MANU/DE/3403/2019

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

RC. Rev. 68/2016, CM Appl. 4154 and 23501/2016

Decided On: 18.10.2019

Appellants: Ranvir Singh Vs. Respondent: Rajinder Kumar Jain

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
Sanjeev Sachdeva

JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Sachdeva, J.

1. Petitioner impugns order dated 01.12.2015 whereby the leave to defend application of the petitioner has been dismissed and an eviction order passed.

2. Subject eviction petition was filed by the respondent on bonafide necessity under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act seeking eviction of the petitioner from one room measuring 9 feet x 10 feet besides bathroom on the first floor in property No. 1878, Gali No. 2 & 3, Kailash Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Delhi-110031.

3. Subject eviction petition was filed by the respondent contending that the respondent along with his son and son's family is residing in the subject property. It is contended that respondent is doing his independent business along with his brother from another property in Pahari Dheeraj and the son of the respondent was doing fabrication business from adjoining property which is a rented accommodation. It is contended that the respondent requires six rooms for residence and the son of the respondent wants to expand his business and to shift to the ground floor of the subject property.

4. It is further contended in the eviction petition that the son of the respondent is doing well in his fabrication business and wants to install fabrication machine in the tenanted property and he wants to expand due to increase in family expenditure. It is contended that he has separated his business and started the business of readymade garments about three years back and installed three sewing machines but said business did not yield profitable results and went into loss. Accordingly he purchased a second hand fabrication machine and started the business of fabrication and had taken on rent a property bearing No. IX/1868, Gali No. 2, Kailash Nagar, Delhi and since then has been doing fabrication business in the rented property. It is contended that the business of fabrication is going well and he was planning to purchase another fabrication machine to increase his business.

5. It is contended that the respondent required the entire ground floor of the subject property for his son to run his business of fabrication. It is contended that one fabrication machine requires at least 40 sq.yards of property on the ground floor and also space for keeping raw material and pieces of clothes. It is contended that the son of the respondent wants to install two fabrication machines on the ground floor of the subject property. It is contended that the son of the respondent is doing well in the aforesaid business of fabrication and plans to install and purchase another fabrication machine and the area of his rented accommodation is highly insufficient for the business of the son of the respondent and does not have space for additional fabrication machines. Apart from the machine, space is required for office and restroom of the labours. Besides space for keeping raw material and clothes as godown. Accordingly, the entire ground floor was required for the purposes of housing the fabrication unit that the son of the respondent wants to set up and the entire first floor of which the tenanted premises is a part is required for the purposes of residence by the respondent his wife, his son and son's wife and children and that they have no other alternative suitable accommodation.

6. Subject leave to defend application has been filed by the petitioner contending that apart from the subject property respondent is also owner of three other properties. It is also contended that apart from the five rooms on the ground floor of the subject property there are four rooms on the first floor of this property which are vacant and not being occupied by the respondent. It is further contended that the need as projected by the respondent is moonshine. It is contended that there is sufficient space available with the respondent ........