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

2. The petitioner filed an application for eviction against the respondents under Secs.l4(i)(b) and 14(2)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, XVIII of hereinafter called the Act. The case of the petitioner in R.C.O.P.No.93 of 1983 is as The first respondent is a registered firm whose present partners are respondents 2 Formerly the second respondent and F.Mohamed Hussain were partners of the firm. death of F.Mohamed Hussain, the third respondent herein has become the partner along the second respondent in the respondents/firm. The respondents 4 to 9 are the legal the deceased partners of F.Mohamed Hussain. The petitioner purchased the mentioned property on 19.9.1974 and at the time of purchase it was subject usufructuary mortgage deed dated 14.5.1967 executed by the petitioner’s vendor in of one Rahman S