C O M M O N O R D E R

The Civil Revision Petition in C.R.P.No.587 of 2022 has been preferred to set aside the order passed by the learned XVI Small Causes Court, Chennai in M.P.No.1 of 2021 in RLTOP No.420 of 2020 dated 31.01.2022.

2. The Civil Revision Petition in C.R.P.No.1937 of 2022 has been preferred to set aside the order and decree passed in RLTOP SR.No.694 of 2022 dated 18.04.2022, on the file of the X Small Causes Court, Chennai and consequently, direct the Rent Court to number the RLTOP and decide the same on merits.

3. Heard Mr.Anirudh Krishnan and Mr.M.Sunil Kumar, learned counsels for the petitioners in both Civil Revision Petitions and Mr.M.L.Ganesh, learned counsel for the respondent in C.R.P.No.587 of 2022 and also perused the materials placed on record.

4. The short facts of the case in C.R.P.No.587 of 2022 are as follows:

The revision petitioner claims himself as a tenant under the respondent/landlord. The respondent landlord filed an eviction petition in RLTOP.No.420 of 2020, for recovery of possession under the new Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 (Act 42 of 2017 as amended by Act 39 of 2018). During the pendenc