Background Facts :

2. The suit in O.S.No.817 of 2009 was instituted by the revision petitioner against the respondent praying for a decree of declaration that he was a lawful tenant in respect of the suit property and for a consequential injunction restraining the respondent, her agents and men from interfering with his peaceful possession and enjoyment of the suit property.

3. In the plaint in O.S.No.817 of 2007, the petitioner inter alia contended thus:

(a) The respondent and her husband were known to him since long. He was engaged in Tourist Travel business and the respondent was conducting a beauty parlour at Door No.4/14, T.T.K.Road, Alwarpet, Chennai-8. While so on 13 May, 2001, the respondent borrowed a sum of Rs.15,000/-from him and she was paying interest on time. Subsequently on 1 September, 2001 she borrowed a sum of Rs.1 lakh. The respondent was very prompt in the matter of payment of interest and thereby she gained confidence and trust of the petitioner.

(b) While so, during the month of September, 2001, the respondent along with her father approached the petitioner and requested him to lend a sum of Rs.21 lakhs for their business at Bangalore. The petitioner