JUDGMENT

Alka Sarin, J. - The present revision petition has been preferred by the tenantpetitioner against the orders dated 04.12.2019 and 21.07.2022 passed by the Rent Controller and the Appellate Authority respectively, whereby his ejectment has been ordered from the premises in dispute.

2. The brief facts relevant to the present lis are that the landlord- respondent filed an ejectment petition under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') for eviction of the tenant-petitioner averring that he was owner and landlord of SCO No.152 Sector 24-D, Chandigarh and that the tenant-petitioner had been inducted as a tenant in the rear portion of the ground floor measuring 40% of the area and had an entry from the backside. It was further averred that the landlord-respondent purchased the SCO in the year 1998 and ever since the tenant-petitioner was paying rent @ Rs.750/- per month. The eviction of the tenant-petitioner was sought on the ground of personal necessity as the landlord-respondent wanted to expand his business which was being run from the front portion of the SCO. The ejectment petition was contested by the tenant-petit