(2) Where any premises or any part thereof have been or has been sub let by 'a tenant of the first degree ' or by 'a tenant inferior to a tenant of the first degree ', as defined in explanation to sub section (1), and the sublease is binding on the landlord of such last mentioned tenant, if the tenancy of such tenant in either case is lawfully determined otherwise than by virtue of a decree in a suit obtained by the landlord by reason of any of the grounds specified in clause (h) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section 12, the sub lessee shall be deemed to be a tenant in respect of such premises or part, as the ease may be, holding directly under the landlord of the tenant whose tenancy has been determined, on terms and conditions on which the sub lessee would have held under the tenant if the tenancy of the latter had not been so determined: Provided that it shall be competent for the landlord, or any person deemed under this section to be a tenant holding directly under the landlord, to make an application to the Controller for fixing rent of the premises or part thereof in respect of which such person is so deemed to be a tenant and until the rent is fixed by the Controller on such application such person shall be liable to pay to the landlord the same rent as was payable by him in respect of the premises or part thereof, as the ease may be, to the tenant before the tenancy of the tenant therein had been determined.