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10. This view is supported by reference to the following Section 29 which deals with ejectment suits pending at the time when the Act came into force. There, a different phraseology has been employed. The section runs as follows:

29. Application of Act to pending suit a and proceedings :
"The provisions of this Act shall apply to all suits and proceedings, including proceedings in execution, for ejectment of a thika tenant which are pending at the date of commencement of this Act, and if any such suit or proceeding relates to any matter in respect of which the Controller is competent after the date of such commencement to pass order under this Act, such suit or proceeding shall be transferred to the Controller who shall on such transfer deal with it in accordance with the provisions of this Act as if this Act bad been in operation on the date of institution of the suit or proceeding :
"directing the thika tenant to vacate the holding and subject to the provisions of Section 10, to put the landlord in possession, thereof."

Again, if we turn to Section 29 of the Act, we will see that the provisions of the Act are to apply to "suits or proceedings, including proceedings in execution, for ejectment of a thika tenant, which are pending at the date of the commencement of the Act."

16. Reference may also be made to Section 23 of the Act which refers to " the institution of the suit", clearly contemplating a separate suit for recovery of arrears of rent.