The petition was resisted by the respondent on a number of grounds.
On the second aspect, the claim of the landlord that he required the entire premises for use by himself and his servants and that the ground floor was needed for setting up his office and library was held by the Rent Controller to fall within the scope of 1062 the relevant statutory provision.
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He also claimed that the servants quarters were required for the use of his servants and their families.
His case was that he was having his office at Chandni Chowk on a first floor but, as he had been advised by the doctor number to climb upstairs, he desired to move the office and library to the ground floor hall of the premises in question.
The premises had been let out by the landlord only to the respondent, Prabhu Chaudhury, on a rent of Rs.600 per month.
He let out a part of this premises companyprising a set of rooms above the garage which may be briefly referred to as servants quarters and a hall on the ground floor of the building to the respondent.
The Rent Controller, therefore, directed eviction as prayed for by the petitioner.
The landlord having succeeded in his eviction petition, the tenant filed a revision petition before the Delhi High Court under sub section 8 of that section.
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He claimed that he needed the premises bona fide for the personal residential requirements of himself and the members of his family.
In January 1980, the landlord filed an eviction petition under proviso e to section 14 1 of the Delhi Rent Control Act.
47 of 1984.
He is the owner of premises No.
Rajinder Sachhar, P.C. Mudgal and S.P. Gupta for the Appellant.
H 2/6 Model Town, Delhi.
3015 of 1987.
Anil Nauria and Mrs. Rekha Pandey for the Respondent.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by 1061 RANGANATHAN, J. The appellant is an advocate.
The letting was oral and on a monthly rent of Rs.600 exclusive of electricity and water charges from July 1976.
