R. Sengottuvelan, J.

1. The Civil Revision Petition is filed by the Bharat Trading Company through one of its Partners K. Palanimalayan, to evict the tenants in respect of the petition mentioned premises hearing Door Nos. 40 and 40-A, North Veli Street, Madurai in which they are conducting a business in automobile spare parts. Originally the landlord, the respondent herein, filed an application in R.C.O.P. No. 373 of 1976 on the file of the Court of the Rent 'Controller and the District Munsif, Madurai Town for the eviction of the tenants on the ground that the landlord required the premises for demolition and reconstruction under Section 14 (1)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, hereinafter referred to as the Act. The case of the landlord before the Rent Controller is that the petition-mentioned building is old and that he intended to demolish the old construction and proposed to erect a new building. The building is situate in an important locality. He requires the building bona fide for the purpose of demolition and reconstruction and he has also given the necessary statutory undertaking regarding the demolition as per the provisions laid down in