( 1 ) THIS Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order dated 17th February, 2000 in I. A. No. 90 of 2000 in O. S. No. 1007 of 1993 on the file of the Court of II Senior Civil judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. Revision Petitioner, who is the defendant, is the petitioner in I. A. No. 90 of 2000. Respondent is the plaintiff in the suit. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as they were arrayed in the suit.

( 2 ) O. S. NO. 1007 of 1993 was filed seeking a decree against the defendant for recovery of possession of the suit schedule premises. According to the plaintiff, she is the absolute owner of the suit schedule premises, which has been let out to the father of the defendant under an oral agreement. After the death of her father, defendant continued as a tenant and has been carrying on hotel business under the name and style of Tehran cafe. Since the defendant failed to pay the agreed rent in spite of the repeated requests, plaintiff has been constrained to file O. S, no. 1007 of 1993 seeking recovery of possession.

( 3 ) AFTER the evidence on the side of the plaintiff was closed and while the suit was coming up for the evidence of de