IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE DWARKA DHISH BANSAL ON THE 5^th OF FEBRUARY, 2026 SECOND APPEAL No. 1660 of 2006 GOPAL KRISHNA GAUSHALA, PIPARIYA Versus BALLABH DAS RATHI Appearance:

Shri Devdatt Bhave- Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Ravish Agrawal – Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Jaspreet Gulati – Advocate for the respondent.

J U D G M E N T This second appeal has been preferred by the appellant/

plaintiff/landlord challenging the judgment and decree dated 31.07.2006 passed by Additional District Judge, Sohagpur, District Hoshangabad, in Regular Civil Appeal No.36-A/2005 affirming the judgment and decree dated 18.08.2005 passed by Civil Judge Class-I, Pipariya in Civil Suit No. 30-A/1991, whereby both the Courts below have concurrently dismissed the appellant/plaintiff’s suit for eviction filed on the grounds available under Section 12 (1)(a)&(g) of the M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (in short “the Act”).

2. In short, the facts are that the respondent/defendant is a tenant of the plaintiff/appellant in the suit house on rent of Rs.300/- per month, who was in arrears of rent w.e.f. 15.07.1980 and did not pay despite service of notice