Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge

1. The petitioners, who are tenants, have assailed the order dated 18.12.2017, passed by the learned Rent Controller, Solan, District Solan, H.P., in Rent Case No.07/2 of 2009, titled, Himachal Shiksha Samiti Saraswati Vidya Mandir Vs. Leela Thakur and another, whereby, the eviction petition preferred by the respondent/Landlord, has been partly allowed, on the grounds of material additions and alterations being made by the petitioners in the tenanted premises, which order has also been affirmed by the learned Appellate Authority-II, Solan, District Solan, H.P.

Whether approved for reporting?¹1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes

2. The grounds of challenge in the petition are that the respondent had not pleaded in the eviction petition that what alterations/additions have impaired materially the value and utility of the tenanted premises and the learned Rent Controller has not adhered to the principles and requirements, so postulated in Section 14(2)(iii) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 (for short “the Act”).

3. Although, the learned Appellate Authority has returned a finding that the alt