ORAL ORDER

Rule, returnable forthwith.

2. Mr. Kumbhakoni appears for respondent nos.1 to 3 and waives service.

3. By consent taken up for hearing.

4. By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 7 August 2009 passed by the 5th Joint Civil Judge, Junior Division, Solapur rejecting the application made by the petitioner (original plaintiff) for amendment of the plaint.

5. The petitioner (landlord) filed a suit for possession against the respondents under the provisions of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, inter alia, on four grounds, viz. (i) the respondents were not using the suit premises for residence, (ii) the respondents had not paid the rent from 1 April 2004 and they were defaulters, (iii) the petitioner wanted to demolish the existing building and construct a new building thereon and as such the petitioner required the suit premises bonafide for the purpose of demolition and reconstruction, and (iv) the suit premises were given on rent for residence and the respondents were using the premises for carrying on business of running an eating house (Khanaval).

6. In the plaint, the petitioner had not given all the requisite details about his bonafi