Reuben, J.

1. These appeals are directed against a decision of the Additional Subordinate Judge of Sasaram decreeing a suit for specific performance of an agreement to lease two limestone quarries. The appellant in Appeal No. 137 is the State of Bihar who has been directed to execute the leases. The appellant in Appeal No. 99 is Messrs Dalmia Jain & Co., hereafter referred to as Dalmia Jain, in whose favour the limestone quarries in suit were leased by the State of Bihar on the 10th of August 1949 for a period of one year. The decree directs that the leases will commence from the 1st April 1943 and that the plaintiff-respondent Messrs Kalyanpore Lime Works Limited, hereafter referred to as the Lime Company, will get compensation from the appellants for the period commencing from the 1st April 1948 till recovery of possession of the leasehold properties.

2. The main facts are undisputed. The properties in question are situated side by side on Murli Hill in the Sasaram Subdivision of the Shahabad district. One of them forms a portion of the Rehal Khasmahal and appertains to tauzi No. 4769. It occupies the upper portion of the hill and I will refer to it as Upper Murli. The ot