( 1 ) THIS writ petition is directed against a judgment and order dated 19th November, 1983 passed by Mr. S. P. Singh, Additional District Judge/ appellate Authority under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to for the sake of brevity as the said Act ) in P. P. A. No. (s) 21/82 and 22/82, whereby and whereunder the appeals filed by the. writ petitioners herein purported to be in terms of Section 9 thereof arising out of an order dated 8th September, 1980 passed by Estate Officer, Life Insurance Corporation of india, in case No. 13/77 were dismissed.

( 2 ) THE basic fact of the matter is not in dispute. A mezzanine floor of the premises in question was left out by M/s. Tropical insurance Company in favour of one Uttam Prakash Bansal in the year 1950. He entered into a partnership with one Deen Dayal Kaushik. In the premises in question office of the firm was opened.

( 3 ) ACCORDING to the petitioners herein rent used to be paid by both the partners of the said M/s. Tropical Insurance Company to the landlord to which they never objected.

( 4 ) IN the year 1965, in terms of the provisions of the Life Insurance Corporatio