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Occupy, The word 'occupy' used in Rule 10(a) is not restricted either expressly or by anything contained in the context of the rule suggesting that the occupation is to be only for residential purposes, and in the absence of any such implication the rule must be deemed to be of general application i.e. it applies to uses non-residential as well as residential, Corporation of the City of Nagpur v. Nagpur Handloom Cloth Market Co. Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 1192 (1197): (1963) 2 Supp SCR 796. [City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1950 (2 of 1950)]

In order to be in occupation of the demised premises, physical possession of the tenant therein is not an essential requisite for avoiding the penal con-sequences of ejectment, Buta Ram v. Balwant Singh, AIR 1989 P&H 17 (20).