1. The landlord's petition for eviction had been ordered in his favour before the Rent Controller but the decision was reversed by the appellate authority. The landlord is the revision petitioner before this Court.

2. The petition for eviction was founded on non-payment of rent and that he was guilty of sub-letting of the premises without written consent of the landlord. The learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners advances his arguments only as regards the plea of sub-tenancy which, according to him, had been properly dealt with by the Rent Controller, but reversed without adequate reasons by the appellate authority. The plea of subletting was on his contention that the tenant, who was running a transport business at the demised premises, had attempted to create a sub-tenancy in favour of the 2nd respondent and he had also received an inauguration ceremony invitation for opening of the new business of the 2nd respondent at the premises. The opening ceremony was said to have taken place on 28.01.1985 and the petitioner's case was that the printed invitation card that had been circulated to the public including him, had specifically named the landl