R.Anbalagan (Deceased) v. Somaraj Dheekshidar

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C.R.P. No.1507 of 2023 (with C.M.P. No.9951 of 2023), High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 27-03-2026 (reserved 19-12-2025), single judge R. Sakthivel, J.; neutral citation 2026:MHC:1269. Petitioners: A. Jayamalathi and minor A. Anushiya, legal representatives of deceased tenant R. Anbalagan; Respondents: Somaraj Dheekshidar (Manager) and Sarasa (Landlord); counsel: R. Krishna Prabhu (petitioners); Suriya Badrinath for V. Srimathi (respondents). Proceedings: eviction petition R.L.T.O.P. No.1 of 2021 and dismissed commission application I.A. No.17 of 2022 before the Principal District Munsif Court, Chidambaram ('Rent Court'). Statutes invoked: Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950; Section 21(2)(e) read with Section 26, Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017. Themes: Advocate-Commissioner application in rent-control eviction; irrelevance of age/condition of premises under the 2017 TN Act; landlord's demolition-and-reconstruction ground; revision against interlocutory dismissal; succession of legal representatives after tenant's death. Outcome: CRP dismissed, no costs, connected CMP closed; Rent Court's result upheld though its stated reasoning held unjustifiable.