Section 11 (1) (a) of the Act runs as follows : "Notwithstanding anything contained in any agreement or law to the contrary and subject to the provisions of section 12, where a tenant is in possession of any building, he shall not be liable to be evicted therefrom, whether in execution of a decree or otherwise, except 147 (a) in the case of a month to month tenant, for non payment of rent or breach of the conditions of the tenancy, or for subletting the building or any portion thereof with out the consent of the landlord, or if he is an employee of the landlord occupying the building as an employee, on his ceasing to be in such employment ;" On 30th August, 1947, the respondents, whose money order had in the meantime been returned by the appellants, deposited the rent up to the month of June in the Office of the House Controller.