Najmi Waziri, J.

1. This revision petition under proviso to Section 25-B (8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (DRC Act) impugns an order dated 22.07.2013 whereby the petitioners (tenants) have been ordered to be evicted from the tenanted premises i.e., Shop No. 2, Ground Floor in property bearing no.1/2766, Main Mandoli Road, Near Shanti Building, Ram Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi110032.

Brief facts

2. The dispute arose with the respondents (landlords) filing an eviction petition under Section 14 (1) (e) of the DRC Act. It was stated that their father was the absolute owner of the property and he passed away on 20.12.1993 leaving behind his wife, four sons and two daughters as legal heirs; that the deceased father had let out the tenanted premises to one Mr. Udai Veer Singh and after his demise, his legal heirs inherited the tenancy as the present tenants; that a family settlement was executed between the heirs of the deceased father by which the landlords became co-owners of the tenanted premises; that they were previously doing business on the rear portion of the premises but the same was demolished by the MCD; that they were unemployed; that they intended to start a shop