T. Sathiadev, J.

1. In all these revision petitions, the common question involved is whether in a petition filed under Section 14(1)(b) of Tamil Nadu Act 18 of 1960, if the landlady dies pending its disposal it open to her legal representatives to bring themselves on record for continuing the proceedings, when the undertaking to be given under Section 14(2) is claimed to be personal in nature?

2. Both the Rent Controller and the appellate authority having held that the legal representatives could continue the proceedings, these Revision Petitions have been preferred by the respective tenants under late Syed Beevi, it is not in dispute that she was the landlady as defined under Section 2(6) of the Act in respect of the respective premises. She filed eviction petition under Section 14(i)(b) and when they were pending disposal, she died on 2.7.1986. Equally, it not in dispute that the second respondent is her husband and respondents 3 to 5 are their children. A claim is put forth by tenants that second respondent is in Sri Lanka and, therefore, he could not have any rights but this aspect cannot be decided in these petitions. It is admitted that except these four persons, their are