( 1 ) THESE revision cases arise out of ten applications for revision of order made by Sri S. Sen Gupta, dated 25th November 1952. By the said order the applications filed by the petitioner for fixation of standard rent of the premises in respect of which they are tenants were dismissed as not being maintainable in law.

( 2 ) THE petitioner in each of the cases is a sub-tenant under the opposite party Manindra Land and Building Corporation Ltd. in respect of certain rooms in premises No. 138, Canning Street, Calcutta. The Manindra Land and Building Corporation Ltd. took lease of the entire premises under a registered deed dated 22nd March 1949 for a term of fifty one years. The petitioners, who are tenants, as I have already stated, filed these applications for fixation of standard rent The landlord-opposite party also filed applications for fixation of standard rent. All these applications were heard by the Rent Controller and by his order dated 7th March 1950, the Rent Controller fixed the standard rent in each case. Against his decision both the tenant and the landlord preferred appeals before the Chief Judge of the Court of Small Causes, Calcutta. The Chief Judg