The tenants are the petitioners in both the revisions. The respondent/landlady instituted

R.C.O.P. Nos.16 and 17 of 1985 on the file of the Rent Controller/ District Munsif, Arni, for eviction of the tenants under Sec.l4(l)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The tenants resisted the eviction petitions contending inter alia, that the landlady is not the owner of the superstructure and that the applications for demolition and reconstruction under Sec.l4 (l)(b) of the Act are not maintainable. They also resisted the applications contending that the tenancy premises is in good state of repairs, that the landlady is not possessed of funds to put up construction, that the petitions are devoid of merits and lacks bona fides and that therefore, there is no reason to order eviction. The learned Rent Controller by a common order dated 28. 1986 dismissed the eviction petitions. Being aggrieved, the landlady preferred R.C.A. Nos.3 and 8 of 1987 before the Appellate Authority/ Subordinate Judge, Arni. The learned Appellate Authority by a common judgment dated 20.10.1987, allowed the appeals filed by the landlady and