JUDGMENT-The respondent-landlord, who is a minor, through his father guardian filed an application under clause 13 (3) (vi) of the C. P and Berar Letting of Houses and Rent Control Order, 1949, referred to hereinafter as the Rent Control Order, contending that his father wants to revive his cloth business and to set up a cloth shop in the premises occupied by the petitioner tenant. In the application he further contended that the landlord and his father also want to reside in the portion of the premises. According to the landlord, at present he is residing in a rented house and he has no house of his own in the city of Nagpur. Therefore, he needs this house for his bona fide occupation.

2. This application was resisted by the petitioner tenant. He contended that the applicant's father was not doing any cloth business at any time and the application filed is not bona fide. He further contended that in fact one of the blocks had fallen vacant. In that block the applicant’s father started a shop of selling steel trunks. He closed the business after some time and let out the block at higher rent. He further contended that the application has been filed by the landlord because the petit

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