( 1 ) THE petitioners are the original defendants of Regular Civil Suit No. 78 of 1985, against whom as well as against respondent no. 2 herein a suit for possession was filed by respondent no. 1 herein - original plaintiff. Respondent no. 1 - original plaintiff is the owner of property situated in the city of Navsari in Ward No. 1, which is situated at Dargah Road having Municipal Census No. 1415. Originally, the suit premises were let out to one Sadashiv Deshmukh for residential purpose and after his death his heirs continued to occupy the suit premises. It is the case of the plaintiff that at the time of filing of the suit, defendant no. 1, one Sindhuben and defendant no. 2 - Induben, were residing in the suit premises and both of them are sisters and both of them are spinsters. Rest of the defendants, i. e. defendants nos. 3, 4 and 5, are not residing in the suit premises and they are residing elsewhere. They were joined as the heirs of original tenant - Sadashiv Deshmukh. It seems that during the pendency of the suit, said Sindhuben expired and therefore her name was deleted from the suit. The case of the plaintiff is that the defendants are staying on the fi