T.N. Singaravelu, J.

1. These are two revision petitions, one by the landlord and another by one of the tenants (first respondent before the Rent Controller) against the common judgment passed by the Appellate Authority. For the sake of convenience, the term 'petitioner' hereinafter refers to the landlord and the term 'respondent', wherever it occurs will mean the tenant Shah Nirbhayalal Bahadurmal (first respondent before the Rent Controller).

2. The petitioner-landlord filed the petition for eviction of three tenants on the ground of commission of acts of waste by the respondent, conversion of the building for different user by the respondent and requirement for owner's occupation. The tenants denied all the grounds and the Rent Controller found that the tenant has committed acts of waste, but rejected the other two grounds, namely, conversion by the tenant and requirement for own occupation. Consequently, eviction was ordered. The respondent and the landlord preferred appeals before the Appellate Authority against the respective adverse findings and the Appellate Authority dismissed both the appeals confirming the order of eviction of the respondent-tenant (Shah Nirbhayala