General Auto Agencies vs Hazari Singh on 26 August, 1975
In Hakirn. Ziaul Islam v. Mohd. Rafi AIR 1971 All 302 I find that the notice indicated that the landlord wanted to terminate the tenancy immediately. This authority can help the appellant only if I hold that in the present case the counsel who had drafted the notice on behalf of the plaintiff indicated to the defendant the intention of his client to terminate the relationship of the landlord and the tenant immediately. The notice however, does not state that the tenancy was terminated forthwith. The expression 'hereby terminates' cannot be read to mean 'terminated forthwith'. The word 'hereby' means that the tenancy was terminated by that notice. The sentence when read as a whole makes it abundantly clear that the request was made by the landlord for the delivery of possession of the demised property either by the end of 31st October, 1969 or on such day on which the tenant considered that his month of tenancy came to an end. The notice in the light of its unambiguous language can be interpreted to mean that the counsel of the landlord indicated to the defendant that his client wanted to synchronise the act of termination of tenancy with the act of the delivering of vacant possession thereof. In my opinion the language used by the counsel for the plaintiff was intended to terminate the tenancy either on 31st of October or on the day on which the tenant considered that his month of tenancy expired. The notice Ex. 5 does not in any manner carry the idea that the landlord was keen to terminate the tenancy of the defendant immediately on the receipt of the notice. I, therefore, do not find any life in this argument also.