O R D E R

Anil K. Narendran, J The petitioner is the respondent-tenant in R.C.P No.17 of

2017 on the file of the Rent Control Court (Munsiff), Sulthan Bathery, a petition filed by the respondent herein-landlady seeking eviction of the tenant from the petition schedule shop room, under Sections 11(2)(b), 11(3) and 11(8) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965. The tenant entered appearance and filed counter statement opposing the order of eviction sought for. After considering the pleadings and evidence on record, the Rent Control Court, by the order dated 15.02.2020 in R.C.P.No.17 of 2017, ordered eviction of the tenant under Sections 11(2)(b), 11(3) and 11(8) of the Act, and the tenant was directed to give vacant possession of the petition schedule shop room to the landlady, within the time limit specified in that order. In the said order, it was made clear that the order of eviction granted under Section 11(2)(b)

will be vacated, under Section 11(2)(c) of the Act, if the tenant deposits the arrears of rent with interest and cost within a period of one month.

2. Challenging the order of eviction granted by the Rent Control Court, the tenant filed R.C.A.No.19 of 202