JUDGMENT :

Ramesh Ranganathan, J.

1. These three appeals are preferred against the common judgment passed by the IV Additional Senior Civil Judge (FTC), Vijayawada, in OS Nos. 201, 202 and 203 of 2001 dated 26.12.2007. AS No. 87 of 2008 is preferred against the judgment passed in OS No. 202 of 2001; AS No. 88 of 2008 is preferred against the judgment passed in OS No. 203 of 2001; and AS No. 89 of 2008 is preferred against the judgment passed in OS No. 201 of 2001. This Court passed an order in CRP No. 4991/06 dated 13.7.2007 directing the trial Court to club all the three Suits and to record evidence in OS No. 203/2001. Consequently evidence was recorded in OS No. 203/2001, which was read into the two other Suits. It would suffice, therefore, to refer to the pleadings and the issues framed in OS No. 203 of 2001. The appellant herein is the 2nd defendant in OS No. 203 of 2001. The parties shall, hereinafter, be referred to as they are arrayed in AS No. 88 of 2008 preferred against the judgment passed in OS No. 203 of 2001.

2. OS No. 203 of 2001 was filed by the respondent-plaintiff seeking eviction and recovery of arrears of rent from 1.5.2000 to 31.8.2000 at Rs. 35,769.60 paise per mo