( 1 ) BY this petition under Section 25b (8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act the petitioner is seeking the eviction of the respondenttenant, the petitioner s application under section 14 (1 ) (e) read with Section 25b of the Act having been dismissed by the Additional Rent Controller, Delhi.

( 2 ) THE respondent is the tenant of the first floor of 6, Pusa Road, New Delhi which is admittedly owned by the petitioner. These premises were let out to the respondent for residence. On 31st January, 1977 the present eviction petition was filed on the ground that the accommodation was required bona fide by the petitioner-company for allotment to its employees for use as residence on licence basis and there was no other suitable accommodation available with the company.

( 3 ) ON an affidavit having been filed by the respondent leave to contest was granted. The respondent in his written statement raised a number of contentions. The main contentions raised by the respondent, and which were accepted by the Additional Rent Controller, were that the provisions of Section 14 (l) (e) were not applicable when premises are required by a limited company for its employees and secondly th