S.S.Sudhalkar, J.

1. Predecessor of petitioner-landlord had filed an eviction petition in the court of learned Rent Controller, Patiala on the ground that the respondent-firm was in arrears of rent and it has ceased to occupy the rented shop for a continuous period of four months without reasonable cause. The eviction petition was dismissed. The appeal filed over the same was also dismissed and hence this revision petition has been filed by the landlord.

2. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. None has appeared for the respondent.

3. Counsel for the petitioner has argued on the point of non-user for four months. According to the case of the landlord, the respondent is a commission agent and the shop rented out to him is situated at Anaj Mandi, Patiala. According to the petitioner, respondent firm had ceased to occupy the shop for a continuous period of four months without any reasonable cause and it has shifted their business to a new shop in new Anaj Mandi, Sirhind Road, Patiala and had kept the rented premises in a locked condition. To this allegation, the reply of the respondent is that the allegations are wrong and the shop in question was not kept locked. I