ORDER

A suit for eviction of the tenant on the ground available under Clause (i) of sub-section (2) of Section 10 of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act , for short) has been ordered to be decreed by the High Court. Feeling aggrieved thereby the tenant has filed this appeal by special leave.

2. For our purpose it would suffice to set out only a few relevant facts which, at this stage, are not in controversy. The rent for the months of June, 1983 to November, 1984 was not paid by the tenant to the landlord. On 7/12/1984 the landlord served a notice on the tenant claiming the rent in arrears as contemplated by Explanation to sub-section (2) of Section 10. The notice was served. The tenant replied to it. It appears that there were multiple legal proceedings initiated before different fora, between the landlord and the tenant which had all stood concluded. In two or three of such proceedings, the tenant had deposited the amount of rent. The dates of deposit are not known but the fact remains that the rent which was claimed as in arrears, was actually deposited. The factum of rent having been deposited in such proceedings was st