Judgment

R.V. Raveendran, J.—Leave granted. This appeal by the landlord (plaintiff in Eviction Suit No. 2 of 1989 on the file of Munsiff, First, Samastipur, Bihar) is against the judgment dated 28.7.2003 passed by Patna High Court in MA No. 300/2002.

2. The appellant-plaintiff filed the said eviction suit against one Anugraha Narayan Singh and the District Congress Committee (I), Samastipur, (referred to as ‘A.N. Singh’ and ‘DCC’ respectively) on the following three grounds : (i) that the suit premises (house) was let out to A.N. Singh for his personal residential occupation and the said A.N. Singh had unauthorisedly sub-let a portion of the suit premises to DCC; (ii) that A.N. Singh had committed default in paying the rent and electricity charges; and (iii) that the suit premises was required for his personal use.

3. The defendants resisted the suit. They denied the allegation that the suit premises was let out personally to A.N. Singh for his residence. They contended that the premises was let out to A.N. Singh in his capacity as President of DCC for being used as the office of DCC, on a monthly rent of Rs. 200/- (inclusive of electricity charges), and there was no default in paying