The respondents in R.C.O.P. No. 93 of 1983 on the file of the Rent Controller (Principal District Munsif), Coimbatore are the petitioners in this civil revision petition. The petitioner in the said R.C.O.P. is the respondent in this civil revision petition. For the sake of convenience the parties are referred to in this order as per the nomenclature given to them in the R.C.O.P.

2. The petitioner filed an application for eviction against the respondents under Ss.14(i)(b) and 14(2)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act XVIII of 1960, hereinafter called the Act. The case of the petitioner in R.C.O.P. No. 93 of 1983 is as follows :

The first respondent is a registered firm whose present partners are respondents 2 and 3. Formerly the Second respondent and F. Mohamed Hussain were partners of the firm. After the death of F. Mohamed Hussain, the third respondent herein has become the partner along with the second respondent in the respondents-firm. The respondents 4 to 9 are the legal heirs of the deceased partners of F. Mohamed Hussain. The petitioner purchased the petition mentioned property on 19-9-1974 and at the time of purchase it was subject to a usu