A. M. AHMADI, J. ( 1 ) THE facts relevant to this tenants revision application filed under sec. 29 (2) of the Bombay Rents Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act 1947 (hereinafter called the Act) may be stated in brief as under. ( 2 ) THE petitioner was inducted as a tenant in the premises in question and was in actual occupation thereof the sometime before he was served With a notice Exhibit 27 dated 1/08/1973. By this notice his tenancy was terminated on the ground that he had acquired suitable residence in Saikrupa Co-operative Housing Society Limited within the meaning of clause (1) of sub-sec. (1) of sec. 13 of the Act and that he had sublet the demised premises to Indubhai Brahmabhat Opponent No. 2 herein. On receipt of the notice Exhibit 27. the tenant sent a reply dated 31/08/1973. Exhibit 73 wherein he stated that he had gone to live in the bungalow of his friend temporarily for a change and that no consideration was paid for his occupation of the said bungalow and that he had not parted with the possession of the demised premises in favour of Indubhai whom his wife treated as a brother. On receipt of this reply the landlord instituted the suit in question which was dismissed her the learned trial Judge by his order dated 1/10/1976. The learned trial Judge came to the conclusion that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the tenant had transferred or assigned his interest in the demised premises to Indubhai or that the tenant had acquired alternative suitable residential accommediation within the meaning of sec. 13 (1) (1) of the Act. Therefore in the view of the learned trial Judge neither of the two grounds advanced by the landlord for an eviction decree against the tenant was established. He therefore. dismissed he suit with costs. ( 3 ) THE landlord feeling aggrieved by the judgment and decree of the learned trial Judge preferred an appeal. being Regular Civil Appeal No. 163 of 1976 in the Court of the learned District Judge Mehsana. The learned District Judge on an appreciation of evidence placed on record both documentary and oral came to the conclusion that both the grounds were established and accordingly allowed the appeal and passed a decree in ejectment against the original tenant as well as the sub-tenant. The learned District Judge on an appreciation of evidence placed on record both documentary and oral came to the conclusion that both the grounds were established and accordingly allowed the appeal and passed a decree in ejectment against the original tenant as well as the sub-tenant. It is against this decree passed by the learned District Judge that the present revision application is preferred. ( 4 ) SEC. 13 (1) (1) provides that notwithstanding anything contained in the Act but subject to the provisions of sec. 15. with which we are not concerned. the landlord shall be entitled to recover possession of any premises if the Court is satisfied that the tenant after the coming into operation of the Act has built acquired vacant possession of or been allotted a suitable residence. It is not the case of the landlord that the tenant has built any residential premises for his occupation. The case put up was that the tenant had acquired vacant possession of the bungalow situate in Saikrupa Co-operative Housing Society. Limited belonging to one Jagjivandas Babulal Brahmbhatt. It is clear from the postal acknowledgment Exhibit 28 that the notice Exhibit 27 was served on the tenant at the said bungalow. The tenant has also deposed that he had shifted to the bungalow about 15 or 20 days before the receipt of the notice Exhibit 27 Therefore the fact that he and his wife were living in the bungalow on the date of service of the notice Exhibit 27 is not a dispute. Even in the reply Exhibit 29 the tenant had clearly stated that since he was not keeping well he had gone for a change to his friends bungalow temporarily. He had also stated that no rent was charged by his friend from him and that he was allowed to stay in the bungalow ex gratia. In his cross-examination he had stated that both he and his wife were suffering from tuberculosis and hence they had gone for a change to the bungalow of his friend but there was no animus to permanently shift from the demised premises to the said bungalow. He has also stated in his evidence that no rent was paid by him to his friend for permitting him to occupy his bungalow. He has also stated in his evidence that no rent was paid by him to his friend for permitting him to occupy his bungalow. There is no other evidence on the record to infer that any monetary consideration was paid to his friend Jagjivandas for permitting him to occupy the bungalow even temporarily. ( 5 ) THE learned District Judge has pointed out that the tenant was not consistent about the circumstances in which he went to reside in the bungalow even temporarily. He points out that in his reply to the notice he averred that be had gone to reside in the bungalow as he was not keeping well. In other well. there is no averment in the reply to the notice that his wife too was unwell. In the written statement to the plain he averred that as his wife was not keeping well and was experiencing discomfiture in the small room forming part of the demised premises they went to reside in the bungalow of Jagjivandas merely for a change. The learned District Judge points cut that in the written statement the tenant puts forward the ground of his wifes illness whereas in the reply Exhibit 29 the ground trotted out is about his illness. In the oral evidence before the Court the tenant deposed that both he and his wife were suffering from tuberculosis and therefore they had gone to reside in the bungalow on their friend Jagjivandas for change of air. There is no doubt that on this point he is not consistent but from that inconsistency it would be to much to jump to the conclusion that the tenant had acquired suitable resident accommodation Even if Jagjivandas is not examined the burden which lies on the owner to Drove the basic facts to bring the case within the purview of sec. 13 (1) (1) cannot be said to have been discharged from the mere fact that at the relevant point of time