The tenants who are unsuccessful in both the courts below are the petitioners in the above revision petition. One PL.Chidambaram, the erstwhile landlord has filed R.C.O.P.No.5632 of 1982 on the file of the Rent Controller, Court of Small Causes at Madras, praying for eviction of the tenants on grounds of wilful default, commission of acts of wastes and material alteration of the building without the written consent of landlord and bona fide requirement of the portion under the occupation of the tenant as additional accommodation for the respondents’ business under Secs.l0(2), (1), 10(2)(iii) and 10(3)(c) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings, (Lease and Rent Control), Act, 1960, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’. The tenants contested the claims of the erstwhile landlord for eviction and recovery of possession on the above grounds, by filing a detailed counter affidavit. During the pendency and trial of the petition, after giving deposition, the erstwhile landlord died on 11. 1987. The legal representatives of the deceased landlord have filed an application for bringing the respondents herein (petitioners 2 to 6, therein), on record to continue the proceedings and the same was o