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16. As pointed above, Mr.V.P.K.Haji died in the year 2002. There is no materials on record to show that the legal representatives of V.P.K.Haji exercised tenancy rights in anyway. It is relevant to refer Sec.5 of Karnataka Rent Act, 1999, which prescribes in the event of death of a tenant, the right of tenancy shall devolve for a period of 5 years from the death of original tenant to his successors. The specific portion of Sec.5 of said Act is reproduced for ready reference.

"In the event of death of a tenant, the right of tenancy shall devolve for a period of five years from the date of his death to his successors"