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IN THE COURT OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF JUDGE: CITY SMALL
CAUSES COURT: AT HYDERABAD.
Dated this the 4 th Day of NOVEMBER, 2024.
Present: SRI NANDIKONDA NARSING RAO,
CHIEF JUDGE.
(FAC) Addl. Chief Judge.
R.C.A. No.21 OF 2024
Between:
1. Robert Anthony, S/o. Late Victor Antony, 44 years, Driver, R/o. CIB Quarter No. SRT-98, MCH No.10-1-12/9, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad.
2. Teena, W/o. Robert, 37 years, Business, R/o. CIB Quarter No. SRT-98, MCH No.10-1-12/9, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad.
3. Mario, S/o. Late Victor Anthony, 37 years, Business, R/o. CIB Quarter No. SRT-98, MCH No.10-1-12/9, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad.
4. James, S/o. Late Victor Anthony, 47 years, Business, R/o. CIB Quarter No. SRT-98, MCH No.10-1-12/9, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad.
...Appellants/Respondents.
And
Mohammed Hameed, S/o. Mohammed Iqbal, 32 years, Tailor, R/o. 8-2-740/11/2, Bhola Nagar, Road No.12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
...Respondent/Petitioner.
Appeal against the order dated 20-02-2024 passed in R.C. No. 282 of
2014 on the file of II Additional Rent Controller, City Small Causes
Court, Hyderabad.
Between: Mohammed Hameed… Petitioner 2 RCA.21/2024
And
1. Robert
2. Teena
3. Mario
4. James.… Respondents.
This appeal is listed before me for a final hearing in the presence of Sri
Y. Krishna Mohan Rao, Advocate for the Appellants and of Sri Gopal Rao
Patil, Advocate for Respondent and having been stood over the matter for consideration till this day, this court delivered the following:
J U D G M E N T
This appeal is preferred by the appellants/respondents/tenants under Section 20(1) of Telangana Buildings (Lease, Rent & Eviction) Control
Act, 1960, being aggrieved by the eviction orders passed by the learned II
Additional Rent Controller, City Small Causes Court, Hyderabad in R.C. No.282
of 2014 dated 20.02.2024.
2.The appellants are the respondents/tenants and the respondent herein is the petitioner in R.C. No.282/2014. For the sake of convenience the appellant and the respondent shall be referred to as ‘petitioner’ and ‘respondents’ and they are arrayed in trial court.
3.The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is the landlord and the respondents are the tenants of a portion of house bearing No.SRT 98 bearing Municipal No.10-1-12/9, admeasuring 36.50 sq. yards or 30.51 sq.
3 RCA.21/2024 meters situated at A.C. Guards, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as petition schedule premises). The petition schedule premises is self acquired of the petitioner having purchased the same through registered sale deed vide document No.1860 of 2014 dated 28.4.2014. The tenancy between the petitioner and respondents is being oral and there is no written rental agreement and the rent was fixed at Rs.3000/- per month commencing from
May 2014. As per the petitioner, the respondents have paid one month rent ie., for the month of May 2014 and subsequently the respondents failed to pay the monthly rent and there being no advance with the petitioner. The respondents have failed to pay the subsequent rent and when ever the petitioner demanded for payment of rent to the respondents, the respondents engaged some rowdy sheeters and anti-social elements and used to threaten the petitioner. Further, the respondents have stopped paying rent from June 2014 till the date of filing of the present petition which they have withhold wilfully, deliberately. In spite of incessant demands of the petitioner, the respondents did not choose to pay the rent wilfully, deliberately and wantonly. As such the petitioner is entitled to seek eviction of the respondents on the ground of wilful default in payment of rent. It is also further contended that the leased premises is in a dilapidated condition and endanger not only to inmates but also to the pass byers and the petitioner in fact required the petition schedule premises for personal occupation. In spite of repeated demand, the respondent did not choose to 4 RCA.21/2024 vacate the premises, as such the present eviction petition is filed seeking eviction on the ground of wilful default.
