Judgment

M.K. MUKHERJEE, J.- Special leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of the Delhi High Court dated 27-4-1992 dismissing the application filed by the appellant under Section 25-B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (Act for short) for revision of the order of the Rent Controller, Delhi dated 14-2-1992 rejecting his application for recovery of possession of his tenanted premises made on the ground specified in Section 14-C(1) of the Act.

3. The appellant and his brother, the respondent 2 herein, are the owners of House No. 65/11, New Rohtak Road, New Delhi. They let out its entire ground floor (except the garage) to the Respondent 1 (hereinafter referred to as the tenant) in 1959 at a monthly rental of Rs 300. The appellant, who was an employee of the Central Government, retired on 30-4-1987 and shifted, consequent thereto, from the government quarters allotted to him, to the first floor of the house. Respondent 2, who was also an employee of the Central Government, had earlier shifted to the first floor on his retirement in 1982. Thereafter in 1989 he (the appellant) filed an application under Section 25-B(1) of the Act read with Section 14-