JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the judgment dated 03.03.2021 (Annexure-17 to the writ petition) passed by the learned District Judge-III, Bokaro in Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 15 of 2019 whereby the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order dated 07.08.2019 passed by the Estate Officer, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro in Case No. A/E 117 of 2018 has been dismissed affirming the order passed by the Estate Officer, B. S. City, Bokaro. Further prayer has been made for quashing the order dated 07.08.2019 (Annexure-14 to the writ petition) passed by the Estate Officer, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro in Case No. A/E 117 of 2018 whereby the petitioner has been declared as an unauthorized occupant of Plot No. R-2, City Centre, B. S. City, Bokaro and has been directed to vacate the said premises within 15 days from the date of issuance of the order and to pay arrears of rent @ Rs.16,140/- per month w.e.f. 13.05.2018 till its final payment as well as for payment of damages of Rs.4,50,000/- for the period of unauthorized occupation and construction over the said premises w.e.f. 13.05.2018 till the date of its final payment.

2. The factual background of the case, as stated in the writ petition, is that on 15.04.1997, Maruti Udyog Ltd. issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) in favour of the petitioner offering authorized dealership of the vehicles of Maruti Udyog Ltd. at Bokaro. In pursuance of the said LOI issued by Maruti Udyog Ltd., the petitioner requested the respondent to allot the land for constructing a dealership show room of Maruti Udyog Ltd. Thereafter, the respondent allotted Plot No. R-1, measuring an area of 1500 sq. mts. at Sector-IV, City Centre, B.S. City, Bokaro to the petitioner vide Letter of Allotment No. TA/A/P&S/CC/R-1 dated 24.04.2001. Since the existing plot was insufficient to meet the requirements of the customers, the petitioner vide letter dated 09.11.2005, requested the respondent for allotment of adjoining Plot No. R-2, City Centre, B.S. City, Bokaro, measuring an area of 1500 sq. mts. (i.e. 16,140 sq. ft.) [hereinafter referred to as ‘the said premises’]. The said request of the petitioner was accepted by the respondent vide its letter No. TA/A/P&S/06-1575 dated 24.05.2006. However, the respondent finally vide its letter dated 12.10.2009, offered for allotment of the said premises on license basis for a period of 11 months from the date of execution of license agreement on terms and conditions mentioned in the agreement. The respondent thereafter issued the license vide allotment No. TA/P&S/2009/3148 dated 10.11.2009 on the terms and conditions as agreed upon between the parties and embodied in the agreement. Accordingly, the parties entered into a license agreement dated 13.02.2010 on monthly payment of license fee @ Rs.1/- per sq. ft. per month i.e. total Rs.16,140/- per month apart from electricity, sanitation and water charges. The said license was granted to the petitioner for a period of 11 months. The license agreement specifically contained a renewal clause which entitled the parties to renew the license agreement for such further period as agreed upon by them. The possession of the said premises was handed over to the petitioner on 31.03.2010. The license agreement for 11 months was being renewed by the respondent time to time. However, according to the petitioner, the lease agreement for 33 years for the said premises was not being executed by the respondent for which it approached the respondent on several occasions. The respondent wrote letter no. TA/LRA/2013/533 dated 10.02.2013 informing the petitioner that a new and modified set of guidelines for allotment of land on lease basis was likely to be framed at Corporate Level and as such the allotment of the said premises on lease basis cannot be accepted under the present circumstances. The license agreement was lastly renewed for further period of 11 months which was valid up to 12.05.2018. The petitioner had earlier r