( 1 ) THE main question that has arisen in these 2 S. A. O. No. 6 and 54 of 1968 is : Can the proceeding under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, herein called the Act initiated for the eviction of a tenant, after terminating his contractual tenancy, be continued after his death and eviction order be passed against his legal representatives ?

( 2 ) SHRI Kedar Nath, the predecessor in interest of the present appellants in both appeals filed 2 separate eviction applications, U/s 14 of the Act, against his tenants, who held two separate premises on lease under him. The contractual tenancies in both cases, had been terminated earlier, by service of notices to quit. In one proceeding, which has given rise to SAO 6 of 1968, the tenant was Naubat Ram, and the grounds on which eviction was sought were non-payment of an ears of rent, after service of notice of demand referred to in clause (a) of the proviso to S. 14 (1) of the Act, sub-letting without landlord s consent (Cl. (b) of the said proviso) and misuser of the premises (Cl. (c) of the proviso ). In the other which has given rise to SAO 54 of 1968, the tenants were Prabhu and Maman Lal, and the grounds for eviction besides