JUDGMENT K. Venkataswami, J: The respondent as is landlord of the suit premises filed Case No. 70/2 of-1987 before the Rent Controller, Solan (H.P.), for eviction of the appellant. The grounds for eviction were, (a) the appellant defaulted in payment of rent from 1.1.87 up to the date of filing of the eviction petition and (b) that the suit premises was bona fide required by him for the purpose of building/rebuilding, which cannot be carried out without the premises being vacated. We may at once state that the ground of default in payment of rent was found against the landlord by the Rent Controller and the Same was not pursued by the landlord before the Appellate Authority and the High Court. We are. therefore concerned only with the ground of bona fide requirement of the premises for building /rebuilding by the landlord. This ground is covered by Section 14(3) (c) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 (hereinafter called the’ Act}. 2. The Rent Controller on the basis of evidence oral and documentary and placing reliance on a judgment of this Court in Metal Ware & Co. etc. v. Bansilal Sarma & Co. etc., (1979) 3 S.C.C. 398, found that there was no evidence regarding the condition of the building and consequent bona fide requirement of the same for demolition and reconstruction and that factor being a vitai one for the purpose of granting an order for eviction dismissed the petition. 3. The respondent; landlord aggrieved by the dismissal of the eviction petition preferred CM-A. No.20-8/14 of 1990 before the Appellate Authority, Solan. The Appellate Authority on an analysis of Section 14(3) (c) of the Act and in view of the fact that the appellant-tenant had not disputed the availability of the resources with the landlord and compliance of other requirements except regarding the dilapidated condition of the building, found that the Rent Controller was not right in dismissing the eviction petition. According to the Appellate Authority, the ruling of this Court in Melalware & Co s case rendered interpreting Section 14(1 )(b) of the Tamil Nadu Rent Control Act may not apply to the relevant provision in the Himachal Pradesh act, which did not contemplate the condition of the building as one of the reinvasion factors for the purpose of ordering eviction on the facts of the case. The Appellate Authority also found that what was let to the tenant was not building as defined in Section 2(b)of the Act, but an open plot .measuring 100 x 95 with a shed thereon. The Appellate Authority found that Section 14(3)(c) of the Act applies to the tenanted land as well and, therefore, it is all the more reason that the Rent Controller was not right in applying the decision in this Court in Metalware & Co s case. On die basis of the above conclusion, the Appellant Authority by reversing the decision of die Rent Controller allowed the application for eviction. 4. The appellant aggrieved by the order of the Appellate Authority preferred a Revision to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shun la The learned Judge confirmed die view taken by the Appellate Authority and dismissed the Revision. Hence, the present appeal by special leave. 5. Mr. Sree Kumar, learned Counsel appearing for the appellant -tenant, reiterated that if the ruling of this court in Malalware Courts case, who has been considered in recent Constitution Bench judgment of this Court in Vijay Singh & Ors. v Vijay lakshmi Ammal, (1996) 6 S.C.C. 475. squarely applies to the facts of this case and, therefore, the Applicant Authority and the High Court were not right in coming to the concision that die ruling of this Court in Melalware & Co. s case will not apply to the facts of this case. 6. Mr. Salman Khursheed, learned Senior Counsel for die respondent, submitted that the Appellate Authority was right in holding that on the basis of the language employed in Section 14(3) (c) of die Act there is no warrant for contending that the condition of the building was sine quanta for ordering eviction of the tenant from the building. 7. It is obvious from the rival submissions that we have to set oat section itself before proceeding further. 7. It is obvious from the rival submissions that we have to set oat section itself before proceeding further. Section 14(3)(c) of die Act reads as follows : "14(3) A landlord may apply to the Controller for an order directing the tenant to put the landlord in possession: (c) In the case of any building or rented land, if he requites it to cam out any building work at the instance of die Government or local authority or any Improvement Trust under some improvement or development scheme or if it has become unsafe or unfit for human habitation or is required bonafide by him for carrying out repairs which cannot be carried out without die building of rented land being vacated or that the buildings or rented land is required bonafide by him for die purpose of building or re- building or making thereto any substantial additions or alterations and that such building or re-building or addition or alteration cannot be carried out without die building or rented law! being vacated." 8. A careful reading of &: above section will show that the section contemplates different independent situations/circumstances enabling the_ landlord to apply for eviction of a tenant. Those different and independent situations/circumstances can be set out of follows: "(i) When the tenanted premises are acquired by the landlord to carry out any building work at die instance of the Government or local authority or any Improvement Trust under some improvement or development scheme; or (ii) When die tenanted premises have become unsafe or unfit for human habitation; or (iii) When the thanted premises are required bonafide by the landlord for carrying out repairs which cannot be carried out without such tenanted premises being vacated; or (iv) When the tenanted premises are required bonafide by the landlord for purpose of building or re-building or making thereto any substantial additions or alterations and that such building or re-building or addition or alteration cannot be carried out with out die building or rented land being vacated." 9. From the above analysis, it will be seen that the condition of the building is required to be considered when die application falls under the above mentioned category (ii) Admittedly, the application for eviction in the present case falls under Category (iv) and there is no requirement in such cases to go into the condition of the building. From the above analysis, it will be seen that the condition of the building is required to be considered when die application falls under the above mentioned category (ii) Admittedly, the application for eviction in the present case falls under Category (iv) and there is no requirement in such cases to go into the condition of the building. It is true that this Court has held mat the requirement-of the condition of the building. It is true that this court has held that the requirement of The condition of the building is a vital factor whether such requirement is specifically stated in. the section or not. It must be remembered that the decision of this Court rendered while interpreting Section 14( 1) (b) of the Tamil Nadu Act which is not in pari metria with the Himachal Pradesh Act In other words, there are no different categories as set out above in the Tamil Nadu Act as in Himachal Pradesh Act 10. In addition to the above, as found by the Appellant Authority, the lease was with reference to land with a shed. As a matter of fact, the appellant-tenant as RW-1 in his chief examination has stated as follows: "The land in dispute was taken by me on rent in 1973. This place was 10 x 95. The rent amount was Rs: 250/- per month. This place was given to me for workshop. 11. As noted above, Section 14(3)(c) applies to tenanted land as well and the tenant has not questioned the capacity of the landlord to raise the construction or the bona fides of the landlord to do so. In the result, we do not find any ground to interfere with the confirming order of the High Court The appeal fails and is dismissed with no order as to costs. Appeal dismissed