The Order of the Court was as follows :

These writ petitions are filed to quash the Notification of auction published by the respondents and direct the respondents to grant renewal of lease for a further period.

2. The reliefs asked for in these writ petitions are mainly based upon the Judgment of the Apex Court rendered in Civil Appeal Nos. 1991-94 of 1991 arising out of SLP (G) Nos. 2509/86 etc. The Judgment was rendered by the Supreme Court on 23-4-1991. It runs as follows :-

"Leave granted in SLPs. and Rule Nisi issued in writ petition.

It is not in dispute that the petitioners are in occupation of municipal buildings, shops, bunks, stall etc. having obtained the same by public auction. They have been occupying the premises for more than five to six years. They have been paying the rent which was determined at the public auction. It is the case of the Municipality that the petitioners have no right to continue in the premises and the Municipality wants to bring those premises to public auction again so that more rent could be secured from the new bidders.

It may be relevant to note that the Government has made an order dated 29th April, 1985 stating that the existing lea