This Revision Petition is under section 25 of the Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (XVIII of 1960) and has been withdrawn to this Court for disposal along with S.A. No. 787 of 19651 as the two are connected. The second appeal arises out of a suit for recovery of arrears of rent, the claim being based on an agreement by the tenant to the increase of rent from Rs. 112.50 to Rs. 200 per month from Masi 1960. The tenant contended that there was no concluded contract to increase the rent to Rs. 200 per month. The District Munsif, Karur, who is also the Rent Controller under the Act, tried the suit for arrears of rent and the application for eviction of the tenant together, and, by consent of the parties, the evidence recorded in the suit was treated as evidence in the proceedings under the Rent Control Act. Eviction was sought on the basis that the tenant committed wilful default in the payment of rent. The agreement, according to the landlord, was in February 1960, and the tenant had to pay rent at Rs. 200 per month from 1st Masi 1960. But even for the very first payment, he sent only a draft for a sum of Rs. 112.50 This was rejected by the landlord. The tenant, w