( 1 ) THE problem passed in this second appeal is as to the interpretation of proviso (e) of sub-section (1) of Section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 and finding out whether the claim for eviction made by the appellants was covered by the said proviso.

( 2 ) THE appellants, three brothers, filed an application under section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter called the Act) seeking eviction of the respondent from the premises under his tenancy comprising of two rooms, a W. C. and a kitchen on the ground floor ,in the building bearing No. 48 in Block C, Ramesh Nagar. New Delhi. The appellants contention was that they were in occupation of similar accommodation on the first floor but the accommodalion occupied by them being insufficient for their needs they required the tenanted premises for occupation by themselves and for members of their family dependant on them. In the eviction petition the three appellants had claimed to bejoint owners of the entire premises contending that they constituted a joint Hindu family of which Gobind Das, the first appellant was the Karta. It was further stated that Gobind Dass was a bachelor but the second appe