JUDGMENT :- Leave granted.

2. Smt. Saleha Begum, the 3rd respondent had demised her property, namely, Shahensha Mahal situted on Congress Road, Governorpet, Vijayawada, A. P. to the appellant for a period of 20 years by lease deed dated January 1, 1964 and in furtherance thereof, the appellant has been running the exhibition of Cinematograph films in the said threater. The lease, by efflux of twenty years, contracted thereunder expired on December 31, 1983. When the appellant sought renewal of the licence granted under the A. P. Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1970 (for short, the Rules), the landlady objected to the renewal. The licensing authority and the appellate authority had granted licence but in a writ petition filed by the landlady the learned single Judge held that the appellant is not in lawful possession of the theatre and that, therefore, the grant of renewal was not justified in law. This was affirmed in W. A. Nos. 1118 and 1183 of 1992 and dated September 3, 1993. Thus, these appeals by special leave.

3. Sri U. R. Lalit, learned senior counsel for the appellant, contended that in 1983, the Rules have been amended and the pre-existing Rules has been bifurcated into initia