JUDGMENT :

VARGHESE KALLIATH, J.

This revision petition is under Section 20 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’). Three tenants occupying three rooms of a building are the revision petitioners. Landlord filed petition for eviction under Sections 11(2)(b) and 11(3) of the Act. Now we are concerned only with the ground under Section 11(3) of the Act. Landlord claimed eviction for bonafide need for own occupation on the basis that he has constructed a multi-storeyed building just behind the building occupied by the tenants. The building constructed is in the city of Thiruvananthapuram and it is in an important locality. The multi-storeyed building was constructed after obtaining the due permission and licence from the Corporation on condition that the landlord will provide sufficient space for car parking for the multi-storeyed building. Landlord submitted that only if the building occupied by the tenants is demolished and that space is also used for the purpose of car parking, the conditions stipulated for giving the licence can be fulfilled.

2. The Rent Control Court after a thorough investigation of at the circumstances and the ev