The unsuccessful defendant in Original Suit No.119 of 1982, filed this appeal, challenging the correctness of the decree and judgment passed in the said suit, by the Principal Subordinate Judge, Erode, on 210. 1983, which was filed by the respondent herein praying for the delivery and possession of the suit property as well as the mesne profits.

2. The Brief facts of the case, among the parties are extracted hereunder: The non-residential building, bearing door No.300, situated at Nethaji Street, Erode town is the suit property, and it absolutely belongs to the respondent herein, which is a trust established by a few persons, by purchasing the said property for running the mosque. The defendant in the suit, the appellant herein, being the tenant, was inducted into the possession of the said premises, originally at a very low rate and then on being revised from time to time, the agreed rent, at the last time, was at Rs.2,500 per mensem payable on the 5th day of every succeeding month, regularly. Being a tenant, allowed to be in occupation of the suit property, the appellant herein is carrying on a cloth business under the name and style of “Silk Emporium”. He has paid all