The petitioner in R.C.O.P.No.27 of 1981 on the file of the Rent Controller Mun-sif), Krishnagiri, is the petitioner in this civil revision petition. The respondents said R.C.O.P. are the respondents in this civil revision petition. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to in this order by the nomenclature given to them in the R.C.O.P.

2. The petitioner filed an application R.CO.P.No27 of 1981 for eviction against respondents under Secl0(3)(a)(iii) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) XVIII of 1960, hereinafter called the Act. The case of the petitioner is as follows:

“The two shops bearing door Nos.79 and 80 which are described in the schedule appended the petition belonged to the petitioner. The first respondent took door No.80 for rent about 1968 and door No.79 in 1969 on a monthly rent of Rs.80 and Rs.100 respectively occupied them. At present the rent for both the shops is Rs.500 per month. The petitioner has got three major sons of whom the youngest is studying in the Engineering College he would be completing his course soon. The other two sons are graduates. One of them engaged in the motor transport business and the other is witho