Ismail, J.-The petitioner in W.P. No. 1947 of of 1972 on the file of this Court, who lost before Ramaprasada Rao, J., is the appellant herein. The appellant and the first respondent herein were lessees of a particular premises taken on tease in December, 1969. They applied for a licence “C” form under the Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 and such a licence was issued in the joint names of the appellant and the first respondent and it was valid till 25th August, 1972. According to the appellant, there was an inter se rearrangement between the appellant and the first respondent under which the first respondent was to run the theatre for a period of two years and enjoy the income therefrom and thereafter the appellant herein was to run the theatre and enjoy the income therefrom for a period of two years. The further case of the appellant was that the enjoyment of the first respondent came to end on 6th December, 1971, and thereafter he took over management of the theatre; that when the licence was to expire on 28th May, 1972, he applied for renewal of the same and that his application for renewal was objected to by the first respondent herein. The District Collector of Coimba

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