1. This judgment shall dispose of two revision petitions viz. C.R. No. 4525 of 2013 titled as Bansal Trading and another v. Dr. Viranmal Singh Toor and others and C.R. No. 4648 of 2013 titled as Bharat Gulati v. Dr. Viranmal Singh Toor and others, as eviction of the petitioners in both the petitions has been ordered from the demised premises on an application filed by the respondent-landlords; the premises in dispute are part of one building; and the grounds raised in these revision petitions are common and are on similar facts. However, the facts are taken from CR No. 4525 of 2013 for convenience sake. The respondents-landlords filed a petition under Section 13B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as, the Act) seeking ejectment of the petitioners from the demised premises (i.e. shop located on ground floor of SCO No. 42-43- 44, Sector 17-A, Chandigarh) being Non Resident Indians, who required the demised premises for their own personal use and occupation.

2. It has been specifically stated in the eviction petition that the respondents are Indians by birth and fall within the definition of Non Resident Indian as contained under