JUDGMENT :

J.C. SHAH, J.

1. Section 14 (1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, provides :-

"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law or contract, no order or decree for the recovery of possession of any premises shall be made by any court or Controller in favour of the landlord against a tenant :

Provided that the Controller may, on an application made to him in the prescribed manner, make an order for the recovery of possession of the premises on one or more of the following grounds, namely :-

(e) that the premises let for residential purposes are required bonafide by the landlord for occupation as a residence for himself or for any member of his family dependent on him, if he is the owner thereof, or for any person for whose benefit the premises are held and that the landlord or such person has no other reasonably suitable residential accommodation."

The explanation to that clause is not relevant. The section is fairly plain. An order in ejectment against the tenant may be made under clause (e) if the landlord requires the premises for his own occupation, or if he is the owner, for the members of his family dependent on him, or for the persons for whose b