Rajamannar, C.J.-The petitioner filed an application before the Additional Rent Controller, Mathurai, for eviction of the Respondent, who was her tenant of premises No.132, West Masi street, Mathurai. The following order was passed on that application, on 22nd February,1951:

“The parties agree and endorse in the application that the respondent may be given six months time to vacate and give possession of the building. So the respondent is granted six months time from this date to vacate the building described in the application and put the petitioner in possession of the same.”

Against this order, the tenant-respondent filed an appeal to the Appellate Authority, who was the Principal Subordinate Judge of Mathurai. The appeal was dismissed on a preliminary objection as regards its maintainability on the ground that the order appealed against was passed with the consent of the parties. The tenant thereupon filed a revision petition to the District Court under section 12-B of the Act, which had been added to the original Act by the Amendment Act of 1951. The learned District Judge allowed the petition, set aside the order of the Appellate Authority dismissing the appeal and remanded the

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