All these three revision petitions arise out of a common judgment rendered by the appellate authority under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 dismissing the appeals filed by the three petitioners against the orders of eviction passed against them by the Rent Controller. All the three petitioners are tenants in the various portions in the same building. Two grounds were urged for the purpose of eviction: (1) wilful default in payment of rent, and (2) bona fide requirement of the premises for the purpose of demolition and re-construction.

2. The Rent Controller by a common judgment in all the three rent control petitions filed by the petitioners, held that the grounds of wilful default in payment of arrears of rent and the bona fide requirement of the premises for the purposes of demolition and reconstruction, has been established. On appeals filed by the petitioners, the appellate authority confirmed the findings of the Rent Controller and ordered eviction. In these three revision petitions, the petitioners challenged the findings rendered by the Appellate Authority on the above two grounds.

3. Rajalinga Chettiar is the petitioner in C.R.P. No.3