M/S S. Chand & Co vs Sh. Jay Kant Mishra on 19 November, 2011
17. The present petitions were filed u/s 14 (1) (i) of DRC Act and Section
22 of DRC Act. Under the provisions of both the abovesaid sections the
petitioners have to prove that the respondent was working with the petitioner
no. 1 company and let out the suit premises to the respondent as its
employee and the respondent is no longer in employment with the petitioner
no. 1. It is not in dispute that the respondent has joined the petitioner no. 1
company in the year 1992. It is also not in dispute that the respondent was in
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the employment of the petitioner no. 1 in the year 1998. The sale deed Ex.
PW1/4 also proves that petitioner no. 2 purchased the suit property.
Petitioner no. 1 is merely claiming its landlordship qua the suit premises as
allotted it to the respondent being its employee to live alongwith his family. It
is well settled that landlord is not required to prove absolute ownership u/s 22
and u/s 14 (1) (i) of DRC Act. It is held in Kamla Rani & Ors. Vs. Texmaco
Ltd. (supra) that u/s 14 (1) (i) of DRC Act ownership is not relevant for
the reason a person may be landlord without being an owner.