T.N. Singaravelu, J.

1. The tenant is the revision petitioner. The respondent landlady filed the petition for eviction in respect of a non-residential building under Section 10(3)(a)(iii) on the ground of requirement for the occupation of her husband. The tenant contended that the requirement is not bona fide, and that in any event, the landlady is not entitled to file a petition before the expiry of the lease period agreed to between the parties. The Rent Controller accepted the case of the tenant and dismissed the petition. On appeal, the Appellate Authority reversed the finding of the Rent Controller and ordered eviction. Hence the revision by the tenant.

2. The premises in question is a multi-storeyed building consisting of ground floor, first floor and second floor at North Beach Road near the Madras Harbour. The tenant is M/s. Gillanders Arbuthnot and Co., Ltd. The building in question originally belonged to South India Flour Mills Ltd., Madras through whom the tenant was inducted into possession. The landlady, namely, the revision petitioner herein, purchased the building on 6th April 1979, and thereafter called upon the tenant to vacate the premises on the ground of r