V. P. Bhatnagar, J.—Shri G. C. Bhatia is the tenant whose eviction from the rented building had been sought by the landlord Shri R. L. Seith on the ground that Shri Bhatia had ceased to occupy the said premises for a continuous period of 12 months without reasonable cause. The learned Rent Controller, accepting the ground on which the eviction had been sought, ordered the eviction of the tenant by his judgment, dated August 19, 1982. The learned Appellate Authority, Simla dismissed the appeal of the tenant vide judgment, dated August 27, 1983 aggrieved from which the present revision petition has been preferred.

2. In para 18 (a) of the application for eviction filed before the learned Rent Controller, Simla, the following ground for eviction was raised : "The respondent has ceased to occupy the premises for a continuous period of 12 months without reasonable cause. As already stated above since the respondent has already been transferred out of Simla since more than 5 years and his family members have also shifted alongwith him, no one is residing in the premises and they are being kept locked since the last 5 years. To be more specific the respondent has ceased to occupy t