Referred to Larger Bench VII: Chapter III-A, The Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961

Posted on by Rudrajyoti Nath Ray

In Ranjit Narayan Haksar v. Surendra Verma, 1995 MPLJ 21 a Division Bench of High Court of Madhya Pradesh held, an employee, retired from its service to Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, was entitled to maintain an Eviction Petition under Chapter III-A of The Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961. SC affirmed the reasoning.

Ranjit Narayan Haksar dealt with the case of an employee of a Trading Corporation like Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. However, a Municipal Corporation is not a Trading Corporation. Can a retired Municipal Corporation employee also maintain an Eviction Petition under Chapter III-A of The Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961? Question has been Referred to a Larger Bench in Subhash Chandra v. Gulab Bai, [Civil Appeal No. 1696 of 2016] by Hon’ble CJI T.S. Thakur and Hon’ble Justice K. Joseph.

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