The agreed rent was Rs.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated July 1, 1966 of the Calcutta High Court in Civil Reference No.
250/per mensem but there was a dispute as to whether the owner or the tenant was liable to pay rates and taxes.
On an application presented by the appellant, the Rent Controller fixed fair rent under s. 10 of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Bhargava, J. Rama Sundari Debi, the first respondent in this appeal by special leave, instituted a suit for the ejectment of Indu Bhusan Bose appellant who was a tenant in premises No.
1, in December, 1960, served a numberice on the appellant to quit and, on failing to get vacant possession, filed a suit in the Court of the Munsif.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
Niren De, Attorney General, V. A. Seyid Muhammad, R. H. Dhebar and S. P. Nayar, for the Union of India.
Respondent No.
170/per month inclusive of all cantonment taxes, and, in appeal, the amount was enhanced to Rs.
XII of 1956 hereinafter referred to as the Act at Rs.
K. Sen, Sukumar Ghose and Krishna Sen, for respondent No.
20 of 1963.
882 of 1968.
188/ per month inclusive of all cantonment taxes.
N. Mukherjee and Sunil Kumar Ghosh, for the appellant.
18, Riverside Road, owned by respondent No.
Sen, Sukumar Basu and P. K. Chakravarti, for respondent No.
1, situated within the cantonment area of Barrackpore.
