JUDGMENT :

B.R. GAVAI, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellant has approached this Court being aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 19th September, 2019, passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Madras, in Writ Petition No.16228 of 2014, thereby denying the prayer made by the appellant for a direction to the respondents to vacate the property.

3. The facts, in brief, giving rise to the present appeal, are as under:

The property in question, being the property consisting of vacant land situated at Old No.320, New No.469, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai 600035, admeasuring 6107 sq.ft. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the said premises”) was leased to the predecessor of the respondent No.1Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the BPCL”), viz., Burmah Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India by the predecessor of the appellant, initially for a period of 20 years in the year 1960. Thereafter, the lease was renewed for another 20 years and finally for another period of 11 years vide a registered lease deed dated 23rd April, 1999. The said lease period came to an end on 31st December, 2009. On the said premises, respondent No.1-BPCL put u