High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCR/1927/2024dismissed

Beant Kumar And Others v. Shree Sanatan Dharam Sabha Regd

2025-09-25Mr. Justice Vikas Bahl12 pages

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That father of the respondents namely Lajpat Rai took the above said shop on rent from the applicant/society at the rate of Rs.10,000/ p.a w.e.f. 01.09.1977 for running Railway Out agency Lajpat Rai had executed rent note in this regard in favour of applicant/society.

4. That Lajpat Rai had expired and respondents No. 1 to 3 have inherited estate of Lajpat Rai as such they have been impleaded as respondents in this case. Moreover, Railway Agency is now in the name of Beant Kumar.

5. That the respondents have been paying rent continuously as per above said agreement against proper receipt. Respondents had also agreed to pay electricity bills, water charges etc over and above rate of rent."

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The provisions of the Act, which should be seen as really a privilege to a religious institution to short circuit the provisions of rent control legislation where some statutory protection against eviction are available for the tenant and that the landlord himself cannot obtain ejectment against the tenant except by the resort to Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act. The benefit which a landlord could claim by approaching the authority under Act 4 of 1998, is not a benefit for the tenant. If the landlord choses to forfeit his right and takes action for eviction only under

the Rent Act treating the tenant as a statutory tenant entitled to be protected, the tenant cannot contend that he is not a tenant but only an unauthorized occupant...... 8.

xxxxx. Section 12 only refers to the bar of proceedings against unauthorized occupants of any religious premises. The definition of "the person in unauthorized occupation" cannot be imported into the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, which does not treat a tenant as an unauthorized occupant and regards him only as a statutory tenant. The provisions of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act and the Act 4 of 1998 must, in my view, be so considered that the latter should be seen as a facilitative enactment for the benefit of the landlord against unauthorized occupants and not a piece of legislation granting any privilege to a tenant to plead that the action for ejectment must be made only by treating the tenant as an unauthorized occupant under the Act 4 of 1998 and not under the Rent Control Act. The assumption of jurisdiction and the orders passed by the Authorities constituted under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act is, therefore, upheld."

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satisfied that the religious premises are in unauthorised occupation the Collector may make an order of eviction, for reasons to be recorded therein, directing that religious premises shall be vacated, on such date not being the date beyond the period of forty five days from the date of receipt of application by him under section 4 and as may be specified in the order by all persons who may be in occupation thereof or any part thereof, and cause a copy of the order to be affixed on the outerdoor or some other conspicuous part of the religious premises or of the estate in which the religious premises are situated.

(2)If any person refuses or fails to comply with the order of eviction within thirty days of the date of order made under sub section (1), the Collector or any other officer duly authorised by him in this behalf may evict that person from, and deliver the possession of the religious premises to the concerned Religious Institution and, may for that purpose, use such force as may be necessary."

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