SINHA, J.

1. The facts in this case are shortly as follows : The appellant S. K. Roy Chowdhury, purchased premises No. 149. Lowest Chitpore Road Calcutta, which is a large premises containing about 50 rooms. These rooms have been let out to various tenants and the respondent, Afroj Jahan Begum, was the tenant in respect of room No. 37 on the second floor of the said premises at a monthly rent of Rs. 45/- calculated according to the English Calendar month. Actually, the said respondent's father, since deceased, became a tenant many years ago and after the purchase by the appellant, the respondent attorned to him and the appellant accepted her as a tenant, in as much as the respondent's father was dead. The appellant determined the tenancy of the respondent by a notice of adjustment dated 21st, November, I957 calling upon her to quit and vacate the said premises demised 10 her, on the expiry of the last day of December, 1937. As she did not comply with the notice, a suit was instituted in the Court below, in or about February 1958 for a decree for possession. The grounds for ejectment were several and were as follows : The first ground was that: the premises was let out to he