JUDGEMENT
Untwalia, J. -
(1.)In this appeal by special leave the appellants and respondent No. 2 were the defendants in a suit filed by plaintiff-respondent No. 1 for eviction and other reliefs in respect of the suit premises. The suit was dismissed by the trial Court but decreed by the First Appellate Court. The second appeal filed by the defendant in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was dismissed.
(2.)The demised property is a shop situated at a place in the district of Hoshangabad. It was let out by the father of the plaintiff to the husband of defendant No. 1 and the father of the other defendants in the year 1951 at a monthly rent of Rs. 50. A Bhojnalaya was being run in the shop by the tenant. The plaintiff's father was running a sweetmeat shop in a rented premises the rent of which was Rs. 225 per month. The plaintiff's father died in 1970. Sometime later the original tenant, the predecessor-in-interest of the defendants, also died. He had paid rent up to September, 1972. After the death of the original tenant, the defendants became the tenants of the suit shop. The plaintiff served a notice on the defendants terminating the contractual tenancy w.e.f. 31-12-1972. The suit for eviction was filed on 8-3-1973 claiming therein a decree for eviction chiefly on the ground of bona fide personal necessity of the plaintiff, for arrears of rent amounting to Rs. 150 for October, November and December, 1972 and damages for the months of January and February, 1973 @ Rs. 225 per month as also future damages till the delivery of possession.
(3.)The trial Court dismissed the suit holding that the plaintiff did not require the suit shop bona fide for his personal necessity. On appeal by the plaintiff, the First Appellate Court by its judgment dated 11-8-1975 took a contrary view and held in favour of the plaintiff. It decreed the suit for eviction arrears of rent and also for past and future damages @ Rs. 125 per month - damages to be payable on and from 1-1-1973 until delivery of the vacant possession to the plaintiff. The High Court has affirmed this decree.
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