This Second Appeal arises out of a suit instituted by Banwarilal Chokhani against the Union of India in its capacity as the owner of North-East Frontier Railway, hereinafter called the N. F. Railway, and 12 others. The reliefs claimed in the suit were, (a) for a declaration of plaintiffs tenancy right, with possession over the lands in dispute, (b) grant of a lease or leases to him by Union of India of the same lands, (c) withdrawal and cancellation of the licences granted by the N. F. Railway to the defendants Nos. 2 to 13, (d) permanent injunction restraining Union of India from evicting the plaintiff from the lands in dispute pursuant to the provisions of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1958, hereinafter called "the Act", (e) confirmation of the plaintiffs possession as a tenant over the suit lands, and (f) for cancellation of licences issued by the N. F. Railway in favour of defendants Nos. 2 to 13, besides the costs of the suit. The suit was dismissed by the trial Court on the findings that the agreement entered into between the plaintiff and the N. F. Railway was in the nature of a licence and not of a lease, that that licence had long