Lahoti, J. -- This Letters Patent Appeal is preferred by defendant-tenant aggrieved by the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge in First Appeal No. 735/2000 dated 3.1.2002. The learned trial Court has decreed the suit of respondent-plaintiff under section 12(1)(f) of Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 but has refused decree to the plaintiff under section 12(1)(c), (k) & (m) of the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). The learned Single Judge has confirmed the decree under section 12(1)(f) of the Act and has also granted decree to the plaintiff-respondent under section 12(1)(c) of the Act.

2. Short facts of the case are that the appellant is tenant of the plaintiff on the ground floor of houses No. 1243 and 1244. Wright Town, Jabalpur at the rate of Rs. 6,000/- p.m. as per terms and conditions of agreement dated 1.10.1992 (Ex. P/1). The premises were taken for non-residential purposes to run a clinic and the defendant was permitted to carry out repairs to the extent of Rs. 15,000/- for which an amount of Rs. 3,000/was paid to him in cash and the remaining amount of Rs. 12,000/- was to be adjusted in rent at