Both the above Civil Revision Petitions are directed against the fair and decretal orders dated 4.12.2003 respectively made in C.M.P.Nos. 657 of 2002 and 283 of 2002 in R.C.A.No.145 of 1997 by the Rent Control Appellate Authority (VIII Judge, Small Causes Court), Chennai.

2. Heard the learned counsel for both and perused the materials placed on record.

3. Tracing the history of the above Civil Revision Petitions having come to be filed, it comes to be known that the second respondent herein, the landlady has filed the R.C.O.P.No.2467 of 1993 on the file of the Rent Controller (The Court of Small Causes) Madras under Section 10(2)(i), 10(2)(a) and 10(2)(vii) of the Tamil Nadu (Buildings Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) against the petitioner herein and six others for eviction and for a direction to the respondents to vacate and hand over vacant possession of the petition property to the petitioner on two grounds i.e. (i) wilful default and (ii) subletting the petition mentioned property; that the said R.C.O.P. was dismissed, against which the landlady has preferred R.C.A.No.145 of 1997 on the file of the Rent Control Appellate Author