The second appeal and civil revision petition arise out of a suit in ejectment filed by the respondent before the Second Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Madras. The defendant in the suit, who is the appellant in the second appeal and petitioner in the civil revision petition, in defence, claimed the benefits conferred on a tenant of land under the Madras City Tenants Protection Act (III of 1922) and, by I.A. No. 855 of 1961, applied under section 9 of the Act for purchase of the plaintiff’s right in the suit land. The decree in ejectment granted and dismissal of the application under the Act by the trial Court were confirmed on appeal by the Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Madras. The second appeal is directed against the decree in the suit and the civil revision petition is from the order of dismissal of the appeal against the trial Court’s Order in I.A. No. 855 of 1961.

There is no dispute about the title of the plaintiff to the suit plot No. 6, Dr. Nair Road, T. Nagar in the City, stated to measure about six grounds. The suit land abuts Jagadambal Street on one side and Dr. Nair Road on another. It was the plaintiff’s case that, when the watchman of the property v