1. The petitioners herein are the legal representatives of the original landlady. The respondent who is a tenant in respect of a vacant piece of land, filed an application for fixation of fair rent under S.7 - A of the Madras City Tenants Protection Act , 1922, hereinafter referred to as the Act. That petition was resisted by the petitioners on two grounds : (1) that the tenant cannot seek the benefit of the said Act and have the fair rent fixed under the provisions of that Act and (2) that a portion of the property referred to in the petition for fixation of fair rent was not the subject - matter of the original lease. The learned District Munsif, Madurai town, held that the ground of objection raised by the petitioners was not tenable that the tenant was entitled to the benefits of the Act and that the entire property for which the fair rent is sought to be fixed comprised in the original lease deed. After rejecting the objections raised by the petitioners, the learned District Munsif proceeded to fix the