JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Section 25 of Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act 1960, as amended, to set aside the judgment and decree passed in R.C.A.No.65 of 2007 dated 16.03.2011 on the file of Principal Sub Court, Madurai by confirming the judgment and decree passed in R.C.O.P.No.2 of 2002 dated 11.12.2006 on the file of learned Principal District Munsif Court, Madurai Town.)

1. The above Civil Revision Petition arises under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act for the sake of convenience). The landlord who failed in his attempt to get the tenant evicted on the ground that the tenant committed wilful default in payment of rent and on the ground that the tenant had ceased to occupy the demised premises for a period of more than four months under sections 10 (2) (i) and 10 (2) (vi) of the Act is on Revision. According to the landlord the tenant had committed default on payment of the monthly rent at Rs. 650 per month from November 2000 to December 2001 that is for a period of 14 months. It was also claimed that the tenant has not opened the business premises for more than eight months