Has sublet, when s. 13(2)(ii)(a) of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 speaks of a tenant who 'has sublet', it refers to a tenant who has entered into a transaction of subletting. And the transaction of subletting is referable to a single point of time. It is the moment when the act effecting the subletting is completed, Gurcharan Singh v. V.K. Kaushal, AIR 1980 SC 1866: (1980) 4 SCC 244: (1981) 1 SCR 490.
The words taken within their sweep any sub-letting which was made in the past and has continued up to the present time. It does not matter that the sub-letting was either before or after the Act came into force. All such sub-lettings are within the purview of clause (e) of the s. 13(1), Gappulal v. Thakurji Shriji, AIR 1969 SC 1291 (1294): (1969) 1 SCC 782. [Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act (17 of 1950), s. 13(1) (e)]