In Brief
The appellant was allotted a commercial booth in Chandigarh under a hire-purchase agreement with strict conditions against subletting. He executed a partnership deed with the respondent in 1976 to carry on a cycle repair business. After the Estate Officer terminated the agreement for misuse, the Chief Administrator's order determined the respondent was merely the appellant's servant, not a tenant. The trial court wrongly found the respondent a tenant without documentary evidence. The First Appellate Court correctly reversed this, but the High Court set aside that judgment. The Supreme Court restored the First Appellate Court's decree, holding the respondent could not prove tenancy and was bound by the Chief Administrator's binding finding of servant status, entitling the appellant to possession of the booth.
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