IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK JAIN

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ON THE 9 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 CIVIL REVISION No. 980 of 2024 SHEIKH AHMAD HANFI Versus DR. APARAJITA SHARMA AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Harsh Vardhan Soni - Advocate appeared for petitioner.

Shri Enosh George Carlo and Shri Deepak Kumar Raghuwanshi -

Advocates for the respondent Nos.1 and 2.

ORDER By way of present petition, challenge is made to the impugned order passed by the Rent Controlling Authority ('RCA' for short), thereby rejecting the application/plaint of the petitioner for eviction of respondents on the grounds that the matter is cognizable by the Commercial Court and since the property has been let out for commercial purpose, therefore, the Courts will not have jurisdiction to entertain the application for eviction.

2. It is not in dispute that under M.P. Accommodation Control Act

1961, for certain special categories of landlords on some specific grounds, eviction petitions are entertained by RCA while for regular categories of landlords, regular civil suits are filed before the regular Civil Courts. Since the present petitioner claims to be a special category of landlord being retired gover