Ratnam, J.

1. The tenant, who is in occupation of one room in the ground floor on a monthly rent of Rs. 10, and three rooms, a Varandah, two bath rooms and open space in the ground floor, on a monthly rent of Rs. 155 in door No. 74, Narayana Mudali Street, Madras-1 is the petitioner in these Civil Revision Petitions, arising under Section 25 of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (Act 18 of 1960 as amended by Act 23 of 1973) (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'). Respondents 1 to 3 in these Civil Revision Petitions are the landlords and there is no dispute regarding this. They in R.C.P. No. 1424 of 1983, filed under S.10 (2) (i) of the Act, before the Rent Controller (XI Judge, Court of Small Causes) Madras, prayed for an order of eviction against the petitioner from the room in her occupation in the ground floor on the ground that she had committed wilful default in the payment of rent at the rate of Rs. 10 per mensem for 21 months from 1-5-1981 to 31-1-1983. In the counter filed by the petitioner in that application, she denied having committed wilful default in payment of rent and stated that she had always been ready and willing to pay the entire rent