4.The respondents filed counter denying all the averments made in the petition and that they are not the tenants of the portion of the petition schedule premises as contended by the petitioner and that there is no jural relationship of landlord and tenant between the petitioner and respondents and the said contention of the petitioner is only a created and concocted for the purpose of evicting the respondents from the petition schedule premises and the allegations made by the petitioner are false and baseless and also denied about the purchase of the petition schedule premises by the petitioner. The said sale deed is got created and concocted by the vendors under the said alleged sale deed in collusion with the petitioner by suppressing the factum of the pendency of O.S. No.995/2012 seeking relief of recovery of possession of the very same suit schedule property on the file of
V Sr. Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, filed by the vendors of the petitioner against the respondents herein. It is also pertinent to mention that the vendors of the petitioner themselves filed the above suit against the respondents herein. It is also further contended that as the very suit is filed seeking relief of recovery of possession filed by the vendor of the petitioner, the question of delivery of possession to the petitioner herein by the respondents has to be explained by the petitioner. As such the alleged sale deed dated 28.4.2014 under which the petitioner is claiming ownership is hit 5 RCA.21/2024 by doctrine of lis pendence as per Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act. It is further contended that there is no relationship of landlord and tenants and no rental agreement existing between the parties. Having aware of the fact that they cannot succeed in O.S. No.995/2012, the vendors of the petitioner have sold the property to the petitioner herein during the pendency of the said lis.
It is further contended that the allegation that the rent was fixed initially at
Rs.3,000/- per month commencing from May 2014 and the respondents paid rent for one month for the month of May 2014 are also denied. It is further contended that the respondents herein are the purchasers of the suit schedule property and in continuous, uninterrupted and peaceful possession of the same since 1998 and the said factum was also admitted by the vendors of the petitioner in O.S. No.995/2012 on the file of V Sr. Civil Judge, City Civil
Court, Hyderabad. The alleged story of the landlord and tenant is only cooked up for the purpose of the above R.C. and that there is no landlord and tenants relationship between the parties. It is further contended that the respondent herein claiming title of the property and contended that the husband of the vendor No.1 of the petitioner and father of the vendor Nos. 2 to 4 of the petitioner during his life time being the owner and possessor had executed notarized agreement of sale dated 25.5.1998 in favour of Victor Anthony who is the father of the respondents by receiving entire sale consideration and as on the date of execution of the agreement of sale, the peaceful and vacant possession of the house property admeasuring 40 sq. yards was delivered in favour of Victor Anthony and since then Victor Anthony during his life time 6 RCA.21/2024 along with the respondents and after his demise the respondents are in continuous possession and enjoyment of the house property admeasuring 40 sq. yards which factum is also in the knowledge of the vendors of the petitioner including the petitioner and every one in the locality is aware of the same. It is further submitted that late Victor Anthony during his life time obtained electricity and water connections and thereby paying the relevant charges to the concerned departments and after his demise the respondents herein are paying the same to concerned authorities. After the demise of
D.Lawrence, the vendors of the petitioner developed an eyesore to grab the house property admeasuring 40 sq. yards, from the possession of the respondents and in continuation of such intention after a lapse of nearly 14 years from the date of execution of agreement of sale got filed O.S.
No.995/2012 seeking the relief of recovery of possession with all false and untenable allegations. It is also admitted that execution of agreement of sale by late D.Lawrence in favour of the father of the respondents herein in the said suit. The petitioner’s vendor came to a conclusion that there are no changes of they being successful as such in collusion with the petitioner got created and concocted the alleged sale deed and got filed the above R.C.
against the respondent.
5.It is further contended that under the guise of the said sale deed the petitioner in collusion with the electricity authority got changed the name in the electricity records behind the back of the respondents. It is further 7 RCA.21/2024 contended that as the vendors of the petitioner already executed agreement of sale cum GPA dated 9.6.2010 bearing document No.1954 of 2010 in favour of the petitioner even prior to the filing of the suit in O.S. No.995/2012 and deliberately the vendors of the petitioner had suppressed the same in the said suit and the petitioner also suppressed the said fact of the AGPA subsisting in his favour in the present R.C. Thus, on the fact of it, it is crystal clear that there is any amount of collusion between the petitioner and his vendors who are the plaintiffs in O.S. No.995/2012 in creating the alleged sale deed for the purpose of filing the present R.C. It is further contended that there is a dispute of title between the parties which is a subject matter of O.S.
No.995/2012 and as such this court has got no jurisdiction to adjudicate the question of title. It is further contended that there is no cause of action and the petition is beyond limitation and there is no jurisdiction as there is no landlord and tenant relationship and prayed this court to dismiss the petition.
6.During the course of trial, the petitioner himself was examined as PW-1 and got marked Exs.P-1 to P-19. On behalf of the respondents, initially one Mario filed chief affidavit and subsequently it was eschewed and
Smt. Teena and Alexander Richard were examined as RW-2 and RW-3 and got marked Ex.R-1 to R-15.
