Shri Asfaq Ahmad vs Smt. Shama Gupta on 28 April, 2012
8 The ground taken by the appellant/tenant for delay in
deposit of arrears of rent was that he was supplied with the account
number of respondent/landlady at belated stage and that he had given
a sum of Rs. 60,000/ to one Naresh Kumar for the marriage of his
daughter and that was the reason for not depositing the rent in time.
9 It is correct that initially the account number supplied
by the respondent/landlady to the appellant was wrong but correct
account number was furnished to him on 18.05.2010. In order dated
21.10.2009 appellant was specifically directed to clear the arrears of
rent within one month from the date of the order. If so reckoned, the
appellant ought to have deposited the arrears of rent by 21.11.2009
which he did not do. Even otherwise, as per appellant, correct
account number was supplied to him on 18.05.2010, then he was
required to deposit the arrears of rent by 18.06.2010 which he again
did not do. He deposited the arrears of rent only on 13.09.2010 which
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was beyond the period of one month from the date of supply of fresh
correct account number by the respondent/landlady.
10 The other ground taken by the appellant/tenant is that
he had given Rs. 60,000/ to one Naresh Kumar which he returned in
September, 2010 and then only he deposited the arrears of rent.
appellant can not be allowed to take such a ground when he was
facing the eviction proceedings. It does not appeal to reasons that a
person who is facing eviction proceedings, would disobey the
directions of the Court. In the present case, instead of depositing the
arrears of rent, appellant went on to lend money to some other person
which was a flagrant violation of the order dated 21.10.2009.
11 Ld. Counsel for the appellant has relied upon judgment
in case of M/s Globetech Engineers vs. Ajay Chadha and another
2002 VI AD(Delhi) 672. The facts of the said case were that
composite notice was given to pay the arrears of rent failing which
eviction will take automatically effect on a default to occur in future.
It was observed that Controller can not invoke the provisions of
section 15(7) of the Act simultaneously while passing the order under
section 15(1) of the Act.