1. The respondent is the landlord, who filed a petition under Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) for fixation of fair rent. The agreed rent was Rs.425 per mensem. The Rent Controller by his order dated 30.9.1994 fixed the fair rent at Rs.2642 per mensem. The aggrieved tenant, who is the petitioner before me, has filed the appeal which is pending as R.C.A.No.136 of 1994 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Judge, Madurai, who is the Appellate Authority. During the pendency of the appeal, the respondent filed I.A.No.100 of 1995 under Section 11(4) of the Act for a direction to deposit arrears of rent on the basis of the difference between the agreed rent and the fair rent. According to the petition, a sum of Rs. 1,44,105 was due from the petitioner herein. The petition was contested by the petitioner herein, but the Principal Subordinate Judge has passed on order directing the petitioner to deposit 1/3rd of the difference between the original rent viz., Rs.425 and the enhanced rent of Rs.2,642 into court from the date of R.C.O.P. viz., 24. 1989, on of before 11. 1996. That is with regard to the perio