S. DASARADHA RAMA REDDI, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a revision petition filed by the landlord under Section 22 of the a. P. Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1960 (for short the act ). The petitioners who are brothers filed eviction petition R. C. No. 307/80 under section 10 (3) (a) of the Act against the respondents who are father and daughter seeking eviction in respect of the ground floor of the premises bearing no. 7-2-612, Rashtrapathi Road, Secunderabad. The tenants are running pathalogical laboratory in the premises on monthly rent of Rs. 300/ -. The ground of eviction is that the 2nd petitioner intends to start business of his own in hardware, paint and engineering goods which is the family business and that he has no other premises of his own except this premises. The tenants have filed counter that the need is not bona fide, that the 2nd petitioner has no proper training or where-withal for commencing the business and that the eviction petition is filed only to pressurise the tenants to enhance the rent. The Rent controller allowed the petition while the Addl. Chief Judge dismissed the petition holding that it was filed with the oblique motive of getting higher ren

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