Judgment

M.K. Mukherjee, J.-Leave granted in all the three petitions.

2. Gomathi Ammal, the respondent in these appeals, is the owner of a three-storied building in the city of Nagerkoil. In its first and second floors she runs a lodging house; and the rooms in the ground floor are occupied by different persons, including the appellants herein, as tenants. In the year 1982, she filed separate petitions before the Rent Controller for eviction of the three appellants and two others, invoking Sections 10(3)(c) and 14(1)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (‘Act’ for short), which entitle a landlord to evict a tenant for his requirement of additional accommodation and for immediate demolition of the building and erec­tion of a new one, respectively.

3. The Rent Controller dismissed the petitions by a common judgment and, aggrieved thereby, the respondent preferred appeals which were allowed by the appellate authority by reversing the adverse findings recorded by the Rent Controller on both the grounds canvassed by the respondent for eviction. Thereafter one of the tenants moved the High Court by filing a revision petition which was summarily dismissed. T