It may here be mentioned that on the date of the purchase of the property the rent was paid to the ven dors up to the end of November 1977.
The respondents sent a reply denying the existence of any such oral agreement and filed a suit for eviction.
From the Judgment and Order dated .1.2.89 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Revision Petition No.
The appellant replied to the numberice on 29th December, 1977 alleging that the vendors had orally agreed on 14th October, 1977 to sell the property to him for Rs.70,000 and had received Rs.5,000 as earnest.
Since the appellant failed to pay the rent for the said period the companyrts below came to the companyclusion that he was a wilful defaulter and passed a decree in eject ment against him.
The respondents, there fore, claimed the rent from December 1977 to May 1978 from the appellant.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
302 of 1989.
After the purchase of the property the respondents served the appellant with a numberice dated 13th December, 1977 calling upon him to pay the rent due and deliver vacant possession of the demised prem ises.
The appellant, therefore, companytended that he was under numberobligation to pay the rent and vacate the premises since he was ready and willing to purchase the property.
3812 of 1989.
N. Bhatt, M.J. Paul and Kailash Vasdev for the Appellant.
Subba Rao for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by AHMADI, J. Special leave granted.
