JUDGMENT :

1. The unsuccessful defendant in the suit is the appellant. The respondents are the plaintiffs.

2. This appeal is against the decree and judgment in O.S.No.581 of 2007 dated 09.09.2011 on the file of the Court of learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Nellore. The respondents laid the suit against the appellant for eviction from the shop room mentioned in the plaint schedule, to pay arrears of rent with interest at 18% per annum from the date of the suit till realization as well as for damages at Rs.20,000/-per month, for use and occupation from 01.06.2007 till the shop room is delivered to them.

3. The plaint schedule shop room is described being of 20 ankanams RCC building in ground floor of the premises bearing Door number 445 in Ward No.14 of Nellore City. It shall be referred to hereinafter as ‘the suit shop room’ for convenience.

4. The respondents laid the suit claiming that the appellant had taken the suit shop room from Sri R.Bheemraj Singh, S/o. Sri Manchikalapati Ramachandra Singh in the year 1998 on lease for running business on a monthly rent of Rs.9,000/-. They further contended that the tenancy is month to month and that the appellant committed default in payin