Murugan v. Muthulakshmi

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 08.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR and CMP(MD) No.19440 of 2025 Murugan ... Petitioner Vs Muthulakshmi ... Respondent PRAYER :-Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to call for the records and set aside the fair and decreetal order in RLTA No.10/2023 dated 26.03.2025 on the file of the Principal District Court, Tuticorin confirming the Fair and Decreetal order in RLTOP No.3 of 2021 dated 28.08.2023 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Tuticorin.

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Srinivasa Ragavan for Mr.S.Senthil Sankara Natha Kumar For Respondent : Mr.V.Muthu Kamatchi

ORDER

This Civil Revision Petition has been filed to set aside the fair and decreetal order dated 26.03.2025 made in RLTA.No.10 of 2023 on the 1/5

file of the Principal District Court, Tuticorin, confirming the fair and decreetal order dated 28.08.2023 in RLTOP.No.3 of 2021 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Thoothukudi. 2.The short facts for disposal of the present Civil Revision Petition are as follows:- a) The petitioner is the tenant and the respondent is the landlord. The respondent/landlord has filed a petition in RLTOP.No.3 of 2021 before the District Munsif Court (Rent Control Court) Thoothukudi, praying to direct the petitioner/tenant to vacate the petition schedule property and hand over the possession of the same to the respondent, as the petitioner failed to pay the rent to the respondent. b) The learned District Munsif, (Rent Control Court) Thoothukudi, vide order dated 28.08.2023, had allowed the said petition as prayed for, against which, the petitioner preferred RLTA.No.10 of 2023 before the Principal District Court, Thoothukudi, which was also dismissed, vide judgment dated 26.03.2025. Challenging the same, the present Civil Revision Petition is filed.

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3.The learned counsel for the petitioner reiterating all the contentions set out in the memorandum of grounds would call upon this Court to set aside the impugned judgment, dated 26.03.2025 and allow the Civil Revision Petition as prayed for.

4.Heard the learned counsel on either side.

5.A perusal of the impugned judgment would reveal that in the memorandum of appeal itself, the petitioner had himself admitted that there is due from August, 2021 to September, 2023 and is also ready to pay the rent due during the pendency of the appeal. It is also revealed that no steps were made by the petitioner to pay the rent towards arrears to the respondent. When the petitioner himself admits that there is default in payment of rents, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the order impugned herein. Further, this Court also do not find any illegality or perversity in the order dated 26.03.2025 made in RLTA.No.10 of 2023 on the file of the Principal District Court, Tuticorin, confirming the fair and decreetal order dated 28.08.2023 in RLTOP.No.3 of 2021 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Thoothukudi. 3/5

6.Accordingly, this Civil Revision Petition is dismissed as being devoid of merits. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.

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N.SENTHILKUMAR, J.

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