THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CITY CIVIL COURT APPEAL No.117 OF 2019

JUDGMENT:

This is an appeal filed by the appellant – defendant, being aggrieved by the judgment and decree, dated 21.01.2019 passed in O.S.No.418 of 2016 by the learned I Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short “the trial Court”).

2. The parties are addressed herein as they were arrayed in the suit before the trial Court for the sake of convenience and clarity.

3. The case of the plaintiff before the trial Court is that the plaintiff is the landlady and owner of the property on first floor admeasuring 2973 square feet in the premises bearing Municipal No.5-9-30/21 to 25, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad and the defendant is her tenant and that the plaintiff was taking rents from the defendant and that by virtue of the lease deed dated 01.08.1986 executed by the defendant, she was entitled to 5% increase in the rent after every 11 months, but the defendant failed to pay the enhanced rent. The plaintiff has calculated the arrears of rents and the monthly rent of the said premises totally from the defendant was Rs.7,600/- per month and then, after the expiry of

11 months 5% increase was to be mad