Thuiasidas, J.

Additional respondents 2 to 8 in R.C.A. No.59 of 1989 of the Rent Control

Appellate Authority, Koliam, are the petitioners in this revision. They are the legal representatives of one Pappu Raghavan, against whom the respondents herein filed R.C.P. No.18 of 1982 before the Rent Control Court, Koliam, for eviction under Ss.11(2),11(3) and 11(4) (ii) and (iii) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 2 of 1965, hereinafter referred to as the Act.

2, It was alleged that the petition schedule premises with the machinery and accessories for a. saw mill were leased to Raghavan by one Narayanan, grandfather of the first respondent, on a monthly rent of Rs.525/- on 14-1--1.970 for a period of two years. On 1-5-1978, the rent was enhanced to Rs.675/-. Raghavan committed default in payment of rent from 1st of May, 1979 onwards. He was also alleged to have used the saw mill and accessories in an irresponsible and negligent manner that reduced their utility materially and permanently. He had his own building and land suitable to run a saw-mill. The lessor-Narayanan and the first respondent, to whom the petition-schedule property was allotted in partition, is