S. Swamikkannu, J.

1. This is a revision filed under Section 25 of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (XVIII of 1960), as amended by Act (XXIII of 1973), hereinafter referred to as the Act, by the landlord against the reversing finding of the learned Appellate Authority--Fifth Judge, Court of Small Causes, Madras, in H.R.A. No. 861 of 1979.

2. The landlord has filed H.R.C. No. 2180 of 1977, under Sections 10(2)(i) and 10(2)(ii)(a) and 10(3)(a)(i) of the Act, seeking eviction of the tenant on the ground of wilful default in payment of rent, subletting and bond fide requirement of the premises by the landlord, for his own use and occupation. The respondent herein is a tenant of the upstairs portion of door No. 5, C.P. Ramaswami Iyer Road, Madras-18, on a monthly rent of Rs. 251. The landlord averred in his petition for eviction that he is not maintaining good health for the last few years and is often visiting Madras for medical treatment, that his family is also coming to Madras along with him and they have to stay in lodges or other places on rents and often it is found very difficult to get accommodation, that he requires the premises for his own use and O