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12. It is the case of Respondent that his father was inducted as a tenant in tenanted premises and after death of his father, tenancy devolved upon all his legal heirs and not upon respondent alone. Respondent is not the only tenant in tenanted premises and the present petition is bad for non-joinder of remaining legal heirs of Virsen Jain. On the other hand, it is the contention of the petitioner that respondent alone is in occupation of tenanted premises and hence, there is no requirement of making the remaining legal heirs of Virsen Jain a party to present petition.

13. The fact that father of respondent was inducted as a tenant in tenanted premises is admitted. It is claimed by the respondent that upon death of his father tenancy devolved upon all the legal heirs of his father. The fact that tenancy devolved upon respondent as well is not disputed. It is settled law that when original tenant dies, the legal heirs inherit the tenancy as joint tenants. Since all the legal heirs inherited the tenancy upon death of their father, they inherited the same as joint tenants and making any of joint tenants a party to eviction petition is sufficient. It is not necessary for the landlord to implead all the legal heirs of deceased tenant.