1. These Civil Revision Petitions are filed against the common judgment and decree dated 28.11.1994 and made in R.C.A.Nos.7 of 1992 and 9 of 1992, confirming the order of the Rent Controller in R.C.O.P.No.62 of 1989 and 59 of 1989, respectively, on the file of the Rent Control Court, Nagapattinam.

2. The facts that are necessary for the disposal of these revision petitions are as follows:- The petitioners before the Rent Controller, Nagapattinam, who are the appellants before the Rent Control Appellate Authority, are the revision petitioners herein. The revision petitioners are the owners of the property described in the eviction petition. The revision petitioners leased out a thatched shed measuring about 33-1/2 feet x 19-3/4 feet, to the respondent, on 21.7.1982. on a monthly rent of Rs.30 and advance amount of Rs.100 was paid. The area of lease was enlarged by extending the thatched sheet by 53 feet x 19-3/4 feet, in the year 1983 and the respondent agreed to pay the rent at Rs.40 per month. The respondent has committed wilful default in payment of rent from February, 1989 to September, 1989, totalling to Rs.320, for a period of 8 months. The 1st revision petitioner i