when the notice Exhibit it 27 was served on the tenant. he was admittedly residing in the bungalow in Saikrupa Co-operative Housing Society Limited. Temporary occupation of a friends bungalow is not acquisition of vacant possession of residential accommodation within the meaning of sec. 13 of the Act. he was admittedly residing in the bungalow in Saikrupa Co-operative Housing Society Limited. Temporary occupation of a friends bungalow is not acquisition of vacant possession of residential accommodation within the meaning of sec. 13 of the Act. The word acquires in the context means acquiring right of residence in the property and not merely actual residence permitted by the owner ex gratia out of friendship. If a tenant therefore occupies a bungalow belonging to a friend as a place of sojourn it cannot be said that he has acquired vacant possession of residential occupation within the meaning of clause (1) of sec. 13 (1) of the Act. Possession can be claimed under this clause it the tenant has (i) built or (ii) acquired vacant possession of or (iii) been allotted a suitable residence If a tenant has built a suitable residence he can be evicted. The words has built would indicate ownership rights in the property. Then few the words has acquired vacant possession of a suitable residence. Read in the context of the preceding words acquisition of possession can never mean permission for temporary use of a suitable residence. The word acquire is a well understood legal term and when used with the term possession it generally implies something more than a mere temporary possession; it usually implies a vesting of interest or some substantial right to possess the residence. Even the words has been allotted a suitable residence mean more than mere temporary residence they mean allotment as of right e. g. allotment of residence as a member of a society or allotment of residence as a government servant etc. It cannot by any stretch of imagination be said that the legislature intended to confer a right on the landlord to secure eviction on the mere proof that the tenant had occupied another suitable residence even if such occupation was merely temporary for change of air. What is sought to be conveyed is that he must have acquired right to possess another suitable residence a right which he can enforce in a court of law if he is sought to be dispossessed. In my view therefore a case for eviction under section 13 (1) (1) of the Act is not made Out. ( 6 ) IN NATHANI SHIVANKUMAR V. DHANALAL (1975) 16 G. L. R. 779 eviction was sought under sec. In my view therefore a case for eviction under section 13 (1) (1) of the Act is not made Out. ( 6 ) IN NATHANI SHIVANKUMAR V. DHANALAL (1975) 16 G. L. R. 779 eviction was sought under sec. 13 (1) (1) of the Act as the tenant had left the suit premises in May 1970 and had returned to them in February 1971. During the said period he was occupying a house belonging to Ramchandra. Odhavdas in Sindhi Colony at Dohad. Dealing with the submission that the case fell within the purview of sec. 13 (1) (1) of the. Act the learned single Judge observed as under:"in order to being home to the defendant the ground of eviction specified in sec. 13 (1) (1) it is necessary to prove that he had acquired vacant possession thereof and that it was a suitable residence for him. Possession in me opinion means legal possession. Any occupation be any person of any premises does not amount to possession. Possession connotes transfer of interest in the premises". Proceeding further the learned Judge observed:to illustrate if he occupied the bungalow as a mere licensee it would not amount to his possession of that bungalow. In me opponent for the purpose of sec. 13 (1) (1) it is necessary tn distinguish occupation action from possession. In the instant case since there is no evidence to show that there was transfer of interest by Ramachand Odhavdas in respect of his bungalow to the defendant it is extremely different for me to say that the defendant had acquired possession of that bungalow". IN the present case also there is the evidence of the tenant alone on the question of the nature of his occupation of the bungalow in Shreekrupa Society. The plaintiffs no powers of attorney has no personal knowledge as regards the nature of the transaction between the ten of and his friend Jagivandas. The tenant has stepped into the witness box and has stated that the has been permitted to reside in the bungalow ex-gratia out of friendship for a short duration only since his wife and be nettled change of air. The tenant has stepped into the witness box and has stated that the has been permitted to reside in the bungalow ex-gratia out of friendship for a short duration only since his wife and be nettled change of air. The fact that the notice Exhibit ?7 was served at the bungalow is are innocuous circumstance No doubt there iq some inconsistent as to whether the couple shifted to the bungalow ion account of the tenants illness or the illness of his wife but that has nothing to do with the exact nature of the transaction between the tenant and his friend Jagjivandas. Merely because Jagjivandas is not examined it is difficult to come to the conclusion that the tenant is not telling the truth particularly because if he relieve intended to shift from the demised premises to the bungalow and had acquired possession of the bungalow which was nearer to his factory there was no reason for him to make a statement against his own interest. The couple shifted hack to the demised premises after a few months. This would show that there was no animus to vacate the suit premises and to occupy the bungalow on a long term basis. I am therefore of the view that the ingredients of sec 13 (1) (1) are not satisfied. ( 7 ) IN view of the above. on both the grounds. I come to the conclusion that the decree for eviction passed against the petitioner cannot be sustained The Revision Application is therefore allowed. The decree passed by the learned District Judge is set aside and the order of the trial court is restored. Rule made absolute accordingly. There will be no order as to costs so far as this application is concerned. Application allowed. .