( 1 ) THIS appeal has been preferred by the defendant/appellant against the judgment and decree dated 13th February, 1985, passed in favour of the plaintiff/respondent by the learned Judge, VIII Bench, City Civil Court at Calcutta, in Ejectment Suit No. 2 of 976.

( 2 ) THE plaintiff/respondent filed Ejectment Suit No. 2 of 1976 in the City Civil Court at Calcutta against the defendant/appellant for his eviction from one room on the first floor and one room and a kitchen on the second floor of the premises No. 33/c, Haralal Das Lane, Calcutta-700 006, (hereinafter referred to as the 'suit premises') inter alia, on the ground of reasonable requirement.

( 3 ) THE case as made out by the plaintiff/respondent the plaint inter alia, was that the plaintiff/respondent was the owner of the suit premises and the defendant/appellant was a monthly tenant under him in respect of one room on the first floor and one room and a kitchen on the second floor at a rental of Rs. 20/- per month payable according to the English Calendar. The suit premises was reasonably required by the plaintiff/respondent for his own use and occupation and also for the use and occupation of his fami