V. Ratnam, J.

1. The tenant is the petitioner is these Civil Revision petitions. The respondent-landlord filed R.C.O.P. No. 4192 of 1982 against the petitioner under Section 10(2)(i) and 10(2(ii) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 18 of 1960 as amended by Act 23 of 1973 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'), praying for an order of eviction against the petitioner. Though the tenant appears to have initially contested the eviction proceedings so initiated by the landlord, on 2-3-1983, an ex parte order of eviction was passed against the tenant. In M.P. No. 339 of 1983, the tenant filed an application to set aside the ex parte order of eviction and on 11-3-1983, that application was dismissed, against which the petitioner preferred an appeal in R.C.A. No. 1141 of 1983 before the Appellate Authority (VII Judge, Court of Small Causes), Madras. During the pendency of that appeal, the landlord filed M.P. Nos. 364 and 365 of 1983 purporting to be under Section 11(3) and (4) of the Act praying that the quantum of total arrears for rent payable by the tenant from September, 1982 should be determined and for a direction to the tenant to pay all the arrears and in