This batch of petitions arises out of four petitions filed by the landlady under section 14 (1) (6) of the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act Madras Act XVIII of 1960, (hereinafter referred to as the Act) alleging that the building is bona fide required by her 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 be demolished. All the four petitions were heard together and disposed of and allowed by the Rent Controller by a common order There were four separate appeals which were disposed of by four separate orders of the Appellate Authority. In three cases, out of which C.R.P. Nos. 1337, 1338 and 1342 of 1964 arise, the petitions of the landlady were dismissed and the order of the Rent Controller reversed while in one appeal the order of the Rent Controller was confirmed. C.R.P. No. 1255 of 1964 has been preferred by the tenant while the other three Revision Petitions have been preferred by the landlady.

The building in question is a non-residential one situated in Triplicane High Road, a very busy business centre. The four tenants were each occupying a shop