The landlord is the petitioner in this Civil Revision Petition. He filed R.C.O.P. No.9 of 1987 on the file of the Rent Controller/District Munsiff, Tenkasi, for evicting the respondent/tenant from the property bearing Door No.354 situated in Ward No.15, Kadayanallur Municipality, originally belonged to one S. Esakki Chettiar The respondent took the property on lease from the said S. Esakki Chettiar for running a business on a monthly rent of Rs. 45/-. The petitioner obtained an Othi of the property on 10-12-1986 from the said S. Esakki Chettiar under Ex. A-1. The petitioner has been running a business in Door No.354 in Ward No.15 in a building belonging to one Kulathurammal, who wanted the petitioner to surrender the leasehold property. She had also issued notice demanding possession of the same from him. The petitioner as the Othidar is entitled to maintain the petition for eviction since he requires the building to run his business.

2. The respondent/tenant resisted the petition for eviction. According to him, the petition is a vexatious one and that the owner of the premises viz., S. Esakki Chettiar, who wanted to evict the respondent from the petition premises, tried