( 1 ) THESE are four petitions of the tenants against the orders of the Additional Rent Controller. After a brief adjourn in the division bench these cases have come back for disposal.

( 2 ) THE common features of these cases are that in each case the landlord brought a petition for eviction of the tenant under the newly introduced procedure of Section 25b of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (the Act) on the ground that he required the premises bona fide as a residence for himself and members of the family dependent on him. The tenant was required to apply for leave to contest the application of eviction within 15 days from the date of the service of the summons. The tenant defaulted in making the applications within the said period. The Additional Controller, therefore, made an order of eviction against the tenant, holding that the statement made by the landlord in the application for eviction will be deemed to have been admitted by the tenant. From the order of eviction the tenants have filed petitions of revision under S. 25b (8) of the Act.

( 3 ) AT the outset V. S. Deshpande J. on November 28, 1977 REFERRED TO to a larger bench the question whether any time l