P. K. MOHANTY, J.

( 1 ) THE landlord is the petitioner who challenges the order of the House Rent Control Authorities rejecting his prayer for eviction of opp. parties 3 to 10 on the ground of wilful and habitual default in payment of rent and on the ground of bona fide requirement of the landlord.

( 2 ) THE short fact of the petitioner's case is that he filed an application under Sections 7 (2) (1) and 7 (4) of the Orissa House Rent Control Act (hereinafter called as "the O. M. R. C. Act") for eviction of opp. parties 3 to 10 from the suit premises on the ground of wilful and habitual default in payment of monthly rent and on the ground of his bona fide requirement. The properties described in Schedule 'a' of the application, originally belonged to one Gouri Dutta Rameswar Lal, a Hindu undivided family and Rameswar Lal Saha, the grandfather of the petitioner who was the Karta of the family till his death in the year 1965. After the death of Rameswar Lal Saha, Gokula Chandra Saha, the father of the petitioner became the Karta of the family so far as the properties are concerned. Sometimes in the year 1978, the co-sharers of Gokula Chandra Shah filed a partition suit of the joint