( 1 ) THIS application relates to a shop-room situated in premises previously numbered as 23, Canning Street and now known as 183, Old China Bazar Street. It is in the occupation of Ajoy Kumar Ghosh, the petitioner, who carries on a business therein under the name and style of Ghosh Brothers, in Carpets, Mattings, Buckets and other goods. The said property, together with the contiguous premises Nos. 178 to 185, Old China Bazar Street, belonged to one Fazal Hossain, Mohammed Shafique and Mohammed Hanif. In or about 15-8-1954, the Respondent 4, Estate Birendra Kumar Shaw Ltd. , a company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, purchased the said premises No. 23, Canning Street, together with the contiguous premises Nos. 178 to 185, Old China Bazar Street. So far as premises No. 183, Old China Bazar Street (formerly No. 23 Canning Street) is concerned, it is a dilapidated structure, about a hundred years old. The surrounding structures have all been demolished for the purpose of building an entirely new construction. This shop-room however is bravely holding out and has to a great extent been successful in preventing the new construction being built. The Corporation of