When a tenant sues under clause (a) of subsection (1) of Section 183 for possession, he may join, as a defendant, in the suit, every person in possession claiming through the landholder or the person who has ejected him, as the case may be, and if he sues under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of that section, he shall join the landholder or the person claiming as landholder to have the right to eject him, as the case may be, as a defendant in the suit.
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