S.A. Ramachandran vs S. Neelavathy on 20 December, 1996
The observations extracted above clearly bring out the importance of the requirement as to possession of the property by the tenant before he can proceed to claim benefits under section 9 of the Act. To recognise a claim to the benefits of section 9 of the Act by heirs of tenants as defined under section 2(4)(i) and 2(4)(ii)(a)(b) under section 2(4)(c)of the Act who are not at all in possession, would be to violate the very definition of the word 'tenant' and also totally defeat the very object with which the provisions of the Act had been enacted. Therefore, the decision referred to above would govern this case.