V.N.KHARE, J.

(1) LEAVE granted.

(2) THE appellant herein is the owner of the premises. In the year 1973, the appellant granted licence to the respondent herein for running a cafeteria in the premises. Subsequently, the appellant revoked the said licence and wrote to the Estate Officer appointed under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") for taking proceedings for eviction of the respondent. Consequently, the Estate Officer issued a notice to the respondent. It is at that stage the respondent filed a petition under Article 226 before the High Court of Calcutta challenging the aforesaid notice. In the said notice, a time-bound interim order was also passed. Subsequently, it was ordered that the interim order was to continue till the disposal of the writ petition. In the meantime, the Registry of the High Court reported that the respondent (sic herein) had not taken steps for service on the respondents in the writ petition. The High Court granted time to the respondent to comply with the default notice. Since no steps were taken within the time, the High Court dismissed the writ petition