Ashutosh Mohunta, J.

1. The petitioners-tenants have filed this revision against the judgment dated 7.3.2001 passed by the Appellate Authority under the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent & Eviction) Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the `Haryana Rent Control Act) vide which the appeal filed by the landlord for eviction of the tenant has been accepted and the petitioners have been directed to handover vacant possession of the demised premises to the landlord within a period of two months.

2. Briefly the facts of the case are that the respondents-landlord filed a petition for ejectment from House No. 493, Bakra Market, Sadar Bazar, Karnal, against Girdhari Lal (now deceased) represented by his legal representatives under Section 13 of the Haryana Rent Control Act. The ejectment was sought on the following grounds :-

i) That the respondent has not paid the rent for the last three years i.e. from 1.2.90 to 31.3.93 @ 150/- per month total of which comes out to be Rs. 5400/-.

ii) That the premises are required for his personal use & occupation as he is residing in house No.537 comprising of just two rooms in which members of more than 10 of the family are residing.

iii) That the