1. This civil Revision u/s. 15 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, is brought from the judgment of the Appellate Authority, Rupnagar, confirming the order of eviction passed by the Rent Controller, Rupnagar. The petition of the landlord Ram Lok, seeking eviction of the tenant Gajjan Singh, was allowed.

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are as below :-

Ram Lok filed a petition u/s. 13 of the Act against Gajjan Singh and the allegation, inter alia was that he required the premises for his own use and occupation. The petition was contested by Gajjan Singh on a variety of grounds. After considering the evidence, however, the learned Rent Controller arrived at a finding in favour of the landlord and the petition was granted on 25.07.77. Thereafter, Gajjan Singh applied for a copy of the judgment on 2.08.1977 and on the very same day, the copy was ready for delivery. On 5.08.1977 Gajjan Singh took the delivery of the said copy but the appeal was filed on 23.08.1977. Under S. 15 (b) of the Act the limitation prescribed for filing an appeal against the order of eviction is 15 days from the date of such order and in computing the perio