JUDGMENT - DESHPANDE M.S., J.:---This is a reference by a learned Single Judge in Second Appeal No. 48 of 1988. The point referred is as follows:

"Whether the provisions of Clause 13(1)(a) of the C.P. and Berar Letting of Houses and Rent Control Order, 1949 are applicable to the present case?"

2. The controversy arose in the following circumstances:

The respondent-plaintiff filed a suit for eviction against the appellants on the ground that appellant No. 1 Ashwinkumar had obtained a lease of the suit tenements under the rent note, July 31, 1967 (Exhibit 27). He wanted the premises for his personal use and occupation and he, therefore, applied to the Rent Controller, Akola, for permission to give a notice determining the lease. Appellant No. 1 Ashwinikumar renounced his character as a tenant and respondent, therefore, filed a pursis (Exhibit 30) praying that the proceedings before the Rent Controller be filed as appellant No. 1 has renounced the tenancy and the Court, therefore, would have no jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter. The Rent Controller, thereupon, passed an order filing the proceedings on October 19, 1984. The respondent then served a notice on December 26, 1984 exer

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