JUDGMENT - Paunikar G.A. J.-The Additional Small Causes Court, Nagpur granted* a decree for possession, arrears of rent and mesne profits along with costs of the suit and an inquiry into future mesne profits from the date of suit till delivery of possession in favour of the plaintiff against the defendant-tenant, Prabhaka in Civil Suit No. 1522/1976; Krishna in Civil Suit No. 1427 of 1976; Balaji in Civil Suit No. 1521 of 1976; Onkar in. Civil Suit No.1031of 1976; Nilkanth in Civil Suit No. 1648 of 1976 and Narayan in Civil Suit No. 1425 of 1976 vide judgment and decree dated 15–9 1982. The defendant in each of these cases respectively has come up with revision application numbered respectively as above, challenging the said judgment and decree.

2. The facts in each case are similar and identical except rate of rent and description of the suit premises. The learned Counsel for the applicants in all these revision applications Shri P. G. Palshikar stated that he wants to restrict himself to only a legal challenge to the decrees and that is “whether the defendants tenants are disentitled to take the plea of tenancy being void for want of compliance of Clause 22 (1) of the Rent Control

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