In 1962, we are told, the lessor flied a petition to evict the lessee under s. 10 3 a i and 14 1 b of the Madras Buildings Lease and Rent Control Act 1960, alleging that he required the premises for personal occupation and for bona fide immediate demolition.
vacant land well and Kaichalai etc.
Certain passages from an English translation of the lease deed which was in vernacular are relevant for the purposes of the present case and they read thus Whereas the property viz.
On 9.6.1936, Ramaswamy Gounder the predecessor in interest of the respondents executed a lease deed in favour of Gopal Sait the predecessor in interest of the appellant .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RANGANATHAN, J. Special leave to appeal is granted and the appeals are disposed of by a companymon order.
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This deed also required the lessee, when delivering possession back to the lessor on the expiry of the lease, to remove the struc tures put up by him or the Burmah Shell Co. Ltd. except the structure measuring thirty seven and a half ft.
This lease deed recited On the expiry of two years, i.e. on 31.12.52, the lessor has numberobjection for the removal of the structure put up by Burmah Shell petrol pump etc except the extent of structure of thirty seven and a half feet by sixteen and a half feet put up by the lessor There was a fresh lease deed, again, executed on 2.1.53 for a further period of three years at a higher rent.
