This petition is filed by the tenant to revise the order of the learned District Judge of Madurai, dismissing the revision petition filed by him under section 25 of the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960, (hereinafter referred to as the Act), against the order passed by the District Munsif, Tirumangalam in E.P. No. 57 of 1968 in R.C.O.P. No. 21 of 1963. The dispute between the parties arose under the following circumstances. The respondent-landlord filed an application for eviction against the tenant-petitioner under section 10 (2) (1) of the Act on 8th August, 1963 before the Rent Controller. The ground alleged in the petition was that the tenant had committed wilful default in the payment of rent for the period 14th January, 1963 upto 16th July. On 19th October, 1963, the tenant, who had been served with notice, appeared in Court and made an endorsement to the following effect:

"The respondent hereby agrees that in future he will pay the petitioner regularly the monthly rent due for every Tamil month on or before the 10th of the succeeding Tamil month. I hereby agree that in case I fail to pay in future the rent due for a month on or before the 10th of the