JUDGMENT

Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri, J.-This appeal arises from the judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in Civil Revision No. 872 of 1996 dated May 28, 1998. By that order the High Court upheld the judgment of the Appellate Authority in R.A.No.206 of 20.5.94 dated February 3, 1996 confirming the order of the learned Rent Controller dated April 6,1994.

2. The appellant is the tenant of a portion of the first floor of shop-cum-flat , S.C.F. No. 14, Sector 22, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as the premises ) of which the respondents are the landlords. The relationship between the appellant and the respondents is governed by the provisions of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 which was extended to Chandigarh by the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1974 and subsequently amended by the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Chandigarh Amendment) Act, 1982 (for short the Act ).

3. The respondents filed a petition for eviction of the appellant on two grounds but what survives for consideration is the ground of bona fide requirement of the respondents for residential purposes, under Section 13(3)(a)(i)(a) of the Act. Th