JUDGMENT :

Rajiv Sharma, J.

This is tenants revision petition under section 24 (5) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 against the judgment dated 24.4.2010 passed by the Appellate Authority, Shimla in Civil Misc. Appeal No. 54-S/14 of 2009.

2. Material facts necessary for the adjudication of this petition are that the respondent-landlord (hereinafter referred to as landlord for convenience sake) filed an application under section 14 of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 seeking eviction of the petitioners-tenants (hereinafter referred to as tenants for convenience sake) on the grounds, firstly that the tenanted premises has become unsafe and unfit for human habitation and the same is bona fidely required by the landlord for reconstruction and rebuilding and secondly, that the respondents have acquired their own residential accommodation within the local limits of urban area of Shimla and thirdly, the tenants without the consent of the landlord have converted the user of the tenanted premises from residential to non-residential. The Rent Controller allowed the application on the ground that the premises in question has become unsafe and unfit for human h