1. Defendant in O.S.No.3894 of 1982 on the file of VI Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai has preferred the present revision petition aggrieved against the order dated 06.12.1999 in CMA No.263 of 1997 on the file of IV Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, reversing the judgment in I.A.No.13549 of 1982 dated 13.10.1997 on the file of VI Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai.

2. The case in brief is as follows:- The plaintiff filed a suit against the defendant for recovery of possession of the suit property and claimed Rs. 14,400 being the arrears of damages for use and occupation and for other reliefs. The defendant filed I.A.No. 13549 of 1982 under section 9 of the City Tenants Protection act to direct the plaintiff to sell the suit land at a market price to be fixed by the Court. The land originally belonged to one Saraswathi Dhanakotti and was leased to Caltex (India) Limited for a period of 5 years on 26.10.1957 with three renewal options of five years each for the purpose of putting a petrol bunk. By an Act 17 of 1977 Caltex (India) Limited was taken over by the Central Government and vested in a new Government Company called the Caltex Oil Refini