JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Section 25 of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960, to set aside the fair and decreetal order passed in R.C.A.No.6 of 2007, dated 25.03.2008 on the file of the Rent Control Appellate Authority/Principal Subordinate Court, Kumbakonam, reversing the fair and decreetal order passed in R.C.O.P.No.1 of 2000, dated 27.04.2007 on the file of the Rent Controller-cum-I Additional District Munsif Court, Kumbakonam.)

1. These proceedings arise under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control), Act, 1960. The tenant is the first petitioner. The landlord sought for eviction on the ground of demolition and reconstruction under Section 14(1)(b) and denial of title under Section 10(2)(vii) of the said Act.

2. According to the landlord, the first petitioner herein became a tenant under her predecessors-in-interest, Hussan Mohamed and Noor Mohamed on 06.11.1971 on a monthly rent of Rs.40/-. It is claimed that the brothers executed a settlement deed in her favour on 03.06.1981. It is also claimed that the rent was subsequently increased to Rs.300/- per month. It is the further case of the landlord that there are four oth