ORDER

N. D. Ojha, J. - Respondent No. 2 Tara Chand Rohiley is the landlord of house No. 11/277 Souterganj, Kanpur. Each of the petitioners 1 to 4 was tenant of an independent portion of the said house on behalf of respondent No. 2 when an application was made in the year 1969 by respondent No. 2 under section 3 of the U. P. Temporary Control of Rent and Eviction Act, 1947 (hereafter referred to as the U. P. Act No. 3 of 1947) for permission to file a suit for ejectment against the petitioners on the ground that he bona fide needed the accommodation occupied by the petitioners for his own use. This application was contested by the petitioners and was dismissed by the Rent Control and Eviction Officer. A revision filed by respondent No. 2 also failed but on a representation made by him under section 7-F of U. P. Act 3 of 1947 his application under section 3 aforesaid was allowed. The state Government took into consideration the circumstances that respondent No. 2 was himself occupy log an accommodation as a tenant and a notice had been served on him by the landlord thereof requiring him to vacate that accommodation. In view of this fact that State Government took the view that since r