JUDGMENT

KANIA, J.:— This is an appeal by Special Leave against the judgment of a learned single Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Civil Revision Petition No. 7974 of 1979. The appellant before us is the tenant and the original respondent is the landlord who is dead and is represented by his legal representatives.

2. The premises in question are in Eluru Town in Andhra Pradesh. The appellant is carrying on business in the name and style of Sri Panduranga Engineering Company. According to the original respondent (who will hereinafter be referred to as "the respondent") he was the owner of the building in which the said premises situated and hence, the owner of the said premises. The respondent filed an eviction petition against the appellant on the ground of bona fide requirement as he wanted to set up his eldest son in business by starting a photo studio in the said premises. The appellant disputed the correctness of the said claim. The appellant in his counter to the eviction petition, inter alia, alleged that the said property in which the said premises were situated was the absolute endowed property of Punyamurthulavari Choultry of which the original respondent was the de