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Let \(M\) be a real hypersurface of an \(n(\geq 2)\)-dimensional complex space form \(\overline M_n (c)\) of constant holomorphic sectional curvature \(c(\neq 0)\). Denote by \(J\) the complex structure of \(\overline M_n(c)\) and by \(g\) its Riemannian metric (and also the induced metric on \(M)\). Let \(N\) be a unit normal vector field on a neighborhood of a point \(x\) in \(M\). Let \(\xi\) be the structure vector field on \(M\) given by \(-JN\) and let \(\phi\) be the (1,1)-tensor field defined by \(\phi(X) =J(X)- g(X, \xi)N\), for all \(X\) tangent to \(M\). Let \({\mathcal T}_0\) be the distribution on \(M\) defined at any \(x\) by \({\mathcal T}_0 (x)= \{X\in T_xM: g(X, \xi)=0\}\). The hypersurface \(M\) is said to have \(\eta\)-recurrent second fundamental tensor if its second fundamental tensor \(A(=A_N)\) satisfies \(g((\nabla_X A)Y,Z) =\alpha (X)g (AY,Z)\) where \(\alpha\) is a 1-form and \(X,Y\) and \(Z\) are in \({\mathcal T}_0\), thus the eigenspaces of \(A\) are parallel along curves in \(M\) orthogonal to \(\xi\) (in particular, when the 1-form \(\alpha\) vanishes, \(M\) is said to be \(\eta\)-parallel). In this paper, the author considers on \({\mathcal T}_0\) the condition \(g((A\circ \phi- \phi \circ A) X,Y)=0\), for any \(X\) and \(Y\) in \({\mathcal T}_0\), which is weaker than the commutativity condition \(A\circ \phi= \phi \circ A\). Under this assumption, he proves that ruled real hypersurfaces and real hypersurfaces of type \(A\) are the only real hypersurfaces in \(\overline M_n (c)\) with \(\eta\)-recurrent second fundamental tensor.