PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, K.SURENDRA MOHAN
A. R. Retheesh Chandran – Appellant
Versus
Sarojini Amma – Respondent
Surendra Mohan, J.
The landlord is in revision before us challenging the concurrent findings of the Rent Control Court as well as the Appellate Authority. The short facts of the case are the following.
2. The revision petitioner/landlord filed RCP 17/2005 before the Rent Control Court, Thiruvananthapuram, seeking eviction of the respondent/tenant under Sections 11(2)(b) and 11(3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act' for short). The petition was resisted by the tenant disputing the title of the landlord. The tenant also contended in the alternative that the title, if any of the landlord, had been lost by adverse possession and limitation. In view of the fact that the title of the landlord itself was denied by the tenant, the Rent Control Court proceeded to consider whether the denial of title was bonafide. The Rent Control Court found that the denial of title was bonafide and therefore relegated the landlord to the remedy of filing a civil suit. The order of Rent Control Court was challenged by the landlord before the Rent Control Appellate Authority, Thiruvananthapuram in RCA 10/2007. The Appellate Authority als
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