1. This revision, filed under Section 25 of the Pondicherry Building (Lease and Rent Control ) Act, is directed against the judgment and decree dated 24.08.2006 passed in R.C.A.No.12 of 2005 on the file of the learned Appellate Authority/Principal District Judge, Pondicherry, reversing the judgment and decree dated 04.04.2005 passed in H.R.C.O.P.No.17 of 2003, on the file of the learned Rent Controller, Pondicherry.

2. The landlord is the petitioner and the respondent is the tenant. The tenancy is in respect of a premises bearing door No.118, St. Gilles Street, Pondicherry which was given on lease to the respondent pursuant to a lease deed dated 08.08.1990 on a monthly rent of Rs.1600/-. The landlord tenant relationship, lease deed and the monthly rent are admitted. The petitioner filed an eviction petition on the ground that he requires the premises for his own use and occupation and that the premises is in dilapidated condition and requires to be re-constructed. In the eviction petition, it was stated that the petitioner was employed in France and after his retirement intends to settle down at Pondicherry permanently which is his birth place and that he does not own a