Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. This revision petition is directed against the judgment dated 23.8.2008 of the learned Appellate authority rendered in Civil Misc. Appeal No. 28-S/ 14 of 2007.

2. Material facts necessary for the adjudication of this petition are that the respondent-landlord (hereinafter referred to as ‘landlord’ for convenience sake) filed a petition before the Rent Controller on the ground that the predecessor-in-interest of the petitioners-tenants (hereinafter referred to ‘tenant’ for convenience sake) was inarrears of rent and the premises were required by him bona fide for the purpose of building/rebuilding, which could not be carried out without evicting the tenant. Landlord got issued notice to the tenant, which was replied by him on 11.3.2000 through his counsel. Landlord has also approached the tenant for negotiations and asked him to allow to carry out rebuilding, renovations, additions and alterations but the tenant delayed the matter on one pretext or the other. It is in these circumstances that the landlord has filed the eviction petition against the tenant.

3.Detailed reply was filed by the tenant. Tenant has not disputed the relationship of landlo