ORDER

The tenant is the revision petitioner and the landlord is the respondent.

The respondent/landlord filed a petition in R.L.T.O.P.No.391 of 2021 before the Rent Court/XII Court of Small Causes, Chennai under Sections 21(2)(a), 21(2)(b) and Section 23 of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 (hereinafter called as 'TNRRRLT Act, 2017' for brevity) for eviction of the petitioner/tenant and for compensation. The said petition was allowed by the Rent Court on the ground of Section 21(2)(a) (failure of the parties to enter into an agreement in writing under TNRRRLT Act). The relief sought for in other grounds were negatived.

2. Aggrieved by the same, the revision petitioner/tenant has filed an appeal before the VI Additional City Civil Court (Rent Tribunal), Chennai in R.L.T.A.No.21 of 2022. The learned Appellate Authority concurred with the order passed by the Rent Court and aggrieved by the same, the petitioner/tenant has come up with this civil revision petition.

3. According to the respondent/landlord, the demised premises, a residential building, was let out to the respondent initially for monthly rent of Rs.1,500/-. According to