COMMON ORDER

The present revision petitions have been filed by the tenant challenging the concurrent findings of eviction ordered by the Rent Controller as well as by the appellate authority. The respondents in the revision petitions are the landlords.

2. The parties in the revisions will hereinafter be referred to as per their jural relationship as tenant and landlords for the sake of convenience.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present civil revision petition are as follows:

(i) The tenanted premises are non-residential character. The landlords filed two original petition under Section 14(1)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 [for short “the Rent Control Act”] for eviction of the tenant from two different premises bearing Shop Nos.5 & 7 in the premises situated at Door No.44, Malaperumal Street, Chennai 600 001 on the ground that the premises require for demolition and reconstruction.

(ii) The subject shops were let out on a monthly rent of Rs.5550/-. for each A sum of Rs.99,000/- in respect each premises paid by the tenant as advance. The landlords pleaded in the eviction petition that the subject premises are more than 80 years old and