ORDER: The above revision petition is filed by the tenant questioning the order of eviction passed by the learned Rent Control Appellate Authority-cum-Sub-Judge, Chidambaram, in the judgment dated 14.11.2003 in R.C.A.No.11 of 2002, confirming the eviction order passed by the learned Rent Controller-cum-District Munsif, Chidambaram, in the order dated 31.7.2002 passed in R.C.O.P.No.3 of 1994.

2. It is not in dispute that the respondent-sangam is the landlord and the petitioner is the tenant. The respondent/landlord filed the petition for eviction of the petitioner-tenant from the premises in question, under Sec.14(1)(B) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960, hereinafter called ‘the Act’. The same was contested by the petitioner/tenant stating that the respondent/landlord is a religious and charitable institution and the Rent Control Court cannot entertain the eviction petition and so the petitioner/landlord before the learned Rent Controller has to file a civil suit to evict the petitioner/tenant.

3. The learned Rent Controller found that the respondent/landlord is not a charitable endowment and so it cannot be said that the eviction petition under the provisi

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