1. The petition, under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act. (hereinafter to be called the Act), by the landlord-petitioner was allowed by the Rent Controller Barnala, vide his order dated August 31, 1973, and the tenant,-respondent was directed to vacate the house (hereinafter to be called the premises, in dispute). Appeal against the said order was, however, accepted by the Appellate Authority and the eviction petition was dismissed by order, dated June 7, 1976, which has been challenged in the present revision petition.

2. The facts, in brief, are that the landlord-petitioner filed the eviction petition through his Mukhtiar-i-am, Ravinder Singla for evicting the tenant-respondent from the premises, in dispute, situated in Barnala on the grounds that the arrears of rent at the rate of Rs. 33/- per mensem had not been paid by the respondent with effect from June 1, 1971 till the date of the filing of the eviction petition and that the petitioner required the premises in dispute, bona fide for his own occupation. It was also averred that the notice for vacation of premises, in dispute, had also been served. In reply, the case of the respondent was that a