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23. It is important to mention here that the present petition has been filed u/s 14 (1) (e) of DRC Act r/w Section 25-B of DRC Act on the ground of bona fide requirement. Section 25-B (4) of DRC Act only entitles a tenant to file a leave to defend application within 15 days from the date of service of the tenant. As discussed above it has been established that the suit premises was let out to M/s Roxy Fry Cleaners, a partnership firm, through its partners namely Sh. K.K Bhatia, Sh. Sunder Lal, and Sh. Des Raj. Sh. Jitender Pal Singh, who has filed the leave to defend application, was admittedly not a partner when the tenanted premises were let out to the respondent firm. I am E-620/09 Sameer Wason Vs. M/s Roxy Drycleaner Page 21 of //22// of the considered view that as Sh. Jitender Pal Singh was not a partner in the respondent firm at the time of letting out the tenanted premises therefore, he has no locus to file leave to defend application. The application U/s 25 -B (4) of DRC Act filed by Sh.Jitender Pal Singh is also not maintainable on this ground and liable to be dismissed. It was held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in South Asia Industries Pvt Ld. Vs. S. Anup Singh & Ors., DLT 1966, 149 that "where tenant became extinct without leaving any successor on whom tenancy devolves an order can be made against a person who took an assignment of the lease from the tenant. Orders for ejectment against all persons in occupation must have been contemplated so that the landlord without further trouble recovers possession."