Judgment

BHAGWATI, J.- The appellant and respondents Nos. 4 to 10 are the tenants in respect of certain premises situated in Allahabad. Respondent No. 3 who is the landlord, filed an application for eviction of the appellant and Respondents Nos. 4 to 10 from the premises in their occupation on grounds specified in Cls. (a) and (b) of S. 21, sub-s (1) of the U. P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The claim for eviction on the ground of bona fide requirement under Cl. (a) was also based on Expln. (iv) to Section 21 of the Act. The Prescribed Authority held that both the grounds were made out by Respondent No. 3 and the case also fell within Explanation (iv) and it accordingly passed an order of eviction against the Appellants and Respondents Nos. 4 to 10. The appeal preferred by the appellant against the order of eviction was dismissed by the learned District Judge. The Appellant thereupon filed a Writ Petition in the High Court of Allahabad under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India. Two questions in the main were raised before the High Court: one was that the Explan. (iv) was inapplicable since the terms of that Explanation were not satisfied; a