Judgment

VAIDIALLNGAM, J.:- This appeal, by special leave, is against the judgment of the Mysore High Court, dated June 8, 1966 in Civil Revision Petition No. 1118 of 1964.

2. The respondent landlord filed an application dated July 6, 1962 under Sec. 21 (l) (j) of the Mysore Rent Control Act, 1961 (Mysore Act XXII of 1961) (hereinafter called the Act) before the Rent Controller for eviction of the tenants (the appellants herein) on the ground that the premises were reasonably and bona fide required by him for the immediate purpose of demolishing and erecting of a new building. According to the respondent the premises were old and were not suitable for continued occupation. The respondent had also stated in his application that he had obtained the necessary licence for erecting a new building after demolition of the existing building and that he had made all preparations for demolition and erection of new buildings on the site. The appellant-tenant contested the claim of the landlord on several grounds. He pleaded that the premises were not old and that it was quite suitable for occupation and it does not require any reconstruction or re-modelling. The allegations that the building wa