law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  25. Certain sub-tenants to become tenants on
  
  determination of tenancy. 
  When the interest of a tenant of any premises is
  
  determined for any reason, any sub-tenant to whom the premises or any part
  
  thereof have been lawfully sub-let and such sub-tenancy is subsisting on the
  
  date of commencement of this Act or where sub-tenancy is permitted by a
  
  contract between the landlord and the tenant, such sub-tenant shall, subject to
  
  the provisions of this Act, be deemed to become the tenant of his landlord on
  
  the same terms and conditions as he would have held from the tenant if the
  
  tenancy had continued.