Based on a complaint moved by one C B Anand against D K Singla, landlord of the said house, UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas had marked an inquiry and asked Estate Officer R K Rao, how the sales deed was registered without obtaining the NOC.

Clarifying Singla’s position, his counsel Deepak Arora, in a signed statement, stated that Singla has already initiated eviction proceedings against C B Anand, the tenant.

He added that Singla, while acting as the landlord, had filed a petition against another tenant, Pratibha Jhanji, seeking her eviction for which the UT Rent Controller had ordered that she be evicted on January 3.

Regarding the other tenant, C B Anand, he said the petition is pending in the court of Rent Controller Rajinder Pal Singh.

On C B Anand challenging Singla’s ownership rights of the said house, Arora quoted Section 116 of Evidence Act and said: “Section 116 of the Evidence Act bars the tenant to challenge the ownership of the landlord.”

On January 26, Newsline had reported a major goof-up in the UT Estate Office, where the department had allowed two parties to get the sales deed registered, without issuing an NOC.