( 1 ) THIS is a petition for revision against the order of the Rent Controller dated 31. 7. 1978 by which he allowed the application of the respondent/landlord under Section 14a of the Delhi Rent Control Act (to be called the Act) and directed eviction of the petitioner/tenant.

( 2 ) THE respondent/landlord is a government servant. In February, 1977 he moved an application under section 14a of the Act for recovery of possession from the petitioner/tenant. Various defences were taken by the petitioner but he failed before the Rent Controller and has come up in this court in revision.

( 3 ) THE only point argued before me by Mr. Ishwar Sahai the learned counsel for the petitioner is that Section 14a is no to nger applicable to the present case and threfore no relief can be given to the respondent/landlord. As is well known Section 14a was inserted by Act 18 of 1976 w. e. f. 1. 12. 1975 in the Act. This was done in pursuance of a circular which had been issued by the Government of India on 9. 9. 1975 by which it was decided that those Government servants who have built their houses at the place of their posting within the limits of any to cal or adjacent municipality sh