A 26 tenant has been defined in section 2(1) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, which reads as follows : "`tenant ' means any person by whom or on whose account or behalf the rent of any premises is, or, but for a special contract would be, payable, and includes (i) a sub tenant; (ii) any person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy; and (iii) in the event of the death of the person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy, subject to the order of succession and conditions specified respectively, in Explanation I and Explanation II to this clause, such of the aforesaid person 's (a) spouse, (b) son or daughter, or, where there are both son and daughter, both of them, (c) parents, (d) daughter in law, being the widow of his predeceased son, as had been ordinarily living in the premises with such person as a member or members of his family upto the date of his death, but does not include, (A) any person against whom an order or decree for eviction has been made, except where such decree or order for eviction is liable to be re opened under the proviso to section 3 of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1976.