JUDGMENT :

AJAY MOHAN GOEL, J.

1. By way of this petition filed under Section 24(5) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, the petitioners herein challenge the judgment passed by learned Appellate Authority. Chamba Division, Chamba, H.P. in Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 3 of 2006, titled as Krishan Kumar and Others vs. Smt. Bhoto and Others, in terms whereof, the learned Appellate Authority while allowing the appeal of the present respondents, set aside the order passed by learned Rent Controller, Chamba, District Chamba passed in Rent Petition No. 5 of 2003, titled as Krishan Kumar and Another vs. Smt. Bhoto and Others, dated 29.04.2006 and ordered the eviction of the petitioners on the ground of bonafide requirement for reconstruction by way of demolition.

2. Brief facts necessary for the adjudication of the present petition are that respondents/landlords (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the landlords’) filed an eviction petition under Section 14 of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, against the present petitioners before the learned Rent Controller, Chamba. The eviction of the petitioners (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the tenants’) was primarily on