Lord Atkin:-

These are two consolidated appeals from orders made by the High Court at Patna refusing to the appellants restoration of possession of limestone quarries in the district of Shababad. There are two appeals because application was originally made by the first two appellants, managing director and manager, respectively of the appellant company. A separate application was afterwards made by the company, the appellants in the second appeal. No separate point arises in respect of them. The disputes between the parties have already twice been carried to this Board and the judgments given have made it unnecessary to go into detail in deciding this appeal. In 1928 the Secretary of State granted to the Kuchwar Lime and Stone Co., Ltd., the present respondents, quarrying leases for the term of 20 years of the quarries in question. There were covenants in each lease that the lessees would not assign the lease or transfer any right or interest thereunder or underlet the whole or any portion of the premises without the assent of the Board of Revenue of Bihar and Orissa, with a provision for forfeiture on breach. In 1933 the lessee company went into liquidation and in the same year th