1. The plaintiffs in O.S.No. 569 of 1979 on the filed of the VI Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, who have succeeded before the trial court and lost before the first appellate court are the appellants in this second appeal.

2. This second appeal is directed against the judgment and decree of the learned VII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai dated 7. 1997 made in A.S.No. 44 of 1997 in reversing the judgment and decree dated 20th September, 1996 made in O.S.No. 569 of 1979 on the file of the trial court. At the time of admission, the following two substantial questions of law were framed by this Court:-

.(i) Whether the lease granted in favour of the 1st respondent stood terminated on the expiry of the period of the lease as stated in the lawyers notice Ex.A.7 dated 110. 1978 whether on such termination, the appellants became entitled to the reliefs claimed in the suit?

.(ii) Assuming without conceding that there was a valid renewal of the lease as claimed by the 1st respondent the expiry of the said renewal period of lease during the pendency of the suit being a subsequent event, the lower Appellate Court should have under law granted the reliefs