Mahabir Prasad vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation on 22 January, 2020
In so far as decision in Band Box Private Limited v.
Estate Officer, Punjab and Sind Bank & Anr., (Supra) and the case
of Dr. Preeti Bhatt v. Central Bank of India (Supra), the proposition of
law that is culled out is that the PP Act as well as State Rent Control
Laws are referable to entries in the the concurrent list and operate in
their own field. It is only in the event of repugnancy that PP Act prevails
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over the State Rent Laws for eviction of unauthorized tenants and for
collection of arrears of rent. However, where unauthorized occupants is
shown to be a tenant prior to coming into force of the PP Act, the only
course available for his eviction is under the State Rent Law. The
plea by Mr. Chawla, ld. Counsel for the appellant that his client has
been a tenant under the erstwhile owner prior to the coming in force of
the PP Act falls flat on the ground when it is seen that no adverse
finding was given by the Ld. Appellate Court vide order dated
19.01.1981 or for that matter order dated 25.05.1998 under PP Act with
regard to the rejection of the claim of the appellant that he was a tenant
under erstwhile owner. In other words, the findings given by the Estate
Officer vide order dated 31.05.1680 that appellant failed to prove that
he was a tenant occupying premises since 1962 remained undisturbed.
The only issue that appear to have have been canvassed at the
relevant time was execution of Gift Deed upon which, at the cost of
repetition, a clear finding was given by the Hon'ble Single Judge of the
Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in his order dated 28.02.2003
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