V. S. DESHPANDE,c. J. (Oral)

( 1 ) THE petitioner is a tenant of respondent No. 1. The jurisdiction of the Estate Officer acting under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants), Act, 1971, in issuing the show cause notice to the petitioner, dated 1st March, 1979, is challenged in this writ petition. For the purpose of determining the said jurisdiction a proper construction of the definition of "public premises" in section 2 (e) of the said Act is necessary. Section 2 (e) is as follows :

" (E) public premises means and premises belonging to or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of, the Central Government, and includes ( I ) any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by or on behalf of (i) any company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956, in which not less than fifty-one per cent, of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government; and (ii) any Corporation (not being a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956, or a local authority) , established by or under a Central Act and owned or controlled by the Central Government; and (2) in relation to the Union territory of Delhi (i) any premises belonging to the Mun

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