7.After considering the averments, evidence placed on record and after hearing both parties, the learned II Additional Rent Controller, City Small 8 RCA.21/2024
Causes Court came to a conclusion that the respondents are liable for eviction on the ground of wilful default and denial of title and as such eviction of the respondents was ordered in respect of the petition schedule premises.
8.Being aggrieved by the said eviction order passed by the learned
Rent Controller in R.C. No.282/2014, the present appeal is preferred on the following grounds:
(i)That the learned Rent Controller did not consider the evidence placed by the appellants/respondents and erred in holding that Ex.P-5 legal notice
dated 22.12.2014 issued by the respondent/petitioner by stating that the
respondents have committed wilful default from June 2014 and Ex.P-6 proof of service of legal notice though the same was denied by the respondent. The
Rent Controller ought to have seen that the petitioner failed to file any proof of service of notice on the appellants/respondents. The court below ought to have seen that the petitioner failed to refer in his petition and also in the chief affidavit with regard to documents marked on behalf of petitioner except Ex.P1 sale deed and it is also settled law when there is no pleadings any amount of evidence led cannot be considered.
(ii)That there is no proof of service of Ex.P5 legal notice on the appellants/respondents and mere filing of postal receipts does not prove the service of legal notice under Ex.P6 when the respondents have denied about the receiving of legal notice and that the alleged electricity and property tax bills which are filed by the petitioner did not reflect in the petition and his 9 RCA.21/2024 evidence affidavit which are filed subsequent to the eviction petition, therefore they would not have considered in passing the eviction order. The
Rent Controller ought to have considered that during the cross examination of RW2 they have deposed that they were tenants in the year 1990, but subsequently her father-in-law Victor Antony purchased the petition schedule property under Ex.R5 agreement of sale dt.25.5.1998 and physical possession was delivered to Victor Antony, the same is mentioned in Ex.R5.
(iii)That the Rent Controller erred in holding that basing on the oral admission of RW2 and Ex.P5 and P6 there is relationship of landlord and tenants. The Rent Controller ought to have seen that the alleged fabricated sale deed marked as Ex.P1, whereas the appellants/respondents were in possession of the petition schedule premises 9 years prior to Ex.R5 agreement of sale as tenants. The Rent Controller failed to see that Ex.P1 sale deed is invalid in eye of law and no credence could be given to the said sale deed. The court below ought to have dismissed the eviction petition by holding that there is no jural relationship between parties as landlord and tenants as the said allegation is concocted for the purpose of filing of the eviction petition against the respondents in collusion with vendor of the petitioner.
(iv)The court below ought to have seen that the vendors of the petitioner filed O.S. No.995 of 2012 for recovery of possession from the appellants/respondents and the same was dismissed as not pressed after filing of the eviction petition by the petitioner, therefore there is no chance 10 RCA.21/2024 for the vendors of the appellants/respondents to deliver possession to petitioner. Therefore, the possession of delivery of petition schedule premises under sale deed under Ex.P1 to respondent/petitioner and let out the same to the appellants/respondents does not arise.
(v)The court below did not consider that the agreement of sale dt.25.5.1998 was sent for collection of deficit stamp duty and the same was paid by appellants/respondents which is marked as Ex.R5. The court below failed to see that about Ex.R6, PW1 deposed that he did not know about filing of O.S.No.995/2012 by the vendors of petitioner. That PW1 during the cross examination pleaded ignorance about Ex.R5 agreement of sale dt.25.5.1998 and its contents. The court below ignored about the admission of PW1 regarding tenancy, and the date and month of purchase of the property.
Therefore, it is clear that petitioner has no knowledge as to date of purchase of property and the court below erred in passing the eviction order. The court below failed to see that Ex.P1 does not disclose the delivery of possession.
Ex.P9 speaks for delivery of possession, but PW1 deposed that under Ex.P9 he did not take possession. The court below did not consider the decision placed by appellants/respondent in AIR 2003 Supreme Court 1908 and 2004 (1) ALD 93 TS. The court below ought to have seen that agreement of sale, delivery of possession by the owner D. Lawrence and non-delivery of possession to complete the sale deed under Ex.P1 is purely civil in nature and the Rent
Controller would not have ventured to pass eviction orders. Hence, prayed to 11 RCA.21/2024 allow the appeal by setting aside the impugned eviction orders passed by the
II Addl. Rent Controller, Hyderabad.
