This is tenants writ petition.

The dispute relates to a shop in the ground floor of premises No. 51/10 (old) new No. 51/47,48 and 49, Ramganj, Kanpur. Respondent No. 3- landlord filed suit for ejectment against M/s. Parvinder Kumar Ajai Kumar as defendant No. 1, the petitioner as defendant No. 2 and respon dent No. 4 as defendant No. 3. Suit was filed with the allegations that the petitioner and respondent No. 4 were tenants of the disputed shop; that the rent receipts were being issued in the name of Parvinder Kumar Ajai Kumar (defendant No. 1) ; that the defendants had not paid rent from 1-6-1985 nor had they paid the increased water tax and sewerage tax; that Vijai Kumar, Smt. Kiran Nanda and Smt. Kaushalya Devi in conjunction with Par vinder Kumar had started a new business in the disputed shop under the name and style of Vijay Trading Company and the shop was now in occupation of this firm ; that the defendant Nos. 1,2 and 3 have thus transferred the occupation of the shop in question to sub-tenants without permis sion of the landlord; that the provisions of U. P. Act No. 13 of 1972 were not applicable to the accommodation in question and that the respondent No