1. These two revision petitions are filed by two tenants occupying portions of the same building against orders of eviction passed against them. The respondent landlord filed R.C.O.P.No.27 of 1992 against the revision petitioner in C.R.P.No.1752 of 1997 for eviction on the ground that he required the property for the immediate purpose of demolition and putting up a new building in the site. His case was as follows: The revision petitioner became his tenant in respect of a portion of the building and the monthly rent was Rs.150. The building was nearly 100 years old. The flooring wall and the roof were in a most dilapidated condition and the building required immediate demolition and reconstruction. He wanted to put up a new construction with a view to augment his income. He had been calling upon the revision petitioner to vacate the building for the past over six months prior to the filing of the Rent Control Original Petition. The petitioner assured mat he would vacate the premises in the Tamil month of Thai 1992, but for reasons best known to him, the petitioner had sent a sum of Rs.200 as if the respondent had demanded enhanced rent. On 20.2.1992, as the respondent is