B. P. JEEVAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) TENANT is the revision-petitioner in this Civil Revision Petition arising under Section 22 of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent and eviction) Control Act, 1960. Both the Tribunals below have ordered eviction on the ground that the landlady requires the shop premises bona fide for self-occupation. I will state the facts in so far as they are relevant for the present purpose.

( 2 ) THE eviction petition was filed in 1976 with the averments that the tenant, who has been occupying the shop in question for the last eight years, did not vacate the same inspite of a demand to that effect : and that she wants this shop and the adjacent shop in occupation of another tenant, for her own occupation for starting a business by her son. When a notice was served upon the tenant calling upon him to vacate the premises, he came forward with false contentions. The tenant denied the bona fide nature of the personal requirement alleged by the landlady. He stated that she does not require the premises for the purpose averred by her and that, it is only a ruse to get him evicted.

( 3 ) THE only question that arose for consideration before both the tribunals was, wheth

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