( 1 ) IN a suit based on landlord-tenant relationship, the appellant has been ordered to be evicted from the suit premises. The defendant has come up in appeal.

( 2 ) IT is not disputed that the plaintiffs- respondents are owner-landlords of the premises known as N-97, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi. The defendant- appellant has been a tenant in the premises on a monthly rent of Rs. 14,000. 00. The tenancy runs from month to month, parallel to English calendar month. By notice dated 10. 7. 1993 the plaintiffs terminated the tenancy of the defendant w. e. f. 31. 8. 1993 calling upon it to vacate the premises. The notice was replied to. On 3. 12. 1993, the defendant sent an amount of Rs. 14,000. 00 to the plaintiff No. 2. This amount was in the form of a bank draft dated 3. 12. 1993 and accompanied by letter dated 3. 12. 1993 sent through registered post. The suit for ejectment was filed on 3. 1. 1994. It was contested by the defendant -appellant mainly on two grounds : firstly, that the notice terminating the tenancy was invalid; and secondly, that the notice stood waived by the plaintiffs having accepted rent for the month of September, 1993 i. e. for the period falling sub