3674 of 2009 Page 1 of 29 time, rents were progressively increased.
Harbhajan Singh had, thereafter, deposited arrears of rent on the first date of hearing.
The appellants before us are tenants in occupation of shops located in Gurudwara Singh Sabha, a gurudwara at Kukar Majra, T. Road, Mandi Gobindgarh, District Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab.
In the year 1997, SGPC had filed an eviction petition against one of the appellants, Harbhajan Singh, under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 East Punjab Rent Act, for short on two grounds, viz.,
By the letter dated 2nd March 1978, the appellants were informed that the affairs of the gurudwara had companye under the companytrol of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee SGPC for short and they should, therefore, pay the rent to SGPC.
Signature Not Verified The appellants claim that they were inducted as tenants during the Digitally signed by SATISH KUMAR YADAV Date 2019.12.04 period 1965 69 by Gurudwara Singh Sabha.
The appellants further claim that they are small businessmen carrying on trade primarily companynected with steel industry, while one of the appellants runs a dhaba.
It is alleged that the appellants have been paying rent to SGPC or the manager of the gurudwara but receipts have number been regularly issued.
On 29th January 1998, the Religious Premises Act was enforced, and thereby introduced a summary procedure for evicting unauthorised occupants from the premises property belonging to the religious institutions.
i failure to pay rent, and ii SGPC needed the property for companystruction of shops.
The eviction proceedings, however, had remained pending and were number decided.
Thereafter, SGPC had filed ejectment Civil Appeal No.
However, numberformal 164222 IST Reason lease or agreements were executed and albeit, over a period of Civil Appeal No.
SANJIV KHANNA, J. The afore captioned Civil Appeal impugns the judgment dated 6th July 2006 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana which dismissed five writ petitions challenging the vires of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land Eviction and Rent Recovery Act, 1997 Religious Premises Act, for short .
