1. The short question, which arises for determination in this appeal and the six other connected cases which have been referred to the Full Bench, is whether a person, against whom any decree or order for eviction from the premises In dispute has been obtained, is a tenant for the purpose of S.19 of the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 (No.96 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the Slum Areas Act). The circumstances, in which the question has arisen in the instant appeal, would be detailed hereafter. It is not necessary to give the facts of the other cases and the learned counsel for the parties in those cases have confined their arguments to the legal question reproduced above.

2. Badru Ram appellant in the instant appeal is the owner of house No.11675 situated in Sat Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi. Ram Chander respondent was a tenant under the appellant of one room in that house on a monthly rent of Rs.21/-. The appellant filed an application under S.14 of the Delh