ORDER: The tenant is the petitioner in the revision petition. The respondent-landlord is the owner of premises No.9 Ritherdon Road, Vepery. He had leased the first floor to one tenant and the ground floor to the petitioner. The respondent had planned to remodel the entire house at huge cost and also obtained the requisite sanction from the corporation for remodelling, reconstruction repairs etc. The respondent required both the tenants to vacate and hand over possession for carrying out this work. The tenant in the first floor complied with his request and the landlord carried out in the first floor the work of remodelling involving demolition, reconstruction, repairs etc. After this was over, the landlord again pressed and requested the petitioner to vacate and hand over the ground floor so that the work may be completed. Correspondence passed between the parties and as the tenant declined to vacate, the landlord filed a petition under Section 14(1)(b) of the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act of 1960 hereinafter referred to as the Act for obtaining possession of the premises on the ground that the landlord required the same for demolition and reconstruction.

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