1. ' The appellant filed an application under section 14 of the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979, for ejectment of the respondent from the shop on plot No,498/16 Federal "B" Area, Karachi. The appellant is a widow. She served a notice dated 23-4-1983 calling upon the respondent to vacate the shop as she requires it for her personal bona fide use, but the respondent did not reply, and consequently an ejectment application was filed. The respondent in the written statement pleaded that the premises is not required bona fide for personal use of the appellant. The learned Controller framed the following issues:-
(1) Whether the applicant requires the premises in question by moving application under section 14 of Sind Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979?
(2) What should the order be?
2. ' The learned Controller on perusal of the evidence came to the conclusion that personal bona fide need of the appellant has not been established as she is getting share from the business left by her husband and that she has no experience of carrying on business. Relying on 1983 CLC 468, the learned Controller dismissed the application.
3. ' The law is now well-settled that a landlord filing, an application under section 14 of the Sind Rented Premises Ordinance need not prove his bona fide requirement for personal use. If he has served a notice as required under law, the Controller Cannot Investigate the bona fide personal requirement of the landlord. This is a consistent view, taken in PLD 1981 SC 118; 1985 SCM R 291; PLD 1981 A Kar.
4. 794; PLD 1983 Kar. 419 and PLD 1983 Kar.
468. In view of these judgments of the Supreme Court and our Court the impugned order passed by the Controller cannot be sustained. The order of the learned Controller is set aside, and the ejectment application filed by the appellant is granted. The respondent is allowed six months' time to vacate the premises.