There were three Rent Control Petitions being R.C.O.P.No.48 of 1988, R.C.O.P.No.49 of 1988 and R.C.O.P.No.51 of 1988 on the file of the Rent Controller (District Munsif) Tirupattur. The petitioner in each of these three cases is the same landlord. The respondent in each of these three cases are three separate tenants respectively. In all these three cases, eviction was sought for on the ground of wilful default in the payment of rent and for owner’s occupation of a non-residential building from each of the tenant. The Rent Controller agreed with the landlord in all the three cases on both the grounds and ordered eviction. Each of the tenant filed three independent appeals and that were taken on file as R.C.A.No.4 of 1992, R.C.A.No.5 of 1992 and R.C.A.No.3 of 1992. All the three appeals were allowed on merits and therefore these revisions be fore this Court namely, C.R.P.No.3137 of 1993, C.R.P.No.3145 of 1993 andC.R.P.No.3577of 1993.

.2. I heard Mr.R.M.Krishna Raja, learned counsel appearing for the revision petitioner in each of these three revisions and Mr.V.Ragavachari, learned counsel appearing for the respondent in each of these three revisions. According to the lear