( 1 ) THIS is a defendants, appeal against a judgment of a learned single Judge of this Court. The defendant was a month-to-month tenant of a house. The plaintiff gave a notice on 22-1-1948, requiring the defendant to vacate the house in suit by 29-2-1948. The suit out of which this appeal has arisen was filed on 16-3-1948, for ejectment and arrears of rent. Rent was claimed from 1-10-1946, to 30-6-1947, at the rate of Rs. 37/8/-, and again from 1-10-1947, to 29-2-1948, at the same rate. For the period during which the defendant had continued to occupy the premises after 29-2-1948, that is, from 1-3-1948, to 15-3-1948, damages were claimed at the rate of Rs. 56/4/-per month. As the U. P. (Temporary) Control of Rent and Eviction Act (3 of 1947)was applicable the plaintiff had taken the permission, of the District Magistrate under Section 3 on 27-5-1947, and the plaintiff relied on the permission for his right, to institute the suit. The relevant portion of Section 3 is as follows:

"no suit shall, without the permission of the District Magistrate, be filed in any Civil Court against a tenant for his eviction from any accommodation, except on one or more of the following grounds, (a) that the tenant has wilfully failed to make payment to the landlord of any arrears of rent within one month of the service upon him of a notice of demand from the landlords;. . . . . . . . "

The exceptions to Section 3 were not of importance as according to the plaintiff he had taken the permission of the District Magistrate and by giving a valid notice to quit had terminated the tenancy with effect from 29-2-1948.

( 2 ) ON behalf of the defendant two points were raised, firstly, that the plaintiff could not avail himself of this permission as the permission had exhausted itself, and secondly, that the plaintiff was not entitled to claim damages for the period during which the defendant was holding over. The trial Court held in plaintiffs favour on both the points with the result that he decreed the plaintiffs suit for recovery of Rs. 408/12/- only as rent upto 15-3-1948. The relief for ejectment was refused.

( 3 ) ON appeal by the plaintiff the lower appellate Court decreed the suit for ejectment and also allowed the plaintiff damages for the period during which the defendant had held over, i. e. , from 1-3-1948 to 15-3-1948.

( 4 ) THE defendant filed a Second Appeal in this Court and before the learned single Judge only two points were raised, firstly, that the permission had exhausted itself and the plaintiff was not entitled to rely on it, and secondly, that the defendant having paid rent for the months of July, august and September, 1947, and the plaintiff having accepted the same he had no right to rely on the permission. No point was raised before the learned single Judge as regards damages claimed for the period from 1-3-1948 to 15-3-1948.

( 5 ) IN this appeal learned counsel has urged the two paints that were urged before the learned single Judge and he has also argued that the plaintiff was not entitled to any damages after 1-3-1948. As the last point was not taken before the learned single Judge, we cannot allow him to raise a new point before us. As regards the ground that the permission had exhausted itself and that the plaintiff, by reason of his acceptance of rent, was not entitled to rely on the same, we are not satisfied that the appellant has been able to make out a good case.

( 6 ) THE ground on which the argument is based is that the plaintiff had filed a suit on 18-12-1946, being Suit No. 790 of 1946, for the ejectment of the defendant and for arrears of rent. The plaintiff had not obtained any permission of the District Magistrate for the institution of the suit. That suit was dismissed on 20-9-1947, for ejectment though arrears of rent claimed were decreed. During the pendency of that suit, the plaintiff had applied to the District Magistrate for permission and the District Magistrate on 27-6-1947, had granted the per