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4. The main contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner before this Court is that petitioner/tenant is running a hotel business in the petition premises and the term 'Hotel' is exempted from the definition of premises defined under Section 2(f) of the Act. Further, taking shelter of Biswas Encyclopaedic Law Dictionary, he would contend that 'Hotel' includes a refreshment room, a boarding-house, a lodging-house, a coffee- house and a cafe.

10. It is relevant to note that the word 'Hotel' is nowhere defined in the Act. However, the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Associated Hotels of India Ltd. Vs. R.N. Kapoor (19.05.1959 -SC) : reported in MANU/SC/0168/1959 had interpreted the word 'Hotel' and held as follows:

“The word 'Hotel' is not defined in the Rent Control Act. It is defined in a cognate Act called the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Bom. 57 of 47). The definition therein says that a hotel or lodging house means a building or a part of a https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis building where lodging with or without board or other service is provided for a monetary consideration. I do not pause here to decide whether that definition should be adopted for the purpose of interpreting s. 2(b) of the rent Control Act. It is sufficient to state that in its ordinary connotation the word 'Hotel', means a house for entertaining strangers or travellers : a place where lodging is furnished to transient guests as well as one where both lodging and food or other amenities are furnished.”

11. Further Section 2 in the Delhi Rent Act, 1995 defines 'Hotel' as follows:-

(d) “hotel or lodging house” means a building or a part of a building where lodging, with or without board or other services, is provided for a monetary consideration;

12. Also, Section 2(14) and 2(15) of the Tamilnadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947 defines ‘Residential Hotel´ and ‘Restaurant´ as follows:

13. Besides the above, Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Tax on Luxuries in Hotels and Lodging Houses Act, 1981 Act defines 'Hotel' as follows:-

“2(f) “Hotel” means a building or part of a building where residential accommodation with or without board is by way of business provided for a monetary consideration and includes a lodging house.”