JUDGMENT :

VIVEK SINGH THAKUR, J.

1. Present Revision Petition, invoking provisions of Section 24 (5) of the H.P. Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Rent Act’), has been preferred against judgment dated 29.7.2022 passed by Appellate Authority, Shimla in Rent Appeal No. 2-S/13B of 2022, titled as Sunil Thakur vs. Brij Mohan Sharma, whereby order dated 7.1.2022, passed by Rent Controller, Shimla in Rent Case No. 9/2 of 2019, titled as Brij Mohan Sharma vs. Sunil Thakur, ordering eviction of tenant from the demised preemies, has been affirmed.

2. For convenience, parties hereinafter shall be referred according to their status before the Rent Controller, i.e. respondent herein as landlord and petitioner herein as tenant.

3. Landlord preferred a Rent Petition seeking eviction of tenant from non-residential premises, on the ground of bona-fide requirement for the purpose of establishing office to practice as an Advocate and also for his daughter, who was likely to complete her degree in Bachelor of Laws in the year 2019, to establish her as an Advocate. It was declared by landlord that he had not acquired any such suitable accommodation within the limits of Municip