M.N. Chandurkar, C.J.

1. Both these revision petitions can be disposed of by a common order as both of them arise out of an eviction petition filed under Section 10(2)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Rent Control Act).

2. The petitioner is the owner of premises No. 6 Sivaparakasa Mudaliar Road, T. Nagar, Madras-17, the southern portion in the ground floor of which is occupied by the respondent as a tenant. Originally, the monthly rent for the premises was Rs. 100. As according to the landlord the rent paid by the tenant was low, he filed a petition under Section 4 of the Rent Control Act, being H.R.C. No. 1922 of 1978. The Rent Controller fixed the fair rent of the premises at Rs. 236. Both the landlord and the tenant filed appeals against this order of the then Rent Controller. The Appellate Authority allowed the appeal filed by the landlord and fixed the fair rent at Rs. 267 by an order dated 20.4.1981. By the same order, the Appellate Authority dismissed the appeal filed by the tenant. It is not in dispute that the fair rent fixed became effective from 19.7.1987 which was the date on which the petition under Se