petition under Section 25B (8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, (for short, ‘DRCA’) seeks the following prayers: -

“(i) Set aside and quash the order dated 09.08.2018 passed by Smt. Susheel Bala Dagar, CCJ cum ARC, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in Eviction Case No. 851/17;

(ii) Allow the application for leave to defend filed by the Petitioner;

(iii) Pass any other order in the interests of justice, equity and good conscience;”

2. At the very outset, it is pertinent to note that, during the pendency of the proceedings in the present petition, petitioner No.1-Subhash Chand had passed away on 10.05.2020. An application, CM APPL. 38454/2022, was filed on behalf of the legal heirs of the deceased petitioner No.1 under Order XXII Rule 3 read with Section 151 of the CPC, and they were impleaded in the present petition vide order dated 02.09.2022 passed by Worthy Joint Registrar (Judicial). The son of petitioner No.1 was already impleaded in the present petitioner as petitioner No.2, and by way of the aforesaid application, other legal heirs, i.e., Three daughters and wife of deceased petitioner No.1 were impleaded.

Brief Background

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