Mrs. K. Kamala the tenant-respondent herein filed an application H.R.C. No. 2067 of 1969 out of which this civil revision petition arises against Mrs. Sakuntala Rajappa, the petitioner herein, under section 8 (5) of the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act XVIII of 1960, before the Rent Controller for permission for depositing into the Tribunal the rents for two months at the rate of Rs. 175 per month in respect of the premises demised, viz., the building bearing door No. 164-C in Lloyds Road, Madras; and it was contended by the respondent that the monthly rental was Rs. 175 only, that the electricity and water charges, which she had agreed to bear separately, did not form part of the monthly rent stipulated, that as the petitioner would not give regular supply of water from 1st May, 1969, the respondent had made alternative arrangements and was not liable to pay water charges any more and that, as the petitioner refused to receive the rent of Rs. 175, the respondent was entitled to deposit the monthly rent into the Tribunal.

2. The application for deposit of rents was resisted by the petitioner substantially on two grounds. The first is that the monthly rent was