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Mohd Hannan & Anr. v. Abdul Basit

Delhi HC5 Mar 2025RC.REV./120/2020

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Delhi High Court; RC.REV. 119/2020; RC.REV. 120/2020; rent control revision petitions; petition infructuous; possession already recovered; possession taken over three years back; user and occupation charges unpaid; recovery of damages; Section 19(1) Delhi Rent Control Act 1958; Ashok Gupta v. Deepak Rao; NC Daga v. Inder Mohan Singh Rana; Vinod Kumar Verma v. Manmohan Verma; Om Prakash Ashok Kumar & Sons v. Ajay Khurana; Neelam Sharma v. Ekant Rekhan; Bhawani Shankar v Nand Lal; Tara Vitasta Ganju; 05.03.2025.

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Respondents left free to pursue lawful recovery of the unpaid user and occupation charges, or damages, for the period the Petitioners were in possession; Petitions disposed of as infructuous. ¶21

Mohd Hannan & Anr. Vs Abdul Basit — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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$~55 & 56

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- RC.REV. 119/2020 MOHD SUBHAN .....Petitioner

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Through: None. versus ABDUL WAHAB .....Respondent Through: Ms Sana Ansari, Mr. I. Ahmed & Mr. Tanveer Zaki, Advocates.

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RC.REV. 120/2020 MOHD HANNAN & ANR .....Petitioners Through: None. versus ABDUL BASIT .....Respondent Through: Ms Sana Ansari, Mr. I. Ahmed & Mr. Tanveer Zaki, Advocates.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU

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O R D E R % 05.03.2025

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None appears for the Petitioners.

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Learned Counsel for the Respondents submits that the possession of the subject premises has been taken over almost three years back.

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Given the settled law in this behalf, the Petitions have become infructuous. This Court by its order dated 03.03.2025 had directed as follows:

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“1. A Coordinate Bench of this Court had given a finding that the

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/03/2025 at 12:25:04

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possession has already been recovered of the subject premises.

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In this regard, reliance is placed upon the judgment passed by this Court in Ashok Gupta v. Deepak Rao¹ , which has relied upon the Judgments of the Supreme Court in NC Daga v. Inder Mohan Singh Rana² and Vinod Kumar Verma v. Manmohan Verma³ . This Court is supported in its view by judgments passed by Coordinate Benches of this Court including Om Prakash Ashok Kumar & Sons v. Ajay Khurana⁴ , Neelam Sharma v. Ekant Rekhan⁵ , and Bhawani Shankar v Nand Lal and Ors.⁶ .

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In addition, it is contended that the Petitioner/tenant is adequately protected in terms of Section 19(1) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958.

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In view of the aforegoing, nothing further survives. The matters have become infructuous.

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Let the Petitioners remain present in Court on the next date of hearing.”

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Learned Counsel for the Respondents submits that even the user and occupation charges affixed by this Court have not been paid by the Petitioners. The Respondents are at liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law to recover the user and occupation charges or damages for the period the Petitioners were in possession.

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In view of the aforegoing, the Petitions are disposed of.

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The parties will act based on the digitally signed copy of the order.

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TARA VITASTA GANJU, J

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MARCH 5, 2025/ ha

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Click here to check corrigendum, if any

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1 2024 SCC OnLine Del 7148

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2 (2003) 1 SCC 453

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3 Civil Appeal Nos. 5220-5221 of 2008 dated 19.08.2008

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4 2024 SCC OnLine Del 5228

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5 2019 SCC Online Del 6487

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6 2021 SCC OnLine Del 4284

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/03/2025 at 12:25:04

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