Rs.43,200/- towards arrears of rent and a sum of Rs.5,00,000/towards unauthorized use and occupation of the schedule property. The provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1960 (for brevity, 'the Act'), do not provide for the relief of damages but under Section 11 (3) of the Act, the rent controller has power to determine, summarily, the rent to be paid or deposited in case there is any dispute as to the amount of rent to be paid or deposited under sub-section (1) which mandates that no tenant, against whom an application for eviction has been made by a landlord under Section 10, shall be entitled to contest the application before the controller under that Section or to prefer any appeal under Section 20 against any order made by the controller on the application, unless he has paid to the landlord or deposits with the controller or the appellate authority, as the case may be, all arrears of rent due in respect of the building up to the date of payment or deposit and continues to pay or deposit any rent which may subsequently become due in respect of the building, until the termination of the proceedings before the controller or the appellate authority, as the case may be. Hence, from the reading of the above provisions, it can be understood that controller is vested with jurisdiction to determine rent and also arrears of rent.
