1. Leave to appeal granted in all the petitions.

2. The suit property is a building situated within the jurisdiction of rent control court of Kozhikode. The plan of the property shows that it is a shop with openings on two sides. Though the property is one, however, it has been numbered by the local authority by assigning two door Nos., i.e., door No. 6/481 and 6/482. The small corner of the shop situated between the openings on the two sides has been assigned No. 6/482 while the remaining entire shop is assigned door No. 6/481. The property was owned by Kunhilakshmi alias Leelamma and Others and held on tenancy by Nalakath Sainuddin, the appellant, on a monthly rent of Rs. 65/-, the tenancy being a single tenancy for door Nos. 6/481 and 6/482. The tenancy had commenced in the year 1969. Sometime in the year 1972, door No.6/482 was sublet by the appellant to the respondent Koorikadan Sulaiman on a monthly rent of Rs. 100/-. On 12.9.1988, the respondent purchased the entire property (ie., including both the doors) from the then owners of the property. The respondent then served a notice on the appellant calling upon him to surrender possession over the property in his pos