Present v. McGoldrick

*1011The appellant owns a house which has a store on the ground floor and an apartment on the second and third floors. The appellant applied for a certificate of eviction from the local rent administrator so that he might gain possession of an apartment. That official denied the application on the ground that the appellant failed to show immediate and compelling necessity for the apartment. A protest was filed by the appellant with the State Rent Administrator. The latter likewise found that the appellant failed to establish immediate and compelling necessity. By an amendment to paragraph (a) of…