SHARFUDDING AHMED, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner-landlady sought the eviction of her tenant-respondent from the suit premises (i) on the ground of wilful default in payment of rent, (ii) for converting the. residential premises into a non-residential building, (iii) for having committed acts of waste and (iv) for personal requirements. The tenant-respondent resisted the petition contending that the landlady was in the habit of collecting rents once in three or four months and the delay in payment of rent therefore was neither intentional nor deliberate: The amount was paid even before the filing of the eviction petition as soon as a notice was received. The building was acquired for using it as a godown and even before he had acquired it these was a primary school in the said premises He had not committed acts of waste and the pegs in the walls were made with the consent of the landlady. The bona fide requirements of the landlady were also denied. The Rent Controller on enquiry came to the conclusion that the default was wilful and the conversion of residential building into non-residential one was unauthorised. In regard to the acts of waste and the need for personal occupation by the la

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