R.C.LAHOTI, J.

(1) THE suit premises consist of a shop. The tenant-appellant was inducted into the suit premises by the landlord-respondents initially for a period of five years under lease dated 1.9.1963. The tenant-appellant executed another lease dated 10.10.1968 for a period of one year in favour of the landlord-respondents. His possession over the suit premises continued under the lease. These are the findings of fact and not open to question at this stage.

(2) THE suit premises are situated in the city of Risod in the erstwhile province of C.P. and Berar. By a notification dated 9.10.1989, issued by the state government, Risod was declared a municipality for the first time. On 2.5.1985, the landlord-respondents had filed a suit for eviction of the tenant-appellant from the suit premises after terminating his tenancy. The Central Provinces and Berar Letting of Houses and Rent Control Order, 1949 (hereinafter the order, for short) came into force in the whole of Central Provinces and Berar and the states integrated with the Central Provinces and Berar with effect from 26.7.1949. By the same notification dated 26.7.1949, the state government had noti