(ii) Notwithstanding anything con tained in clause (a) (i) of this sub section, any such tenant as is referred to in 742 sub clause (ii) (b) of clause (4) of Section 2 or his heirs, may within a period of two months from the date of the publication of the Madras City Tenants ' Protection (Amendment) Act 1973 apply to the Court (whether or not a suit for ejectment has been instituted or proceeding under Section 41 of the Presidency Small Causes Courts Act 1882 (Central Act XV of 1882) has been taken by the landlord or whether or not such suit or proceeding is pending having jurisdiction to entertain a suit for ejectment or in the City of Madras either to such court or to the Presidency Small Causes Court for an order that the landlord under the tenancy agreement shall be directed to sell for a price to be fixed by the Court the whole or part of the extent of land specified in the application.