B.P.SINGH, J.

1. These two Letters Patent Appeals arise out of the common judgment and order of a learned Judge of this Court dated 16th October, 1998 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 5918 of 1997 and, therefore, these two appeals have been heard together and are being disposed of by this judgment.

2. The writ petition was filed by Amrit Varsha Hindi Dainik through its proprietor publisher and auditor Paras Nath Tiwari, which has its office in the premises in question being Pant Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna, which admittedly is owned by the Bihar State Agriculture Marketing Board (hereinafter referred to as the respondent-Board). In the writ petition filed by Amrit Varsha Hindi Dainik (hereinafter referred to as the appellant), the orders of the Sub-Divisional Officer, Sadar Patna, respondent No. 2 herein, dated 22-11-1997 and 2-12-1997 ordering its eviction from the premises in question under the provisions of the Bihar Government Premises (Rent, Recovery and Eviction) Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) were challenged as being without jurisdiction. The learned Judge while upholding the contention of the appellant and holding that the orders had been passed by