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Petitioner: UMAR DIN VS Respondent: FAZAL MUHAMMAD
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim, Sheikh Anwarul Haq, Durab Patel Title: UMAR DIN vs FAZAL MUHAMMAD Case No.: Civil Petition No, 392 of 1977 Date of Judgment:1980-07-14 Reported As: 1980 SCMR 906 Result: Petition dismissed
Judgment ORDER ' ANWARUL HAQ, C. J.-The petitioner is aggrieved by an order made by a learned Judge of the Lahore High Court on the 25th of May 1977, by which the second appeal filed by him against an order of ejectment made by the Rent Controller, was dismissed. ' The respondent landlord had moved for the ejectment of the petitioner on the ground of default in the payment of rent for the months of November and December, 1973, and also on the ground of damaging the property and thus impairing its utility. Both the grounds were accepted by the learned Rent Controller as well as by the learned Additional District Judge in first appeal, and by the High Court in second appeal, although the learned Judge in the High Court has observed that he might have taken a lenient view on the question of default for the reason that the tenant had deposited Rs, LOCO as security with the landlord. ' Leave to appeal is sought on the ,ground that the damage alleged by the landlord, namely, the removal of doors and tampering with the walls of the shop, was not such as to materially impair the utility of the property, and, therefore, it did not constitute a ground for the petitioner's eviction. There is no merit in these submissions, as all the three Courts below have recorded a finding of fact that the petitioner had removed the two doors between the two rooms constituting the demised property, and had also damaged its walls. There is no room for our interference with this finding of fact, which shows material impairment. ' As a result, the petition fails and is hereby dismissed. ' The petitioner is, however, given two months time to vacate the premises.