JUDGMENT

S.N.PHUKAN, J.

(1) LEAVE is granted.

(2) APPELLANTS 1(a) to 1(e) are the legal representatives of appellant no. 1, late Bhajrangalal Agarwal, who died during the pendency of the revision before the High Court. He had obtained on rent the suit premises, a non-residential building, of which late Channappa Hatpakki, respondent no. 1 was the landlord. His legal representatives are respondents 1(a) to 1 (d). The appellants have challenged the legality of the order of the High Court passed in Civil Petition No. 162 of 2000 dated February 23, 2000 in this appeal. (Hereinafter the parties will be referred to as tenant and the landlord).

(3) THE tenant had suffered an order of eviction from the court of learned Principal Munsiff, Hubli in H.R.C.No. 254 of 1983 dated March 7, 1987. Against the said order, he filed a revision before the First Additional District Judge, Dharwad being Revision (Rent No. 49/87). It was dismissed on October 21, 1992. It was against that order that the aforementioned revision was filed by the tenant before the High Court. During the pendency of the revision petition, the tenant, revision petitioner, died on April 19, 199