SUNIL AMBWANI, J.-Heard Sri Manish Goyal for Life Insurance Corporation of India, the petitioner. Sri R.B. Singhal appears for respondent No. 2/1 to 2/4 and respondent No. 3/1.

2. The Life Insurance Corporation of India, Central Zone Office, Kanpur-2, the Mall, Kanpur has preferred this writ petition, against by the judgment and order dated 19.3.1991 passed by the XII Additional District Judge, Kanpur Nagar under section 9 of the U.P. Public Premises Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants Act, 1971 (in short the Act of 1971), by which the appeal was allowed and while setting aside 'the order of the Prescribed Authority it was held that the respondents are not liable to be evicted from the shop. The appellate authority, however, made the Corporation entitled to arrears of rent with effect from 1.7.1976.

3. Sri Ram Gopal, the tenant, and Sri Govind Jaiswal, the respondent No.3, impleaded as sub tenant of the shop, died during the pendency of the writ petition, and were substituted by their heirs by order dated 1.11.2007 and 15.2.2008 respectively.

4. Brief facts giving rise to this writ petition are that the Life Insurance Corporation of India (in short the Corporation) owns buildi