R.S.Narula, J.

1. Though this petition for revision of an order of the Appellate Authority under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (hereinafter called the Act,") (District judge), Ambala, dated October 23, 1967, upholding the order of dismissal of the petitioner s application for eviction of the respondent, was admitted to a Division Bench decisions on the question whether a defaulting tenant is bound to pay interest on the arrears of rent due from him up to the date of the application or right up to the date of making deposit before the Rent Controller, in order to absolve himself of the liability for ejectment under the proviso to Clause (i) of subsection (2) of Section 13 of the Act, another interesting question that has been raised by Mr. R.N. Mittal, learned counsel for the landlord-petitioner, related to the interpretation of Section 9 of the Act which permits a landlord to raise the rent of a tenant to the extent of any tax which may be levied in respect of the building or rented land after the commencement of the Act. These two questions have arisen in the following circumstances:-

2. The petitioner, whom I will call the landlord in this judgment, fil