JUDGMENT

SABYASACHI MUKHARJI J.:— This appeal by special leave is from the judgment and order of the High Court of Delhi dated 30th of Jan. 1986. The order in question was passed by the High Court in second appeal. In order to appreciate the controversy in this appeal, it is necessry to refer to certain facts. In 1947 three rooms and a courtyard in Premises Nos. 2216-2222, Gali Inder Chammar Teliwara, Delhi as an Evacuee Property was given on tenancy to the appellant by the Custodian of the Evacuee property. In 1956, the entire property was jointly purchased by the father of the respondent and Smt. Sham Kaur from the Custodian of the Evacuee property. Smt. Sham Kaur had paid 50 per cent of the consideration money, i.e., Rs. 25,700/- towards the sale amount. It was a joint purchase. Smt. Sham Kaur died in 1975 and her legal heirs became the co-landlords of the disputed premises. In June, 1975 the father of the respondents had filed an Eviction Petition against the appellant on the ground that the premises in question was required bona fide by the landlord under S. 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, hereinafter called the said Act. Legal heirs of Smt. Sham Kaur were, howev