K.M. Natarajan, J.

1. Landlord is the petitioner. He has filed the petition for eviction of the respondent under Section 10(3)(a)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act 18 of 1960 as amended by Act XXIII of 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) on the ground that he required the premises for his own occupation. The petition mentioned premises is a residential one and the rate of rent is Rs. 100 per mensem. According to the petitioner, he wants to leave Devakottai and settle down at Villupuram and hence he barely needs the premises for his own occupation. He issued a notice on 12.9.1980 to the respondent calling upon him to vacate the premises to which the respondent sent a reply with false allegations. The said petition was resisted by the respondent. He filed a counter inter alia contending that the petitioner is an young man aged about 23 years and that all his vested interest and properties are only at Devakottai. Besides that, his father is also a business man and the entire family is doing business in money lending at Devakottai and they have got vast estate in the name of Sivakami Achi. His requirement of the house on the ground that he wanted to