9.After registering the same as R.C.A. No.21 of 2024, notice was given to the respondent and the respondent appeared before this court through his counsel and after receiving the records from the lower court.
10.Heard the learned counsel for the appellants/respondents and the learned counsel fo the respondent/petitioner .
11.Now the points that arise for consideration before this court are as follows:
(1) Whether there exists any jural relationship between petitioner and respondents as landlord and tenants?
(2) Whether the respondents have committed wilful default in payment of rent from June 2014 till filing of the R.C.
(3) To what relief?
POINT NO.1
12.Heard the learned counsel for the appellants/respondents and the learned counsel for the respondent/petitioner. Perused the entire material placed on record.
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13.The contention of the petitioner is that the respondents are the tenants of the petition schedule premises and that the petitioner was absolute owner of a portion of quarter bearing No.SRT 98 bearing Municipal
No.10-1-12/9, situated at A.C. Guards, Hyderabad, and that the respondent was inducted into possession of the petition schedule premises as tenants on monthly rent of Rs.3,000/- in the month of May 2014 for a period of 11 months. Admittedly, the tenancy is oral and without any advance. Though the respondents have paid the rent for the month of May 2014 subsequently from June, 2014 the respondents did not choose to make the payments in spite of repeated demands made by the petitioner and that the respondents are dodging the matter on one pretext or the other. Further, the petitioner has called for the respondents to pay the arrears of rent from June 2014, but they did not choose to pay the arrears of rent and in turn they are claiming title and possession over the petition schedule premises and the respondents are contended that they are the lawful owners and they are in possession and enjoyment of the said property in an extent of 36 sq. yards and that the original owner D.Lawrence during his life time sold the schedule premises through agreement of sale in favour of Victor Antony who is the father of the respondent and subsequently both D.Lawrence and Victor Antony died and the respondents being the legal heirs of the Victor Antony are in possession and enjoyment of the petition schedule premises as purchasers as possession was delivered by the vendor of the petitioner. It is further contended that it is settled law without delivery of possession, the said deal is invalid. It is also 13 RCA.21/2024 denied by the respondent that the petitioner has purchased the said property vide document No.1860 of 2014 dated 28.4.2014 in collusion with his vendor.
Further the said sale deed is hit by doctrine of lis pendence as per Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act.
14.The main contention of the respondents is that there is no relationship of landlord and tenant as claimed by the petitioner in between the petitioner and respondent and in the absence of the same the eviction petition is liable to be dismissed. He also denied about the payment of monthly rent @ Rs.3,000/- for the month of May 2014. The husband of the vendor No.1 of the petitioner during his life time being the owner and possessor had executed notarized agreement of sale dated 25.5.1998 in favour of Victor Anthony who is the father of the respondents by receiving entire sale consideration and in pursuance of the same they have also obtained electricity and water connections to the said property and they are paying the charges as per the demand by the concerned authorities. The said factum is very well know to the petitioner and his vendor.
15.The entire crux of the case is that admittedly both the parties are claiming title over the petition schedule premises and the petitioner has claimed the title to the said property basing on the registered sale deed which is said to have executed by the vendor of the respondent in favour of the petitioner and in pursuance of the said sale deed, the petitioner became 14 RCA.21/2024 owner of the petition schedule premises. Whereas, the respondents are contended that they purchased the said property from the vendor of the petitioner who executed Notarized agreement of sale in their favour. It is also borne out from the record and admitted fact that the respondents are already in possession of the petition schedule premises much prior to the date of agreement of sale and also the sale deed executed in favour of the petitioner.
It is also an admitted fact that prior to the execution of agreement of sale, the status of the respondents in the said property is as tenants of the vendor of the petitioner. The main contention of the respondents is that once the agreement of sale was executed by the vendor of the petitioner and under the said agreement of sale possession was also delivered to the respondents pursuant to the agreement of sale. As such the respondents are staying in the petition schedule premises as owners of the said property and their status and their possession over the said property is changed from tenants to owners of the said property.
16.In support of the contention of the respondents, the respondent
No.2, Smt.Teena who is the daughter-in-law of Victor Anthony was examined as RW-2. She reiterated the contents of the counter and claims that she is the legal heir of Victor Anthony and also stated that they are in possession and enjoyment of the petition schedule premises and the possession of the same was delivered to them by the vendor of the petitioner. No doubt any sale after execution of the sale deed the possession automatically follows. But in 15 RCA.21/2024 the present case admittedly the respondents are staying in the petition schedule premises much prior to the date of agreement of sale.
