ORDER :

The respondent in R.C.O.P.No. 162 of 2009 on the file of XIV Small Causes Court, Chennai is the revision petitioner herein.

2. R.C.O.P.No. 162 of 2009 had been filed for eviction under Sections 10(2)(vii) and 19(3)(a)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control Act 1960), seeking eviction of the respondent on the ground of owners occupation and wrongful denial of title.

3. By order dated 01.03.2018, the petition was allowed on both the grounds and eviction was directed. The respondent then filed R.C.A.No. 460 of 2018 before the VIII Small Causes Court, Chennai. Pending the Rent Control Appeal, the landlady filed M.P.No. 207 of 2018 under Section 11(4) of the Act claiming that the rents have not been paid amounting to Rs.13,80,000/- up to the month of May 2018. By order dated 19.02.2019, the tenant was directed to deposit a sum of Rs.1,32,000/- into Court on or before 19.03.2019. Thereafter, the Rent Control Appeal was taken up for hearing and by Judgment dated 08.01.2021, the Appeal was dismissed and the order of the learned Rent Controller was affirmed and eviction was directed. Questioning that Judgment, the present Civil Revision has been filed.

4. Heard arguments