(1) THIS special leave petition is directed against the judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High court confirming an order of eviction passed against the petitioner. I do not see any reason to interfere With the Order passed by the High court, but there is one point to which I must refer) and that arises out of a decision of the Calcutta High court in Daya Debi v. Chapala Debi. That decision has taken the view that when a claim for arrears of rent is assigned by A to B, it loses the character of a claim for rent as Soon as it is assigned and it becomes merely an actionable claim. This view is, of course, not shared by most of the other High courts and even the Calcutta High court itself In other decisions has not accepted this view. It does appear to me that this view is not correct because it is difficult to see how a claim for arreara of rent ceases to be such when it is assigned by the owner when he transfers his properties to another. So far a¯ the tenant is concerned, the. amount remains payable by him to the successor landlord as arrears of rent because that is his own liability and it does not acquire any other character. And so also when the successsor landlord claims th