Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral):

This revision petition is directed against the judgment dated 28.08.2010, passed by the learned Appellate Authority, Shimla in Civil Misc. Appeal No. 42-S/14 of 2009.

2. Material facts necessary for adjudication of this petition are that the respondents-landlords (hereinafter referred to as ‘the landlords’, i.e., Shri Rai Sahib Puran Mall Trust Dharamshala for convenience sake) has filed a rent petition under Section 14 of the H.P. Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for convenience sake) for the ejectment of the respondents-tenants from the residential rooms No. 18, 24 and 25 of R. S. Purnmal Dharamshala. The landlords have sought the eviction of the tenants on the ground that after the commencement of the Act, the tenants have used the rented residential rooms for the purposes, other than for which the same were leased out. According to them, three rooms were leased out for residential purposes, but the respondents are running business of supplying huge wooden Takhatposh and beddings etc. to the marriage parties and for numerous public and privately held functions throughout Shimla without the written consent of