17.It is also an admitted fact that earlier the respondents have paid the rent to the vendor of the petitioner and that they are in possession of the premises much prior to 1998. Though the respondents have relied on Exs.R8 to R15, the said documents show the possession of the respondents in the petition schedule premises and the said documents which clearly show that the original ration card, death certificate of Victor Anthony, death certificate of Stella who are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of RW-2 and also
Aadhaar cards and application to the water works department seeking connection and acknowledgement receipt dated 15.4.2015, gas connection receipt and the summons which are received by the respondents in
O.S.NO.1184/2010. The said documents do prove the possession of the
respondents over the petition schedule premises, but the aspect that the respondents are claiming that they are in possession of the premises as owners cannot be agreed for the reason that mere possession of the respondents over the petition schedule premises purely basing on the agreement of sale cannot be accepted. More over the respondents have already agreed that they were in possession of the said property and the same was let out by the vendor of the petitioner as tenants. It is also admitted by RW2 in the cross examination that Victor Anthony, who is her father-in-law and father of the other respondents obtained the petition 16 RCA.21/2024 schedule premises on monthly rental basis in the year 1990. She also admitted that Victor Anthony came into petition schedule premises as tenant in the year 1990. Basing on the agreement of sale they have obtained electricity connection and paid the electricity charges till 2015 and later on the same was transferred in the name of the petitioner. It is also admitted by
RW2 that presently the electricity meter connection stands in the name of the petitioner since 2015. Admittedly, the father-in-law of RW2 did not pay any property tax and that they never paid any property tax and the present property tax is standing in the name of the petitioner till date. The entire documentary evidence which is relied on by the respondents would only show the nature of possession as admitted by the respondents.
18.The learned counsel for the respondents relied on a decision in “Bondar Singh and others vs. Nihal Singh and others” reported in AIR 2003
Supreme Court 1905 and contended that the said possession though the said agreement of sale is not a registered document it can be looked into for the purpose of collateral purpose as to know the nature and status of possession of the respondents over the petition schedule premises. Admittedly, there is no dispute that the respondents are in possession of the petition schedule premises and there is no quarrel regarding the agreement of sale which can be looked into for collateral purpose to consider the nature of possession.
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19.The learned counsel for the respondents also relied on another decision in “Mohammed Hafeezuddin vs. M.A. Hafeez Quadri and others”, reported in 2024 (1) ALD 88 (TS). The point which was dealt in the said case was the trial court insisted for payment of deficit stamp duty at very inception of suit is, therefore totally erroneous and contrary to law. It is also further relied on at para No.11 of the said judgment that:
“It is settled law that the nature of any document has to be decided basing upon the contents of the said document, but not by the mere nomenclature of the said document or from the purpose for which such document is being relied upon by any of the parties to the said document. In order to treat any document as a simple Sale Deed, the basic requirements to be satisfied are:-
(i) Conveyance of title
(ii) Delivery of possession
(iii) Passing of consideration”
20.The learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently argued and reiterated that as on the date of purchase of the property by the petitioner, the respondents are already in possession of the property and further argued that the said agreement of sale cannot be looked into for any purpose except the nature of possession. In the present case admittedly the respondents have already admitted about the existence of tenancy and no steps have been taken by the respondents to get the said agreement of sale into registered sale deed by filing the relevant suit seeking specific performance of agreement of sale. It is also argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondents did not pay any property tax, the petitioner 18 RCA.21/2024 paid the property tax. The counsel for the petitioner argued that the agreement of sale is not proved though the respondents are in possession of the petition schedule premises and that they have paid the entire sale consideration, why the respondents did not choose to get the registered sale deed executed and that the respondents have not shown any reasons before this court in support of the same.
21.Further under an unregistered document no title can be claimed and it is submitted that the title of the petitioner is basing on the registered sale deed and contended that the petitioner would be in better position as to the title comparing to the respondents as the title of the respondents over the petition schedule premises is only basing on the agreement of sale as the respondents have not perfected their title. Though it is contended that in view of the delivery of possession pursuant to the agreement of sale the said agreement has to be treated as a sale deed. The petitioner is in better title though it is got executed subsequently. Further, the petitioner has contended that the respondents have agreed and accepted the petitioner as owner. Though respondent No.2 was examined as RW2 and the evidence of
RW2 appears to be a here say evidence and it is not a direct evidence. It is also argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner that as per the Clause (2) of Ex.R5, it is mentioned physical possession was delivered as such it is compulsorily registerable document. The possession of the respondent cannot be stated as better rather than the possession of the petitioner.
