(1.) Read this order in conjunction with my earlier orders dtd. 1/9/2017, 11/9/2017, 31/10/2017 and 7/11/2017, all in the aforesaid writ petition.
(2.) Suffice to say that this writ petition was filed assailing the vires and validity of subsec. 1 of Sec. 5 of Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (Act 18 of 1960) (hereinafter referred to as 'Old Rent Control Act'). Inter alia following a Division Bench of this Court in T.V. Angappan vs. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. reported in 2006-3-L.W. 650, I dismissed the aforesaid writ petition in and by the aforesaid order dtd. 1/9/2017.
(3.) After disposal of the writ petition, my attention was drawn to Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 (Tamil Nadu Act 42 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as 'New Rent Control Act').