ORDER

K.HARILAL, J.

Revision petitioner is the tenant who is confronting with an order of eviction passed against him under Sec.11 (3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act ('the Act' for short). The petitioners/landlords filed four Rent Control Petitions against different tenants who are occupying four shop rooms of the petitioners. Altogether there are five shop rooms in the building. The revision petitioners herein are the respondents/tenants in RCP 24/2008. The parties are referred to as in the Rent Control Petition. According to the petitioners, the fourth petitioner who is working as Manager of Catholic Syrian Bank, Puthiyakam branch will retire on superannuation on 31.8.2009 and after his retirement he wants to start a supermarket in the entire building. According to them, they have no other vacant shop rooms in their possession to conduct the supermarket. Thus, they filed four Rent Control Petitions against four tenants who are occupying building bearing door Nos 181 to 184.

2. The respondents/tenants resisted the claim for eviction under Sec.11 (3) of the Act raising a common contention that the need projected in the petition is a ruse for eviction only. It is