This revision petition has been preferred against the order of the authorities below directing the eviction of the petitioner from the premises in her occupation, on an application taken out in that regard by the respondent herein, under Secs.l0(2)(l), 10(3) (a)(i) and 10(2)(vii) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Cor-trol) Act, 1960 (Act 18 of 1960 as amended by Act 23 of 1973) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’).

2. Briefly stated, the case of the respondent in the eviction petition R.C.O.P.No.3606 of 1981 filed by her, is as follows: The respondent is the owner and landlord of the premises bearing door No.1, (Old door No.36), First Main Road, Raja Annamalaipuram, Madras-28 and the petitioner is a tenant on a monthly rental of Rs.150 the tenancy being reckoned according to English calenJar month. The respondent stated that the petitioner failed and neglected to pay the rent for the period 3. 1976 to 20.6.1981 and such non-payment amounted to wilful default in the payment of the rents meriting the passing of an order for eviction against the petitioner. In addition, the respondent stated that her husband Venkataraman, who was in Tamil Nadu Government Servic