The Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961, provides significant protection to tenants by restricting the landlord's right to evict them. Section 12 of the Act enumerates specific grounds upon which a landlord can seek eviction. This means a landlord cannot arbitrarily evict a tenant; they must prove one or more of these statutory grounds before a competent Rent Controlling Authority or Civil Court.

The primary restrictions and grounds for eviction under Section 12 include:

1. Arrears of Rent: If the tenant has not paid or tendered the rent due within two months after a notice of demand has been served on him.
2. Nuisance: If the tenant has committed any act which is a nuisance to the occupiers of adjoining or neighboring premises.
3. Sub-letting: If the tenant has, without the written consent of the landlord, sub-let the whole or any part of the accommodation or transferred his right in any manner.
4. Damage to Property: If the tenant has used the accommodation for a purpose other than that for which it was let, or has caused substantial damage to the accommodation.
5. Bona Fide Requirement for Residence: If the accommodation is genuinely required by the landlord for his own residence or for the residence of any member of his family, and he has no other reasonably suitable residential accommodation of his own in the city/town.
6. Bona Fide Requirement for Business: If the accommodation is genuinely required by the landlord for the purpose of continuing or starting his business or profession, or for any member of his family, and he has no other reasonably suitable non-residential accommodation of his own.
7. Acquisition of Alternative Accommodation: If the tenant has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, built, acquired vacant possession of, or been allotted a house or has been allotted a residential accommodation by the Government or any local authority.
8. Tenant Owning a House: If the tenant already owns a house in the same city/town.
9. Reconstruction/Repairs: If the accommodation is required for the purpose of demolition and reconstruction, or for carrying out substantial repairs which cannot be carried out without the accommodation being vacated.
10. Unlawful Use: If the tenant has been convicted of using the accommodation for an immoral or illegal purpose.

These grounds serve as restrictions because the burden of proof lies squarely on the landlord to establish the existence of one or more of these conditions. The courts interpret these provisions strictly to protect tenants from arbitrary evictions, ensuring that the landlord's claim is genuine and not merely a pretext to remove the tenant.