The unsuccessful tenant is the petitioner in this civil revision petition. The respondent landlady filed H.R.C.O.P. No.97 of 1990 on the file of the Rent Controller, Pondicherry praying for the eviction of the petitioner under Sec.14(1)(b) of the Pondicherry Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1980 on the ground of demolition and reconstruction. According to the landlady, the building in question is a brick built structure covered with Asbestos roof in an area of 5 metres east-west and 6 metres north-south, bearing door No.212, Kamaraj Salai, Pondicherry. The superstructure is part of the area under the occupation of the tenant and the remaining portion situate on the north of the said superstructure is vacant. According to the landlady, the demised premises under the occupation of the tenant does not yield good return and as per the present condition, the building cannot be properly utilised. Therefore, she intends to demolish the existing superstructure and construct a new building for better utility and for good return. She has also obtained approval of the Pondicherry Planning Authority and she has issued a lawyer’s notice on 20th September, 1987 calling upon the