RAMACHANDRA IYER J.:- This civil revision petition has been posted before us under the directions of the Honble Chief Justice, as the determination of the question arising therein, namely, whether an appeal lies from an order passed by a civil court fixing a reasonable rent under the provisions of S.7-A of the Madras City Tenants Protection Act, involves a consideration as to the correctness of the decision reported in Perumal Chettiar v. Kondal Chetty, ILR 1939 Mad 213 : (AIR 1939 Mad 430).

2. The respondents, the owners of a piece of vacant land measuring 250 ft. by 105 ft. in Madurai Town, granted a lease of it in the year 1942 to the petitioners at an yearly rent of Rs.100. By a subsequent agreement between the parties the rent was increased to Rs.900 per annum. The Madras City Tenants Protection Act, 1922 (as amended by Act XIX of 1955), to be referred to as the Act, which conferred certain rights on the tenants of land let out for construction buildings thereon, was extended to Madurai town on and from 29-6-1955. Taking advantage of the provisions therein and alleging that the subsequently agreed rent could not be treated as a fair rent as the agreement relating to it