( 1 ) THIS revision petition is directed against the judgment and order dated 16-8-1994 passed in C. M. A. No. 6 of 1990, by which the learned Subordinate Judge, Nizamabad, confirmed the judgment and order dated 13-7-1990 in R. C. No. 14 of 1984 on the file of the Rent Controller, Nizamabad. The revision petitioner is the tenant and the respondents herein are the landlords.

( 2 ) ORIGINALLY, the eviction petition was filed by the landlord P. Narasimha Reddy. After his death, during the pendency of the appeal, his legal representatives Smt. P. Mangamma, his wife, and Dr. Mahipal Reddy, his adopted son, were brought on record. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be referred to as landlord and tenant, as referred to in the lower Courts.

( 3 ) THE landlord filed an eviction petition against the tenant on two grounds. The first ground was that the premises in question was required bona fide, because his adopted son Dr. P. Mahipal Reddy wants to start a clinic in the suit schedule premises. The other ground was that the tenant committed wilful default in payment of rents from September, 1981 to May, 1984 amounting to Rs. 4,800/ -.

( 4 ) THE tenantdenied these a