spb/- 1 wp1433-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1433 OF 2011 Sunil Narayan Dhole ... Petitioner. V/s. Bharatkumar Umakant Bhagwat ... Respondent. ----- Mr. Ramdas Shelke for the Petitioner. Mr. Ashok Tajane for the Respondent. ----- CORAM : D. G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 25th JULY, 2011. P.C. : This petition is at the instance of the plaintiff/petitioner. In a suit by the plaintiff for possession, the defendant/respondent made a counter claim, claiming the possession of the portion of the property which was in his possession as tenant of which he was illegally dispossessed. He valued the counter claim at 100 times the rent. The petitioner made an application to the trial court for rejecting the counter claim on the ground that the counter claim was required to be valued at market value of the property which exceeded the pecuniary jurisdiction of the trial court. The trial court rejected the application. That order is impugned in the present petition. It has been held by this court that a suit for possession of the rented premises by an illegally ousted tenant is required to be spb/- 2 wp1433-11.sxw valued at 150 times the rent. It is not required to be valued at the market value of the premises. Consequently, there is no merit in the petition which is hereby rejected. [D.G. KARNIK, J.]