ORDER :

P.B.Suresh Kumar, J.

The tenant in a proceedings for eviction under Section 11(3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act is the petitioner in this revision petition. The respondent is the landlord. The Rent Control Court ordered eviction, and the Appellate Authority affirmed the decision of the Rent Control Court.

2. The tenanted premises is a portion of the ground floor of a three storeyed building measuring 750 sq.ft. which is being used by the tenant as a showroom for his crockery business. The tenancy arrangement commenced in the year 1997. Earlier, the tenant was using the second floor of the building also as a godown to keep the stock of the products handled by him. However, on a request made by the landlord, the tenant surrendered the second floor of the building and is using an adjacent building as his godown. It was while so, the eviction petition was instituted. The case set out by the landlord in the eviction petition is that he needs the premises for establishing a computer related business in which he is proficient and for establishing a dental clinic for his wife who is a Dentist. One of the contentions raised by the tenant in the proceedings was th