Judgement

GOSWAMI, J.:- These appeals by special leave are directed against the order of the High Court of Madras in Three Civil Revision Petitions under Section 25 of the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act 1960 (briefly the Act) whereby the High Court refused to interfere with the orders of the Appellate Authority under the Act holding that the appellant (hereinafter to be described as the landlord) has no right to evict the respondents (hereinafter to be described as the tenants) from the premises in question on the ground of demolition and reconstruction,

2. The tenancy under the landlord is admitted by the tenants. There is also no question with regard to the validity of the notice of eviction. The only questions in controversy in these appeals are whether the landlord in this case, who is the holder of life interest in the property, is entitled to evict the tenants under Section 14 (1) (b) of the Act on the ground that the building is bona fide required by the landlord for demolition and for reconstruction. The second question raised in one of the appeals is whether a single petition is maintainable to evict the tenants from two different tenancies one for residential