( 1 ) THE facts giving rise to the above mentioned appeals succinctly are that the appellant is a tenant under the respondent Smt. Sushila Bhargava in respect of a portion comprising two rooms, one kitchen and common use of bath and latrine on the ground floor besides two rooms on the mezzanine floor of house No. 101-E, Kamla Nagar, Delhi. The said house belongs to respondent No. 1 and Shri Raj Kumar Bhargava, respondent No. 2, is her husband. Way back in June 1969 the respondents filed an eviction petition against the appellant on two grounds, namely, (i) bona fide requirement of the landlady as residence for herself and members of her family dependent on her; and (ii) non-user of the demised premises by the appellant for a period of more than six months immediately before the date of the filing of the petition, falling under clauses Ce) and (d) respectively of the proviso to Section 14 (1) of the Delhi Rent Control Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act" ). Later on, in April 1974 the respondents moved another application for eviction of the appellant on the ground that the appellant had acquired vacant possession of another residential premises viz. first floor