DEEPAK TANDON & ANR. versus RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA

DEEPAK TANDON & ANR. versus RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA

The plea of maintainability of the eviction application was not raised by the respondent before either the prescribed authority or the appellate court. As this issue relates to mixed questions of law and fact, it cannot be introduced for the first time at the writ stage. The High Court erred in interfering with concurrent findings of fact without proper basis, and its decision setting aside the eviction order was a jurisdictional error. The concurrent orders of the prescribed authority and appellate court, allowing eviction on bona fide need, were restored.

Parties
Appellant: Deepak Tandon & Anr.; Respondent: Rajesh Kumar Gupta
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
07 February 2019
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Supreme Court Final Appellate Decision
Outcome
Appeals allowed
Legal Topics
Eviction, Bona Fide Requirement, Maintainability of Writ, Jurisdiction of High Court, Concurrent Findings of Fact
Rent Control Civil Procedure Eviction Bona Fide Requirement Maintainability of Writ Jurisdiction of High Court Concurrent Findings of Fact

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Parties

Deepak Tandon & Anr.

Appellant

Rajesh Kumar Gupta

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Supreme Court Final Appellate Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the High Court was justified in allowing the writ appeal and dismissing the appellants’ eviction application as not maintainable under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972.
  2. 2 Whether the maintainability plea can be raised for the first time before the High Court in writ jurisdiction without being pleaded or decided by the lower courts.
  3. 3 Whether the nature of tenancy (residential, commercial, or composite) is a question of law or fact.

Ratio Decidendi

The plea of maintainability of the eviction application was not raised by the respondent before either the prescribed authority or the appellate court. As this issue relates to mixed questions of law and fact, it cannot be introduced for the first time at the writ stage. The High Court erred in interfering with concurrent findings of fact without proper basis, and its decision setting aside the eviction order was a jurisdictional error. The concurrent orders of the prescribed authority and appellate court, allowing eviction on bona fide need, were restored.

Court Disposition

Appeals allowed

Orders

  • The impugned order of the High Court is set aside.
  • Orders of the Prescribed Authority and the first Appellate Authority are restored.