( 1 ) THIS petition under proviso to sub-section (8) of Section 25b of t Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (for short, the Act) is directed against an order of the Third Additional Rent Controller refusing leave to the petitioner to contest the respondent s application under sub-section (5) of Section 25b of the Act for the eviction of the petitioner under Section 14 (1) (e) of the Act.

( 2 ) THE petition was filed in the following circumstances. T. S. Bhatia, respondent, is admittedly the owner of the property in dispute. He was in Government service and retired in the year 1967. The property was built in 1969 and let out to the petitioner for the residence of its officers in 1970. It currently carries a monthly rental of Rs. 1350. The respondent has been living in a rented accommodation on a monthly rental of Rs. 450. The landlord of the respondent filed an application for the eviction of the respondent in 1975. The respondent filed an application for the eviction of the petitioner in March 1976 under Section 14 (l) (e) of the Act on the ground that the respondent bona fide required the premises for his residence and that of the members of his family dependent on him a