ORDER

Aggrieved by the dismissal of his petition seeking eviction filed under Section 21 (2) (a) read with Section 4 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of landlords and Tenants Act, 2017, which for the sake of brevity shall be referred to as the RLTOP Act, the revision petitioner is before this Court. The facts in brief are as follows:

2. The revision petitioner herein had filed R.L.T.O.P.No.242 of

2021 on the file of the XII Court of Small Causes, Chennai. The petition was filed seeking the order of eviction against the respondent tenant for committing default in the payment of rents. The petition was moved under Section 21 (2) (a) read with Section 4 (2) of the RLTOP Act.

3. The learned Judge had initially taken up the petition for maintainability. The learned Judge thereafter by his order dated 08.04.2021 proceeded to dismiss the petition on the ground that as per scheme of the RLTOP Act, neither the landlord nor the tenant can approach the Rent Court for redressal of their grievances in a rent matter except for termination of tenancy under Section 21 (2) (a) read with Section 4 (2) of the Act. The learned Judge also observed that since the tenancy agre