ORDER: The defendants in O.S.No.7876 of 1986 on the file of the Fifth Assistant City Civil Judge, Madras, are the revision petitioners. The respondent herein, who is the plaintiff in the suit, has filed the suit for recovery of possession of the land site forming part of the premises bearing Municipal Door No.199, Broadway, renamed as Prakasam Salai, George Town, Madras-600108, excluding the south west corner portion of two rooms etc. bounded on the north by Door No.200 now owned by M.S.A. Mohamed Ali, south by Door No.198, east by Pophams Broadway and west by Meera Labbai Sreet, comprised in R.S.No.2344 situate within the sub-registration district of Sowcarpet and the registration district of North Madras.

2. The ownership of the property is not disputed. The revision petitioners claim that they are entitled to claim the benefits of the Tamil Nadu City Tenants Protection Act, 1922 as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The allegations of this in the plaint are as under: Originally the first revision petitioner was the sole proprietary concern of late Rajarathinam, and the tenant of the entire property covered by Door No.199 excluding the south western small portion tenant

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