P.K.BHASIN, J:

This petition under Section 25-B (8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter called “the Act of 1958”) read with Sections 115 and 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Article 227 of the Constitution of India is at the instance of a landlady against the order dated 31.05.2010 passed by the learned Additional Rent Controller whereby her tenant in a shop belonging to her, the respondent no.1 herein, has been granted leave to defend the eviction petition filed against him by her under Section 14-D of the Act of 1958.

2. The relevant averments made in para no.18 (a) of the eviction petition are-produced below:-

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2. That the said premises were let out to the Respondent no. 1 by Late Laxmi Narain Gupta, the husband of the petitioner.

3. That Shri Laxmi Narain Gupta died on 13-09-2008.

4. That he is survived by the petitioner, his widow, Smt. Veena Gupta, the widow of his pre-deceased son, named Sh. Shri Niwas Gupta along with three grandsons, viz., Sh. Atul Gupta, aged about 37 years, Sh. Kamal Gupta aged about 31 years. Sh. Nitin Gupta aged about 30 years.

5. Henceforth, the petitione