June, rent has not been paid. Further, during the pendency of the proceedings, every month rent has not been paid. Though it is contended by the tenant that the landlord has refused to receive the rent and hence, he could not make the payment, even assuming that such a stand is acceptable, nothing prevented the tenant from depositing the rent in the Court itself. He has not done so. That apart, to establish the fact that the landlord is in the habit of receiving rent in lump sum in irregular manner, the tenant has not entered into the box and only his Manager has been examined and infact the Manager was not aware of the actual transaction between the landlord and the tenant. That apart, the evidence of R.W.1. also indicate that rents have not been paid properly. The duty of the tenant is to pay rent regularly. They cannot take advantage on the ground that the landlord has evaded to receive the rent. If at all the tenant is prompt in paying rent, he should have taken necessary steps to pay the rent when the landlord refuse to receive the rent. It has not been done. Even during the pendency of the proceedings, the conduct of the tenant in not paying the rent will clearly come within the ambit of supine indifference in paying the rents. Therefore, the judgment relied on by the revision petitioner
