GLIMPSE OF A LATEST VERDICT* *The Hon’ble Justice S.M. Subramaniam* was pleased to allow *CRP No. 2845 of 2022 [Tmt. R. Nalini vs. Tmt. R. Nirmala]* and quashed the order of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Suramangalam, Salem, made under the provisions of Section 21(2)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of

*GLIMPSE OF A LATEST VERDICT*

*The Hon’ble Justice S.M. Subramaniam* was pleased to allow *CRP No. 2845 of 2022 [Tmt. R. Nalini vs. Tmt. R. Nirmala]* and quashed the order of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Suramangalam, Salem, made under the provisions of Section 21(2)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 and held as follows:

The Revenue Divisional Officer, who is a rent authority under the Act 42 of 2017, has no jurisdiction to entertain an application under Section 21(2)(b) of the Act and to make an order for recovery of possession of the premises on the grounds mentioned in the said section. Therefore, for arrears of rent, the rent authority has no jurisdiction to pass the order of eviction against the tenant and it is only the Rent Court which can exercise that power.