Anju Pillay v. the State of Jharkhand, through the Deputy Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Rent-control writ petition before the High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi; petitioner Anju Pillay evicted and possession given to respondent No.3 Baleshwar Prasad (as submitted by respondents' counsel); JBC Appeal pending before the Appellate Authority; court directed expedited decision of the appeal on merits and held it not infructuous despite eviction; arrears of rent to be considered; conditional liberty reserved to landlord to execute arrears-of-rent order if final; respondent authorities include SDM-Cum-Rent Controller at Ranchi and Deputy Commissioner Ranchi; disposition: writ petition disposed of; pending IAs disposed of; single-judge bench (Ananda Sen, J.).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations: the pending appeal before the Appellate Authority to be decided as expeditiously as possible on merits and not treated as infructuous despite the petitioner's eviction (arrears of rent to be considered by the authority); liberty reserved to the landlord to execute the arrears-of-rent order if it has attained finality; pending IAs, if any, disposed of.