Amol Rattan Singh, J.

These three regular second appeals all essentially arise out of a dispute emanating from a lease deed entered into between the predecessor-in-interest of the appellants in all these appeals, i.e. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and the predecessor-in-interest of the respondent, Vipin Sukhija, registered on 03.11.1966.

The lease deed was executed between Sh. Guraditta Ram and Sh. Mohan Lal Sukhija (lessors) with M/s Burmah Shell Storage and Distributing Company of India, qua land admeasuring 6972 square feet, falling on National Highway no.10, Mandi Dabwali, District Sirsa.

The lease deed was for a period of 20 years, with the monthly rental being Rs. 175/-, with a clause therein that if the parties were agreed, the lease would be renewed and, as per the respondent herein, it was renewed upto 30.06.2005 with the successor of the Burmah Shell Company, i.e. the present appellant, M/s. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as the 'Company' or Corporation). The relationship of lessee and lessor between the successor company a