Section 28 — Payment of rent during eviction proceedings.

Where in any proceedings for termination of tenancy by the landlord on any ground, the tenant contests the claim for eviction, the landlord may, at any stage of proceedings, apply to the Rent Controller to direct the tenant to pay to the landlord rent payable under section 8 and the Rent Controller may order the tenant to make such payment regularly to the landlord by tenth of every month and all other charges due from the tenant along with penal charges, if any, due to delay in payment of the same.