A. V. SRINIVASA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) IN this revision filed under Section 115 of the CPC the petitioners landlords have questioned the legality and correctness of the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Chikmagalur in Revision Petition no. 10 of 1997 allowing the revision petition filed by the respondents-tenants against the orders of eviction passed by the learned Civil judge (Junior Division) in H. R. C. No. 66 of 1987. The Court below reversed the orders of eviction passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior division) and thereby dismissed the eviction petition filed by the petitioners-landlords.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to this revision, briefly stated, are as follows: the petitioners filed an eviction petition under Section 21 (1) (h) and (i) of the Karnataka Rent Control Act, 1961 ('the repealed Act', for short), against late B. R. Kashinath who was the tenant under them in respect of the petition premises. The tenant, B. R. Kashinath died on 30-12-1987 during the pendency of the eviction proceedings before the additional Munsiff, Judicial Magistrate First Class at Chikmagalur. The learned Munsiff allowed the eviction petition under clauses (h) and (i) of Section 21 (1) o

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