JUDGMENT - R.A. JAHAGIRDAR, J.:---This petition arises out of proceedings instituted by the respondents for possession of the premises tenanted by the petitioner. The premises are situated at Mahabaleshwar in Satara District. The respondents are the landlords of the petitioner. They served upon the petitioner a notice on 23rd of May, 1979 under section 12(2) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, hereinafter referred to as the Bombay Rent Act , demanding from the petitioner a sum of Rs. 3,675/- which was the rent due from 1st August, 1977 to 30th of April, 1979. Since there was no compliance with the demand made by the notice, the respondent filed a suit, being Regular Civil Suit No. 1 of 1980, in the Court of Civil (Judge, Junior Division), at Wai.

2. The petitioner resisted the suit by contending that if proper account was taken of the amounts due from the parties to each other, there would be no arrears of rent as contended by the respondents. The petitioner also contended that the rent was Rs. 2000/- per annum the rent was payable, according to the petitioner, by the year and not by the month. The petitioner also alleged that she had spent a s

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