JUDGMENT.- The revision petitioner is the landlord. He filed H.R.C. No. 1297 of 1972 against the respondents for eviction on the ground of additional accommodation under section 10 (3) (a) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act in respect of a portion at Door No. 100, Godown Street, Madras - 1. The contention of the petitioner herein that the respondents are only licensees who got into the portion paying Rs. 8,000 for a period of eleven months was given up even at the time of filing the eviction petition owing to the fact that the respondents in their reply notice took the stand that they are only licensees under the petitioner. Treating the respondents as tenants, the petitioner filed the eviction petition, as stated above. After terminating the tenancy by giving one month’s notice ending with 30th April, 1972, alleging that he bona fide required the portion under the occupation of the respondents for his additional accornmodation, the petitioner filed the eviction petition. The respondents in their counter statement objected to the stand of the petitioner herein treating them as his tenants, stating that inasmuch as the petitioner has stated that the respondents

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