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vii. The eviction petition further discloses that the mother of the Land-lord was the owner of properties bearing No.119, 119A & 121, Plot No.1, Block No.88, situated at the crossing of Lady Harding Road and Baird Road, New Delhi and the said properties have been gifted by her to the brother of the Land- lord - Praveen Aggarwal and his wife - Meena Aggarwal and the Land-lord does not have any right or interest in the said properties. It is stated that apart from the abovementioned properties, the Land-lord does not have any other property and no alternate vacant accommodations are available to the Land- lord which can meet the requirement of his younger son who has completed his graduation and now wants to start his own independent business of ice-cream parlour/coffee shop/ fruit juice parlour so that he can independently earn his livelihood. viii. An application for leave to defend was filed by the Tenant stating that the Landlord hails from a wealthy family and owns a number of shops in the locality. It is further stated that the Landlord has not revealed the details of shops that are lying vacant or of those properties where he can accommodate his younger son. It is stated that the Landlord has two shops bearing No.115 & 117, just adjacent to the tenanted premises, where the Landlord is running a sweet shop in the name of Bangla Sweet House. It is stated that Shops No.119 and 121 are also at the disposal of the Landlord as shop No.119 is lying vacant and Shop No.121 has been let out to Apollo Pharmacy. It is stated that four other shops at Bangla Sahib Road are also at the disposal of the Landlord and his family members. It is further stated that there are 7-8 shops at the disposal of the Landlord just opposite to the Bangla Sahib Road. It is stated that other than Shop No.111 and 113, from where the Landlord is running a shop in the name and style of Bangla Foods Pvt. Ltd., there are two more shops at the disposal of the Landlord in the same building which are lying vacant. It is further stated that just opposite to the tenanted premises, in another building, there are 4-5 shops at the disposal of the Landlord out of which one shop is lying vacant and 3-4 shops have been let out to different tenants and one shop is being used as an office by the Landlord and his family members. It is stated that apart from the abovementioned properties, the Landlord has other properties in Delhi NCR, including one shop bearing No. 1 at Doctor's lane; one Restaurant in Rohini, opposite Deepali Chowk, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi; workshop/manufacturing unit at Baird Road; a big estate in Mathura Vrindavan, and a restaurant and one sweet shop in Karnal. It is further stated in the application for leave to defend that the Landlord and his family members have got enough surplus places adjacent to the tenanted premises which are sufficient and enough to accommodate the needs of the younger son of the Landlord. It is also stated in the leave to defend application that on the death of the original tenant, i.e. C. D. Joseph, the tenancy devolved on the legal heirs of C. D. Joseph and since the Landlord chose not to implead all the legal heirs of C.D. Joseph, the eviction petition is barred by non-joinder of all the necessary parties. ix. A reply to the application for leave to defend was filed by the Landlord reiterating the facts as mentioned in the eviction petition and denying the averments made by the Tenant. In reply, the Landlord denied that he is the owner of shop No.119 and 121. The Landlord also denied that any of these shops are available to him or are at his disposal. It is stated in the reply that Shops No.119 & 121 are owned and possessed by the brother of the Landlord - Praveen Aggarwal and his wife - Meena Aggarwal. It is further denied by the Landlord that he or his family members own a restaurant in Rohini or that he owns or possess any workshop or manufacturing unit at Baird Road. However, it is stated that the brother of the Landlord - Praveen Aggarwal is a licensee of a shop/fuel depot No.5, Gole Market from where a workshop is being run by M/s Bangla Sweet House. Further the averments of the Tenant that the Landlord owns an estate in Mathura Vrindavan and a restaurant in Karnal have also been denied by the Landlord in the reply to the application for leave to defend. It is stated by the Landlord that he owns some agricultural land in Vrindavan, Mathura and the said agricultural land is presently under Land Acquisition proceedings and is not available to the Petitioner for setting independent business for his younger son.