Srinivasan, J.

1. The tenant who has suffered an order of eviction before the authorities below has preferred this revision petition. Though two grounds were urged for eviction before the Rent Controller, only on ground survives now and it is the ground of requirement for own occupation. The respondent stated in the petition for eviction that he is residing at No. 102, Mettu St., Varaganeri, Tiruchi, which is a rented house. According to him, a partition has taken place in the family of the owner of that house and the person to whom it has been allotted in the partition is demanding the respondent to vacate the property. He has stated that he is in dire need of the house. In the counter filed by the petitioner herein, besides the denial of the averments in the petition for eviction, it was stated that it would be inconvenient for the respondent to get to his office from the place where the petition premises are situate. The Rent Controller accepted the evidence of the respondent and disbelieved the evidence of the petitioner, and ordered eviction. On appeal, the respondent filed certain documents as additional evidence in order to prove that the house which he is occupying at p