V. Ratnam, J.

1. The petitioners are the owners of the premises bearing door No. 389 (old No. 524), T.H. Road, Washermanpet, Madras, 21. In 1965, this building was purchased from one Nagappan by Subbiah Nadar and Thangaraj Nadar, brothers of Paul Pandia Nadar, the husband of the first petitioner and the father of the second petitioner herein. Even prior to the purchase of the property, the first respondent was in occupation as a tenant of a portion of the building and was running a tea shop paying a rent of Rs. 65 per month. Subsequent to the purchase the first respondent attorned the tenancy to the purchase and was paying a rent of Rs. 75 per month. The petitioners stated that the first respondent had unauthorisedly sublet the premises where he was running a tea shop to the second respondent without the consent in writing of the petitioners. Further, the petitioners stated that they were running a flour mill known as Raja Flour mills in another portion of the building next adjacent at the back of the building in which the first respondent was running a tea shop, that the flour mill so run by the petitioners did not have direct access from the main road and also that the petiti