(1) Where a tenant appears in reply to a notice under sub-section
(3) of section 11 and files an objection, other than an objection as to the costs of the proceedings merely, the munsiff shall inform the applicant that he may, subject to the payment within such time as may be specified of the court-fee in respect thereof, have the application treated as a plaint in a suit for the recovery of arrears of rent alone:
Provided that the tenant shall not be permitted to file any objection unless he deposits in court the amount mentioned in the notice.
(2) If the applicant pays the necessary court-fee within the time allowed, the application shall be treated as a plaint and the proceedings as a suit and disposed of accordingly, but if no court-fee is so deposited the proceedings shall be quashed, without prejudice to the right of the applicant to file, subject to any other law for the time being in force, a separate suit for ejectment and recovery of arrears.