MR IFTIKHAR AHMAD AND ANR vs MOHD ATIQ AND OTHERS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgement delivered on: 30.06.2025 RC.REV. 58/2023 & CM APPL.9101/2023 MR IFTIKHAR AHMAD AND ANR .....Petitioners versus MOHD ATIQ AND OTHERS .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case For the Petitioners : Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. For the Respondents : None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (‘DRC Act’) seeking quashing and setting aside of order dated 28.09.2022 (‘impugned order’) passed by the learned ACR- 01, Central District, Delhi (‘Rent Controller’) in RC ARC No. 463/2019 (‘Eviction Petition’) for eviction of premises at 1st Floor, consisting of one room with open courtyard in property bearing no. 4235, Gali Barna Wali, Ward XIV, Sadar Bazar, Delhi- 110006 (‘tenanted premises’). FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 2. Vide impugned order, the learned Rent Controller dismissed the application for leave to defend along with an application for condonation of delay for one single day in filing leave to defend to the Eviction Petition under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act on the ground of bonafide 3. The Petitioners have so