R. Sengottuvelan, J.

The substantial questions of law that arise for determination in this second appeal are as follows:

1. Whether the lease of a Rice Mill consisting of the premises and the machinery intended for separating the husk from paddy and thereby converting the paddy in to rice is a lease for manufacturing purpose; and

2. Whether the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act are applicable to the lease of the premises and machinery.

The suit property comprises of the premises and rice milling machinery situate in T.S. No 1825, Thandarampattu Road, Tiruvannamalai, and the same originally belonged to Annamalai Industrial Corporation which is under liquidation. The appellant herein had been in possession of the above said premises as lessee from the year 1958 on an annual rental of Rs. 3,500/-. The liquidator of the respondent firm who was empowered to realise the assets of the firm and distribute the same among its creditors as per the orders of the Court advertised for the sale of the rice mill in public auction. Several persons including the appellant, the lessee, bid at the auction and one S. Kuppuswami, Proprietor, Pichandavar Transport, T