Hon’ble S.U. Khan, J.—Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. These three writ petitions have been filed by the same landlords whose release applications under Section 21 of U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent & Eviction) Act, 1972, filed on the ground of bonafide need against tenants who are respondent No. 1 in each of these petitions have been rejected. The properties in dispute are three shops adjoining to each other. One shop each is in possession of the respondent No. 1 in each of these writ petitions. The need set up in the release application was that the landlords wanted to settle their son in business who intended to open a departmental store after demolition of the three shops and constructing a new big shop for being used as departmental store. Release application against tenant Ghanshyam Das Sunar since deceased and survived by Jairam Verma was registered as rent case No. 27 of 1991, release application against Bhoop Chandra Sharma was registered as rent case No. 35 of 1991 and release application against Palak Dhari was registered as rent case No. 12 of 1992. Prescribed Authority/Special C.J.M., Kanpur allowed the release applications through c