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Though the petitioner contended that the respondents have paid one month rent ie., for the month of May 2014, but nothing has placed no doucment is placed to show that the rent was paid to the petitioner by the respondents.
Though the respondents claiming title basing on the agreement of sale, but no better title can be passed on the agreement of sale. As such the respondents knowing fully well that the petitioner is having better title basing on the registered sale deed, the contention of the respondents that the petitioner cannot be treated as owner and claiming themselves as owners basing on the agreement of sale can be treated as denying the title of the petitioner over the petition schedule premises with mala fide intention and that there cannot be any alteration of possession of the respondents in view of the agreement of sale. Though it is contended that in the agreement of sale a clause was mentioned that the possession was delivered to the respondents. Admittedly, on the factual aspects that the respondents are already in possession of the premises as tenants. In the absence of any conversion of status of the respondents over the petition schedule premises, as such it can be safely concluded that the respondents are the tenants of the petitioner and they continued to be the tenants in view of the registered sale deed and admittedly the law being well settled that there cannot be any specific attornment of tenancy. Once the tenancy was admitted by the respondents in view of the execution of registered sale deed there shall be automatic attornment of tenancy in respect of the respondents as tenants.
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22.As per the decision in “Shankaramma and others Vs.
Mohammed Abdul Hameed” reported in 2006(5) ALD 345, where in it was held that “Tenancy automatically follows on sale of property and attornment is not a per-requisition and title transfers to purchaser on purchase of the property transfer of landlord entitled to collect the rent as of right and he is a landlord under the inclusive definition. Denial of title by tenants not bonafide in view of registered sale deed in favor of purchaser- landlord”.
In view of the proposition of law in the above judgment, it can be safely concluded that the denial of title of the petitioners by the respondents amounts to mala fide denial. Hence, considering the entire documents and oral evidence placed by the petitioner and in view of the admission of RW2 it can be safely concluded that there exists jural relationship of landlord and tenant in between the petitioner and respondents, as such the petitioner is entitled for eviction of the respondents on this ground. This point is answered in favour of the petitioner and against the respondents.
POINT NO.2
23.It is the contention of the petitioner is that initially the rent for the petition schedule premises was Rs.3000/- per month and the tenancy is commenced from May 2014 and the respondents paid one month rent ie., for the month of May 2014 and thereafter committed default in payment of rent from June 2014 till the date of filing of the present eviction petition. Hence, the respondents are liable to be evicted from the petition schedule premises 21 RCA.21/2024 on the ground of wilful default in payment of rents. The contention of the respondents is that they are not the tenants of the petitioner and they never paid any rent to the petitioner and that they are in possession and enjoyment of the petition schedule premises as owners basing on the agreement of sale and that they never paid any rent to the petitioner. The respondents further contended that there is no relationship of landlord and tenant between the petitioners and the respondents.
24.In view of the considered opinion of this court in point No.1 that there exists jural relationship of landlord and tenant in between the petitioner and respondents and the denial of the title of the petitioner by the respondents is not bona fide, hence once the tenancy is admitted and proved, the respondents are bound to pay the rents. Admittedly, no rents have been paid by the respondents from June 2014. As such it can be safely concluded that the respondents have committed wilful default in payment of rent.
Hence, the petitioner is entitled for the eviction of the respondents from the petition schedule premises on this ground also. Therefore, I do not see any grounds to differ with the findings of the learned Rent Controller and the findings of the learned Rent Controller is based on the proper appreciation of evidence which does not require any interference of this court. Hence, on considering the entire material placed and also on proper analysis of the evidence placed on record and the relevant decisions, I do not see any grounds to interfere, consequently the appeal falls to the ground. This point 22 RCA.21/2024 is answered accordingly in favour of the petitioner and against the respondents.
POINT NO.3
25.In the result, the appeal is dismissed without costs confirming the orders passed by the II Additional Rent Controller, City Small Causes
Court, Hyderabad, in R.C. No.282 of 2014 dated 20.2.2024. The respondents/ tenants are directed to vacate and hand over the vacant possession of the petition schedule premises to petitioner/landlord within three months from the date of passing of the judgment.
Dictated to the Stenographer, transcribed by him, corrected and pronounced
by me in the open court on 4th November, 2024.
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(FAC) ADDITIONAL CHIEF JUDGE
CITY SMALL CAUSES COURT
HYDERABAD.
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