(Revision Petition filed against the order dated 7.2.1997, passed in R.C.A.No.33/1996 on the file of the Appellate Authority (Sub Court) at Nagapattinam confirming the order dated 20.2.1989 made in R.C.O.P.No.1/1987, on the file of the Rent Controller, Nannilam.)

This Revision Petition has been filed against the order dated 7.2.1997, passed in R.C.A.No.33/1996 on the file of the Appellate Authority (Sub Court) at Nagapattinam confirming the order dated 20.2.1989 made in R.C.O.P.No.1/1987, on the file of the Rent Controller, Nannilam.

2. The 2nd respondent in RCOP No.1/1987 on the file of the Rent Controller, Nannilam is the revision petitioner before this court.

3. RCOP No.1/1987 was filed by respondents 1 to 3 herein against the revision petitioner and the 4th respondent herein under Sec.10(2)(i)(a) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease & Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter called the Rent Control Act'). The landlords pleaded that the petition property was owned by them having purchased the same from the husband of the 4th respondent herein on 30.9.1971. Thereafter the vendor, i.e., the husband of the 4th respondent herein became the tenant of the very same property on a mo