V.M.Jain, J.

1. This revision petition was filed by the legal heirs of the petitioner-tenant against the judgment passed by the learned Appellate Authority, accepting the appeal, setting aside the order of the learned Rent Controller and ordering the ejectment of the tenant from the premises in question on the ground that he had ceased to occupy the same for a continuous period of four months prior to the filing of the petition without sufficient cause.

2. The facts in brief are that Smt. Dhanwanti Devi filed a petition under Section 13 of the Punjab Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) against Sardari Lal tenant for his ejectment from the shop in question on the ground that Amar Nath Jain was the original owner of the said shop and it was rented out to Sardari Lal tenant on monthly rent of Rs. 17/- and that Amar Nath Jain sold the same to Smt. Dhanwanti Devi. It was alleged that the tenant had not paid rent since 1.6.1983 and that she had ceased to occupy the shop since January, 1979 without sufficient cause and had also materially impaired the value and utility of the said building due to its non-occupation.

3. In the reply filed by the tenant,