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3. After about 17 months the defendant-petitioner filed an Amendment Application dated 04.10.2017 seeking to amend paragraph nos. 1, 2 & 3 of the written statement. The prayer clause of the Amendment Application is reproduced below:-

"(a)That in para 1 of the written statement in line 6 word agreed rent of Rs.2650/- including all the taxes be deleted and in its place the rent is Rs.1950/- and Rs.700/- was paying by the defendant for advance amount, which are received by the plaintiff from the defendant and in such a manner the rent is only 1950/- be added and amended and in para 2 in line 5 after the word 1972 since the rent is 1950/- is being paid to the plaintiff be added and amended and in para 3 in line 4 after the date 24.09.2015 is illegal baseless and the suit is not maintainable by virtue of Section 20 of U.P. Act No.13 of 1972 and no rent was due on the date of issue of notice. In fact the answering defendant is the tenant since the year of 1966, initially the rent was Rs.40/- and the tenancy in the name of the father of the defendant Sri Chhothram, who has been expired in the year 2003 and after the tenancy devolved in the name of the answering defendant and slowly and slowly the rent was increased by the plaintiff and lastly the plaintiff receiving the rent Rs.120/- per month against the rent receipt to the defendant and the he has started to demand more than rent and increased Rs.1950/- at present be added and amended."