1. The appellant/tenant being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 3.3.2017 passed in First Appeal No.12A/2016 by the First Additional District Judge, Mungawali, District Ashoknagar reversing the judgment and decree dated 2.2.2016 passed in Civil Suit No.8A/2013 by the First Civil Judge, Mungawali. By lower appellate Court the suit filed by the landlord/plaintiff for eviction on the ground mentioned in section 12(1)(f) of the M.P. Accommodation Control Act (hereinafter referred as to “the Act”) has been decreed.

2. Undisputedly, present appellant/tenant was a tenant in the suit accommodation for non-residential purpose in the disputed shop in a house situated in Kanchan Gali ward No.14 of town Mungawali and landlord Satish Kumar had purchased the house containing suit-accommodation in the year 2007 and, thereafter, appellant was paying rent to the plaintiff.

3. A suit for eviction and recovery of rent was filed by the respondent/plaintiff in respect of the disputed shop on the grounds envisaged under section 12(1) (a) and section 12 (1) (f) of the M.P. Accommodation Control Act, on pleadings that defendant had not paid rent from 1.8.2010 and, hence, total arrears amoun