( 1 ) THE Civil Revision Petition has been referred to a Bench by Muktadar, J. in view of (the seeming conflict between two decisions of this Court. The tenant is the petitioner herein. The respondent-landlady applied for eviction of the premises concerned herein, a shop, on the ground that she requires it for starting a business in fancy goods with the assistance of her brother s son. She stated that this is the only non-residential building owned by her within the Municipal Limits of Kurnool. She stated that even though she requested the tenant to vacate the building on several occasions, hs has been postponing the same on one or the other pretext. A notice dated 6-4-1973 was issued to the tenant to which he replied with fatse allegations.

( 2 ) THE tenant opposed the eviction petition contending that the alleged need of the landlady is imaginary and untrue. He submitted that the landlady is an old woman and that it is impossible for her to do business. He stated that he and before him his father have been carrying. on business in the said shop for more than two decades and thai neither the landlady nor her husband had ever asked them to vacate the premises for s