JUDGMENT :

Manish Pitale, J.

1. Heard.

2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally with the consent of the learned counsel for the rival parties.

3. By this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged order dated 24-2-2021, passed by the Court of Small Causes, Nagpur, on an application filed on behalf of the respondent (landlord) for fixation of interim fair/standard rent of the tenanted premises. The said application has been partly allowed and the petitioner (tenant) has been directed to pay interim fair/standard rent of the suit plot at Rs. 15,000/- per month from the date of filing of the application.

4. The respondent filed an application under section 8 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 (in short “Act of 1999”) for fixation of fair/standard rent. During the pendency of the said application, the respondent filed the aforesaid application for fixation of interim fair/standard rent for the tenanted premises. The application stood partly allowed, as noted above.

5. The petitioner being aggrieved by the said order filed the present writ petition, wherein notice was issued for final disposal and effect of the impugned order was stayed, subject to the petitioner making