SOM NATH KHARBANDA vs MANOJ KUMAR MITTAL & ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 26th February, 2026 Pronounced on: 19th May, 2026 + RC.REV. 313/2018, CM APPL. 27702-27703/2018, CM APPL. 53087/2018, CM APPL. 37836/2022 MR. SOM NATH KHARBANDA (THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS) ....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anil Sapra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rakesh Malhotra, Advocate. versus MR. MANOJ KUMAR MITTAL & ORS ....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Pahuja and Mr. Upender Kumar, Advocates. + RC.REV. 376/2018, CM APPL. 31399/2018, CM APPL. 53081/2018 CHARANJEET SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anil Sapra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rakesh Malhotra, Advocate. versus MANOJ KUMAR MITTAL & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Pahuja and Mr. Rohan Anand, Advocates for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA JUDGMENT AMIT SHARMA, J. 1. The present petitions under Section 25-B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, (for short, “DRCA”) have been filed assailing common impugned Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETI KUMARI SHARMA RC.REV. 313/2018 & RC.REV. 376/2018 Page 1 of 27 Signing Date:20.05.2026 19:27:55 order dated 29.05.2018 passed in Case No. E-616/2017 ( CIS No. 713/2017) passed by learned ARC, Central, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, whereby, the applications seeking leave to defend filed on behalf of the petitioners were dismissed and an eviction order was passed against them in the eviction petition filed on behalf of respondent No.1-Manoj Kumar Mittal. 2. During the pendency of the proceedings in the present petitions, petitioner in RC REV. 313/2018-Somnath Kharbanda had passed away on 25.10.2023. An application, CM APPL. 13416/2024, was filed on behalf of the legal heirs of the said deceased revisionist under Order XXII Rule 3 read with Section 151 of the CPC, and they were impleaded in the prese