Rent Control & Eviction–Death of original tenant–Effect–All the legal heirs inherits the tenancy as joint tenants and occupation of one of tenant is occupation of all the joint tenants–It is not necessary for land-lord to implead all legal heirs of the deceased tenant, whether they are occupying the property or not–It is sufficient for the land-lord to implead either of those persons who are occupying the property as party–There may be a case where landlord is not aware of all the legal heirs of deceased-tenant and impleading only those heirs who are in occupation of the property sufficient for the purpose of filing eviction petition–An eviction petition against one of the joint tenant is sufficient against all the joint tenants and all the joint tenants are bound by the order of Court as the joint tenancy is one tenancy and is not a tenancy split into different legal heirs.
