NAINAR SUNDARAM
Marudachala Udayar – Appellant
Versus
Dhandapani – Respondent
1. This revision has been preferred by the landlord under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, Act 18 of 1960, hereinafter referred to as the Act. The respondent herein is the tenant under the Act. The landlord sought the eviction of the tenant on two grounds. One is the wilful default in the payment of the rents at the rate of Rs. 25 per month alleged to have been committed by the tenant from March, 1973 to July, 1974. The second ground is that he requires the premises in question for the occupation of his daughter. The petition for eviction was contested by the tenant. According to the tenant, the rate of rent is only Rs. 22,50 per month and he has paid the rents at the rate of Rs. 22.50 upto July, 1974 but the landlord never issued any receipts for the payments made by the tenant. The case of the landlord that he requires the premises for the occupation of his daughter was also not accepted by the tenant and such a case of the landlord was characterised as lacking in bone fide . The Rent Controller considered the case of the parties on the materials placed before him and found that the case of the landlord with reference to the requirement of the pre
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