M.N. Chandurkar, C.J.

1. The petitioner is a tenant of the landlady who is now paying rent at Rs. 150 per month. The petition for eviction of the tenant was filed by I he landlady on two grounds. One ground was that the tenant had ceased to occupy the building for a continuous period of four months without reasonable cause as contemplated by Section 10(2)(vi) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease, and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter called 'the Act'). The other ground was that the building was bona fide required by the landlady for the immediate purpose of demolishing it and such demolition was to be made for the purpose of erecting a new building on the site of the building sought to he demolished as contemplated under Section 14(1)(b). On evidence, the Rent Controller held on both the grounds in favour of the landlady. He held that the building was not in a sound condition and that it needed to be demolished. He further held that the landlady had established beyond doubt that she was in possession of sufficient means to carry out demolition and reconstruction. This conclusion was expressly based on three documents Exs.P-5 to P-7. Exs.P-5 series are the tax receipts issued b