Lingala Kondala Rao vs Vootukuri Narayana Rao on 21 November, 2002
In the light of the said legal position and the ratio laid down in the decision referred Lingala Kondaia Rao v. Vootukuri Narayana Rao, (supra), I am of the considered opinion that the approach of the Appellate Authority cannot be sustained since the relief on the ground of bona fide personal requirement was negatived on the ground of the landlord running the same business along with his brother. This cannot be a ground on which the relief can be negatived. It is needless to say that all the other incidental findings recorded by the Appellate Authority in this regard also cannot be sustained. Hence, the landlord is bound to succeed on the ground of bona fide personal requirement though he cannot succeed on the ground of acts of waste. Accordingly the impugned order of the Appellate Authority so far as it relates to the bona fide personal requirement is concerned, is hereby set aside and the order made in RC No. 1748/86 by the IV Additional Rent Controller, Hyderabad is hereby restored.