executed a gift deed dated 05.10.2006 and bequeathed the suit schedule property to the plaintiffs. Consequent thereto, they became the owners of the suit schedule property and the municipal records stood transferred to their name. They claimed that their grandmother had executed a lease deed in favour of the defendant and inducted the defendant as tenant in respect of shop premises Nos.5 and 6. They claim that the defendant was paying a monthly rent of Rs.5,040/- excluding electricity, water consumption and maintenance charges. The plaintiffs conveyed their unwillingness to continue the tenancy of the defendant and requested him to hand over the vacant possession of the suit schedule property. They claimed that though the defendant agreed to vacate the suit schedule property, he went on dragging the matter on one or the other pretext and finally, the plaintiffs terminated the tenancy by a notice dated 05.05.2012, the receipt of which was duly acknowledged by the defendant. Since the defendant failed to deliver the possession of the suit schedule property, the plaintiffs initiated proceedings for his ejectment from the suit schedule property and to recover damages at the rate of Rs.15,720/- per month.
