2001 Supp 4 SCR 241 The following Order of the Court was delivered This appeal, by special leave, is from the judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in C.R. No.
The father of the respondent, Bagicha Singh, inducted the appellant into possession of the premises in 1965.
The appellant denied that the relationship between him and the respondent was that of the tenant and the landlord and further denied that the respondent required the premises for his personal occupation.
The respondent was paying rent to him till his death in 1976.
The appellant then carried the matter before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana by filing Civil Revision No.
He unsuccessfully challenged that order before the Appellate Authority, Chandigarh, who dismissed the appeal on July 27, 1998.
231/1996 under Section 13 3 a of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 for short, the Act .
The appellant is the tenant of Suit Premises No.
Accordingly, the learned Rent Controller ordered eviction of the appellant on September 25, 1997.
Thereafter, the appellant has been paying the rent to the respondent.
It is the validity of that order that is challenged in this appeal.
On the ground that he required the premises for his own occupation the respondent filed Rent Application No.
1st Floor, Sector 21 C, Chandigarh for short, the Premises of which one Bhakhtawar Singh was said to be the owner.
3791 of 1998 dated April 6, 1999.
