( 1 ) SMT. Agyawanti, respondent is the landlord ofquarter No. 3 Block No. 1, Lajpat Nagar-1, New Delhi. She let out tworooms, Verandah, Kitchen, bath room and open space on ground floor tod. N. Vohra, Appellant for a fixed period of 22 months with effect from 17/07/1976 for residential purposes after obtaing permission dated 15/07/1976of the Controller, under section 21 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter called the Act ). The appellant executed the lease deed dated 19/07/1976 in terms of the permission but did not vacate the premises onthe expiry of the said period. An execution application was filed for obtainingpossession. The appellant filed objections which were dismissed on 12/10/1979 and his appeal was also dismissed by the Rent Control Tribunal videorder dated 21/02/1980. We has come up in second appeal under s. 39of the Act.

( 2 ) IN his objections the appellant pleads that in October 1969 theentire ground floor consisting of three rooms, kitchen, latrine and bath roomwas let out to him at a monthly rent of Rs. 260/. In 1972 the husband ofthe respondent was seriously ill and he was not in a position to climb thestairs. On respondent s reque