ORDER :

The respondent-landlord filed R.C.P.No.19 of 2016 before the Rent Control Court (Munsiff), Kodungallur for eviction of the revision petitioners-tenants under Section 11(3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965. The R.C.P. was allowed. An appeal was filed by the petitioners as R.C.A.No.11 of 2018 before the Rent Control Appellate Authority (Additional District Judge), Irinajalakuda under Section 18(1)(b) of the Act and that ended in dismissal. The petitioners challenge the said judgment as well as the order of the Rent Control Court in this revision petition filed under Section 20 of the Act.

2. The respondent and his brother Deepak Ganesh are the owners of the petition schedule building. They let out it to the petitioners on a monthly rent of Rs.45,000/- on 01.12.2009. The respondent, who was working abroad, has come back and he wants to start an automobile business in the petition schedule building. His brother Deepak Ganesh has consented for the same. Hence, he demanded vacant possession of the building on the ground of bonafide need.

3. The petitioners resisted the petition contending as follows; The respondent as well as his brother are working abroad