CHETAN NAGI vs ASHWANI KUMAR CHADDHA AND ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 25.03.2025 + RC.REV. 39/2025 and CM. 5539/2025 CHETAN NAGI .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Azka Ahmed, Advocate. versus ASHWANI KUMAR CHADDHA AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rambhakt Agarwal, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of present revision petition filed under Section 25-B (8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 (hereinafter, referred to as ‘DRC Act’), the petitioner seeks to assail the orders dated 07.03.2024 and 16.01.2025 passed by the Court of Additional Rent Controller, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in eviction petition, bearing RC ARC No.414/2023, titled ‘Ashwani Kumar Chaddha and Anr. v. Chetan Nagi’. Vide order dated 07.03.2024, an eviction order was passed against the petitioner herein for recovery of tenanted premises, i.e., one shop on the ground floor of property bearing no. 2383-84, Chashma Building, Ballimaran, Delhi-110006 (hereinafter, ‘subject property’). Thereafter, the petitioner filed a review application against the aforesaid order, which came to be dismissed vide order dated 16.01.2025. 2. The facts in a nutshell are that the eviction proceedings came to be filed on 06.06.2023 for eviction with respect to the subject property claiming Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:GAUTAM ASWAL Signing Date:02.04.2025 RC.REV. 39/2025 Page 1 of 5 15:09:07 that the subject property was purchased by Shri Om Prakash Chadha, father of the respondents, vide registered Sale Deed dated 29.05.1986. After the demise of their father and mother, both the respondents herein became the owners of the subject property by operation of law. The petitioner herein was inducted as a tenant of the subject property and the last rent was paid at the rate of Rs.2,000/-