Application by tenant for fixing rent

A tenant may apply to the Court having jurisdiction to entertain a suit for ejectment or, in the City of Madras, either to such Court or to the Presidency Small Cause Court, to fix a reasonable rent for the occupation of the land or where on application under section 7, the rent previously payable for the land has been enhanced, for a reduction of the rent fixed; and thereupon the Court shall, by its order, fix such rent as it deems reasonable.