Section 25. Payment of rent during eviction proceedings

25. In any proceedings for recovery of possession on any ground other than that referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 21, where the tenant contests the claim for eviction, the landlord may at any stage ofthe proceedings apply to the Rent Authority to direct the tenant to pay him the rent payable, as under section 8 and section 23, and the Rent Authority may order the tenant to make such payment and all other charges due from the tenant along with penal charges, if any, due to delay in payment, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 14.