Case Details

Citation(s)
2019 SLG 1428 2019 SLD 1428 2019 YLR 1301
Sindh High Court
C.P.S. No. 1444 of 2017, decision Dated: 03-08-2018. HearingDated: 06-04-2018.
MUHAMMAD SALEEM, JESSAR, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Manzoor Hameed Arain and Zahid Hussain
Respondent(s) by: Zafar Iqbal Dutt No.1.

MST. MEHRUNISA THROUGH LEGAL HEIRVSMUHAMMAD ASLAM PARACHA AND 2 OTHERS

Law: Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979

Section: 17

Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance (XVII of 1979 )--- ----S. 17---Eviction of tenant---Personal bona fide need of landlord---Scope---Amount deposited as Pagri by the tenant---Effect---Petitioner/lady tenant contended that respondent was not co-owner of the property where the rented premises (flat ) was situated which fact was upheld by the Supreme Court in an earlier dispute between the parties---Validity---Petitioner although had relied upon the order passed by the Supreme Court which was passed leave to appeal, however, she did not make pointation to the subsequent order passed while hearing civil appeal wherein Supreme Court had observed in clear terms that respondent was also a co-owner of the rented premises---After nine months of passing of said order of the Supreme Court, respondent moved ejectment application so the plea taken by the tenant had no force that at the time of filing of the ejectment application the respondent was not holding status and legal character of co-owner---Petitioner in her written statement had herself admitted that she had been depositing monthly rent in the name of previous (deceased) owner and all the heirs including respondent---Petitioner, thus, by her own conduct had clearly admitted the respondent to be one of the co-owners/landlords of the property wherein the flat (rented premises) was situated---Sole testimony of the landlord was sufficient to establish his personal bona fide need---Statement of the landlord on oath, in the present case, was consistent with his averments made in the ejectment application---Landlord had the prerogative to select any of his properties for his need and the tenant had no right to raise any such objection and even the Rent Controller could not make any suggestion in that regard---If any premises was specifically meant for residential purpose, but the tenant had used such residential premises for commercial use, it would not change the status and character of the said premises from residential to commercial one---Petitioner had not produced any tangible material in order to prove the factum of payment of pagri amount and secondly, if it was presumed that pagri amount was paid by the petitioner…
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