A. PERUMAL AND ORS Vs. P. MOHAMMED SARBUDDEEN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) C.R.P.No. 2777 of 1994 : The tenant who suffered by an order of eviction on the file of Rent Control Appellate Authority, Tirunelveli filed the above revision.

(2.) The landlord filed a petition in R.C.O.P.No. 93 of 1989 on the file of Rent Controller, Tirunelveli. According to the landlord, he purchased the property for the purpose of carrying on his own business. He studied and passed his training in motor mechanism for I.T.I. Pettai. He has sufficient knowledge in the spare parts of automobiles. When he sought for loan from the State Bank of India, Tirunelveli, they sent a letter dated 9.3.1989. directing the petitioner/landlord to approach any nationalised bank at Tirunelveli Town. He also applied for loan to Canara Bank, Tirunelveli, for which he was asked to meet the concerned officers. On the basis he sent a notice on 11.2.1989 to the tenant to vacate the premises. Further, the tenant filed a counter and contested the petition on the ground that the landlord was not carrying on any business and he denied the proposal of the landlord to start the business. The rent controller accepted the case of the landlord on the basis of the evidence adduced before him and found that the landlord has been carrying on his business and his premises is bona fide one.

(3.) Aggrieved against the said order, the tenant preferred R.C.A.No. 17 of 1992 on the file of the Rent Control appellate Authority, Tirunelveli. The Appellate Authority also confirmed the order of the Rent Controller, Tirunelveli. Aggrieved against the said order, the tenant filed the present revision.